Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Middlesbrough U21 & West Brom U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Middlesbrough U21 form and stats
3 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Middlesbrough U21 have to build on here at Heritage Park in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.
Middlesbrough U21's previous fixture was a Premier League Cup game also played at their home, ending 1-0 versus West Brom U21. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Brom U21 (2-5).Middlesbrough can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. On the other hand, Middlesbrough U21 have conceded 6 goals.
West Brom U21 form and stats
Things could have gone better for West Brom U21 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.
Two away matches in a row for West Brom U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Middlesbrough U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Before that, West Brom U21 secured a home win against Middlesbrough U21 with the score 5-2.We have checked recent matches where Brom have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
West Brom U21 are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (10 goals from 3 away games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kavanagh 3 goals |
Middlesbrough U21 missing players
West Brom U21 missing players
| Middlesbrough U21 | West Brom U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 17 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 9 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 32 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Conceded | C | 32 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 94% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 94% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 47% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 29% | ||
| 72% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 71% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 6% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.4 | 6.3 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.6 | 0.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.3 | ||
| 37% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 41% | ||
| 9.1 | 5.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | West Brom U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| 4 | Watford U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -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 | Leeds United U21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | Norwich City U21 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough U21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | West Brom U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Southampton U21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -8 | 6 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 9 | Stoke City U21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 5 |
| 10 | Sunderland U21 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 0 |
