National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Norwich City U23 or Reading U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Norwich City U23 form and stats
Norwich City U23 participated in Premier League Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.Norwich City U23 have collected 15 points from their Premier League 2 Divison Two home games so far after 5-0-3. 0W-2D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Premier League Cup for Norwich City U23.
In their previous game, the manager Neilson led his Norwich City U23 to a defeat in the Premier League 2 Divison Two match away at Nottingham U23. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Lotus Training Center.
Before that, Norwich had a Premier League 2 Divison Two home game versus Southampton U23 which ended with a victory 4-3.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Norwich City U23, as the Premier League 2 Divison Two home game vs Burnley U23 is only four days away.
Norwich City U23 are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Norwich City U23 with 18 goals conceded in these matches.
Reading U23 form and stats
Reading U23's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.There's been little loot from Reading U23's travels as they have only collected 5 points from 7 away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Reading U23 only have 1 win to counter their 4 defeats and 2 draws. When we have look at the Premier League Cup statistics, we find 1W-0D-3L. This is both home and away.
The manager Gilkes was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League 2 Divison Two match played at their home ground Kingfield Stadium. Reading U23 suffered a 1-4 loss to Newcastle Utd U23.
It was a Premier League 2 Divison Two defeat before that one as the away game against Sunderland U23 wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Reading U23 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 7 goals have been scored. Reading have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H game ended Reading U23 - Norwich City U23 3-2, earlier this season. Norwich City U23-Reading U23 H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Norwich City U23 six wins, Reading U23 two wins, two draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Kamara 9 goals |
Norwich City U23 missing players
Reading U23 missing players
| Norwich City U23 | Reading U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 14 | ||
| 61 | 29 | Scored | S | 11 | 33 | ||
| 61 | 27 | Conceded | C | 25 | 55 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 72% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 28% | ||
| 80% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 32% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.1 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 8.4 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 48% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 48% | 41% | ||
| 13.9 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 11.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Derby County U23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Charlton U23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Reading U23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -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 | Fulham U23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 40 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 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 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -4 | 25 |
| 5 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U23 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | Burnley U23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland U23 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 19 |
| 9 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Nottingham U23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 16 |
| 12 | Middlesbrough U23 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -12 | 15 |
| 13 | Reading U23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | -14 | 14 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 13 |
