National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leeds U23 or Sunderland U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Leeds U23 form and stats
Leeds U23 was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Premier League Cup.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League 2 Division One this season. Leeds U23 have only managed 0 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses from their games here at Dwight Yorke Stadium. On the other hand, in the Premier League Cup, Leeds U23 has performed like this (both home and away): 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Leeds drew their last game, also a home match. Everton U23 was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Preceding that match was a Premier League 2 Division One defeat to Leicester City U23 (1-3).The Leeds fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. As for conceded goals, Leeds's unpleasant statistic is 21 goals surrendered.
Sunderland U23 form and stats
Sunderland's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
Sunderland U23's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Mansfield Town U23 that finished 1-1.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Newcastle Utd U23's place.The travelling fans enjoy Sunderland's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. 11 goals have been conceded by Sunderland in these games.
Head 2 Head
This was the scoreline when the participants faced each other previously this campaign; Sunderland U23 - Leeds 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Leeds two wins, zero draws and Sunderland U23 one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Leeds U23 missing players
Sunderland U23 missing players
| Leeds U23 | Sunderland U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 23 | Scored | S | 22 | 41 | ||
| 47 | 27 | Conceded | C | 19 | 41 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 87% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 64% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 92% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 5.7 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | ||
| 5.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 6.4 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.7 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 10 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 41% | ||
| 11.4 | 12.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan U23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | Mansfield Town U23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 3 | Sunderland U23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -4 | 4 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 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 | 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 | Manchester City U23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Arsenal U23 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 26 |
| 5 | Brighton U23 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 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 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -10 | 18 |
| 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 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | -6 | 13 |
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 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 | Burnley U23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 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 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
