National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Middlesbrough U23 or Blackburn Rovers U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both contenders have had enough rest since their last match. Let's trust this will be an energetic fixture!
Middlesbrough U23 form and stats
Middlesbrough participated in Premier League Cup the last season, where they reached the 8th finals.Middlesbrough U23 have collected 9 points from their Premier League 2 Divison Two home games so far after 3-0-5. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Premier League Cup for Middlesbrough U23.
The Middlesbrough fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League 2 Divison Two game also here at Heritage Park: A 0-3 defeat against Burnley U23.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting West Bromwich Albion U23 (2-3).There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Middlesbrough as they are travelling to their away game against Queens Park Rangers U23 in the Premier League Cup. That match is three days after this one.
Middlesbrough are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 8 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Middlesbrough U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Blackburn Rovers U23 form and stats
They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.Blackburn Rovers U23 have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League 2 Division One, after 2-1-5 (8 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses both home and away.
McBride was the last player to score for the away team. Blackburn haven't scored a league goal in the last 198 minutes.
Blackburn are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the Premier League Cup against Nottingham U23. As mentioned above, Blackburn Rovers U23 was the only team on the pitch versus Nottingham U23 in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.
Preceding that, the 0-4 home loss versus Manchester United U23.Blackburn have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. People interested in "over 2,5 goals" betting will like to know that Blackburn concede an average of more than 2,5 goals per away match all on their own.
Head 2 Head
The latest head-to-head encounter ended Blackburn Rovers U23 - Middlesbrough U23 3-2, played this season. Data for the last five meetings between these two participants are: two wins for Middlesbrough, one draw and two wins for Blackburn Rovers U23. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Burns 7 goals |   I. Fletcher 3 goals |
Middlesbrough U23 missing players
Blackburn Rovers U23 missing players
| Middlesbrough U23 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Lost | L | 9 | 13 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Scored | S | 15 | 38 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Conceded | C | 31 | 58 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 40% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 8% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10.9 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.7 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.2 | ||
| 34% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 36% | ||
| 10 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 12.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 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 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Nottingham U23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
