Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nottingham Forest U21 & Charlton Athletic U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Nottingham Forest U21 and Charlton Athletic U21 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
Nottingham Forest U21 have played 5 Premier League 2 Divison Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Nottingham's previous match was a Premier League Cup game also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Hull City U21. The home side hope to to repeat that performance.
Ahead of that result, a home defeat in the Premier League Cup against Fulham U21.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (11 in 5 games), Nottingham Forest U21's attacking play is working. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nottingham defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Charlton Athletic U21 form and stats
Impressive finishing secured the home win 2-1 against Cardiff City U21 in their previous game.
It was a Professional Development League defeat before that one as the away game against Bristol City U21 wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.Head 2 Head
Charlton Athletic U21 - Nottingham Forest U21 1-3 was the story when these sides formerly met, also in this season.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Konate 5 goals |  A. Gibson-Hammond 2 goals | O. Hammond 2 goals |
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
Charlton Athletic U21 missing players
| Nottingham Forest U21 | Charlton Athletic U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 13 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 13 | 30 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Conceded | C | 12 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 62% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 80% | ||
| 54% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 60% | ||
| 38% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 33% | ||
| 69% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 73% | ||
| 23% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 13% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 13% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.5 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 37% | ||
| 12.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
| 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 U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Hull City U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 25 |
| 2 | Southampton U21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 0 |
