National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Everton U21 or Birmingham City U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Birmingham City U21 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Premier League Cup game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Southampton U21, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Birmingham City U21.
Everton U21 form and stats
Everton U21 have collected 10 points from their Premier League 2 Division One home games so far after 3-1-1.
Everton U21's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 versus Southampton U21 (in Premier League Cup).
Prior to that, an away loss at Arsenal U21 in the Premier League 2 Division One.The Everton manager Tait has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. Everton U21 have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Birmingham City U21 form and stats
Two away games in a row for Birmingham City U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 vs Southampton U21 in the Premier League Cup.
A loss against Cardiff City U21 was the result prior to that, in a Professional Development League home game.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Cannon 6 goals | S. Mills 4 goals |  C. Whitaker 3 goals |
Everton U21 missing players
Birmingham City U21 missing players
| Everton U21 | Birmingham City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 12 | Scored | S | 8 | 22 | ||
| 39 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 87% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 87% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 67% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 53% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 33% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 53% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 33% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 27% | ||
| 3.2 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 6.5 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.7 | 6.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 51% | ||
| 13.8 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Colchester United U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Everton U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Birmingham City U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal U21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Liverpool U21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Manchester City U21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Chelsea U21 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 20 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace U21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 6 | Fulham U21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 19 |
| 7 | Everton U21 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Brighton U21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 9 | Wolves U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -9 | 10 |
| 11 | Manchester United U21 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 10 |
| 12 | Leicester U21 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -11 | 9 |
| 13 | West Ham United U21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 8 |
| 14 | Tottenham U21 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | -18 | 6 |
