Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Derby County U21 & Nottingham Forest U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This promises to be an absorbing match with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Derby County U21 form and stats
The overall Premier League 2 Divison Two results at home this season for Derby County U21 are 0-0-4 (wins-draws-losses).
County faced defeat in their previous match, away at Nottingham Forest U21 (2-7). As you see from the result above, Derby County U21 suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A Premier League 2 Divison Two defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Southampton U21.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for County here at Loughborough University Football Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 4 games).
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League 2 Divison Two matches, Nottingham Forest U21 have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Two travels in a row for Nottingham Forest U21, whose coach Joyce could celebrate last time after the Premier League Cup win against Hull City U21.
Before that, Nottingham secured a home win against Derby County U21 with the score 7-2.Nottingham Forest U21 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. In the opposite end, Nottingham Forest U21 have conceded 10 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): County zero wins, zero draws and Nottingham Forest U21 two victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Hammond 3 goals | A. Gibson-Hammond 2 goals |
Derby County U21 missing players
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
| Derby County U21 | Nottingham Forest U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 7 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 16 | 37 | ||
| 42 | 14 | Conceded | C | 14 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 94% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 79% | ||
| 71% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 63% | ||
| 35% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 42% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 32% | ||
| 53% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 63% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 26% | ||
| 35% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 11% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8.6 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 40% | ||
| 12.5 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southampton U21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 26 |
| 2 | Leeds United U21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 25 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | West Brom U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle United U21 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 14 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -17 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -30 | 0 |
