Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Fulham U23 & Stoke City U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Fulham U23 form and stats
Fulham U23 was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Premier League Cup.Perfect Premier League 2 Divison Two season at home so far for Fulham U23 3 wins from 3 appearances. Ever since the Leeds U23 game Fulham has been unbeatable here at Motspur Park producing four straight wins.
Happy days for Fulham in their previous game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two match away at Norwich City U23 that ended with a 2-0 victory.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Newcastle Utd U23.Goals are plentiful at Motspur Park in the league this season as Fulham has scored 9 goals here in 3 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Fulham have only let in 1 goal at home.
Stoke City U23 form and stats
Stoke's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W2-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Southampton U23 in their previous outing. The Premier League 2 Divison Two match ended in a draw 1-1.
A 0-8 loss hosting Aston Villa U23 before that.Stoke City U23 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. Stoke City U23 have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former eight meetings): Fulham won two games, two matches ended in a draw and Stoke City U23 got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / fiveTop Goalscorers
  T. Ablade 4 goals | C. McAvoy 3 goals |  J. Stansfield 3 goals |
Fulham U23 missing players
Stoke City U23 missing players
| Fulham U23 | Stoke City U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 39 | 17 | Conceded | C | 17 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 8.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Colchester U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Fulham U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Southend U23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Bournemouth U23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Fulham U23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Aston Villa U23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Nottingham U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Wolves U23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 11 |
| 6 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Norwich City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Stoke City U23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 10 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Birmingham U23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 6 |
| 14 | Southampton U23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 2 |