National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Newcastle Utd U23 or Huddersfield Town U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Newcastle Utd U23 form and stats
Last season, Newcastle's Premier League Cup journey ended in the group stage.The story so far in the Premier League 2 Divison Two for Newcastle Utd U23 at their home stadium (Blue Flames Ground) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Newcastle will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-5 away loss in the Premier League 2 Divison Two game against Southampton U23. Newcastle were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Norwich City U23 that ended 2-2.Goals decide football matches and Newcastle are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Newcastle Utd U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Huddersfield Town U23 form and stats
They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Huddersfield Town U23 playing as the away team in the Professional Development League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away.
Huddersfield go into this game after a win, the home game against Watford U23 that ended 6-0. As mentioned above, Huddersfield was the only team on the pitch versus Watford U23 in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. Huddersfield Town U23 delivered their win in the match against Watford U23 already in the first half, and could slow the play down in the final 45 minutes to ensure the glorious victory. A solid performance!
Preceding that game was the away Premier League Cup victory against Birmingham U23 with the score of 2-1.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Huddersfield have scored 13 goals in 9 league games away. Huddersfield Town U23 have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle Utd U23 missing players
Huddersfield Town U23 missing players
| Newcastle Utd U23 | Huddersfield Town U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 24 | Scored | S | 24 | 51 | ||
| 43 | 16 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 13.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 13.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.4 | ||
| 34% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 35% | ||
| 9.4 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 9.6 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 U23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Watford U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -4 | 3 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 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 | Fulham U23 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | Aston Villa U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 18 |
| 5 | Burnley U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Norwich City U23 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 17 |
| 7 | Wolves U23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 15 |
| 8 | Southampton U23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Nottingham U23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Reading U23 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Birmingham U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough U23 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 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 | Bolton U23 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Nottingham U23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town U23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Birmingham U23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 | Hull City U23 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Barnsley U23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 11 |