National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Derby County U23 or Norwich City U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
This could be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both squads are well revitalized since they last played a game. Game on!
Derby County U23 form and stats
Derby County U23 was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Premier League Cup.When playing at home in the Premier League 2 Division One, Derby County U23 have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 7 games. This match is a Premier League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses in this competition.
The County supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Chelsea U23 in Premier League 2 Division One and win 3-1.
Before that match, a Premier League 2 Division One win away at Arsenal U23.County can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 17 times. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the County defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Norwich City U23 form and stats
Norwich's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.As the visiting team in Premier League 2 Divison Two matches, Norwich City U23 have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far. Total Premier League Cup statistics for Norwich City U23: 0 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
Impressive finishing from J. Warner, T. Dickson-Peters (3) and T. Springett secured the home win 5-2 against Reading U23 in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Reading U23 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? T. Dickson-Peters certainly enjoyed Norwich's last game versus Reading U23, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-2 victory.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wolves U23 at their stadium, the result 5-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Norwich City U23 are hosting Southampton U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two only four days away.
Norwich City U23 are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (22 goals from 7 away games). The Norwich manager A. Neilson has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the participants met previously this campaign; Norwich City U23 - Derby County U23 3-3.Top Goalscorers
  T. Dickson-Peters 12 goals |  A. Kamara 8 goals | J. Rowe 8 goals |
Derby County U23 missing players
Norwich City U23 missing players
| Derby County U23 | Norwich City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 46 | 26 | Scored | S | 34 | 59 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Conceded | C | 27 | 52 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 72% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.4 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.7 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 48% | ||
| 8.3 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 12.6 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Derby County U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Charlton U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Reading U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United U23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Tottenham U23 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| 3 | Arsenal U23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 26 |
| 4 | Manchester City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 24 |
| 5 | Brighton U23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Crystal Palace U23 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Manchester United U23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 21 |
| 8 | Everton U23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 17 |
| 9 | Leicester City U23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | -11 | 16 |
| 10 | Liverpool U23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -8 | 15 |
| 11 | Chelsea U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Derby County U23 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Leeds U23 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -18 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Burnley U23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Nottingham U23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |