Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Nottingham Forest U21 & Huddersfield Town U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had enough days rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!
Nottingham Forest U21 form and stats
Seven points from three Premier League 2 Division One home games is a great start for Nottingham Forest U21, who are hoping to build on that form here at The Impact Arena.
The Nottingham Forest U21 coach Joyce and his side return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Newcastle United U21.
Before that, the Premier League 2 Division One game (at neutral arena) won 4-3 versus Crystal Palace U21.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Nottingham Forest U21 as they are travelling to their away game against Carlisle United in the EFL Trophy. That match is four days after this one.
Goals are plentiful at The Impact Arena in the league this season as Nottingham has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Nottingham Forest U21 defense is not exactly impregnable. 5 goals conceded from 3 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Huddersfield Town U21 form and stats
Huddersfield's last fixture was the Premier League Cup match versus Newcastle United U21, played on neutral ground. It was a draw at full-time (1-1).
An annoying loss ahead of that, the fixture against Blackburn Rovers U21 in the Premier League Cup; played at a neutral arena.
Head 2 Head
Nottingham Forest U21 missing players
Huddersfield Town U21 missing players
| Nottingham Forest U21 | Huddersfield Town U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | ||
| 48 | 27 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | ||
| 34 | 14 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | ||
| 92% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 70% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | ||
| 40% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | ||
| 16% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | ||
| 40% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 38% | ||
| 16% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5 | ||
| 42% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 20% | ||
| 10.6 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 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 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Newcastle United U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Fleetwood Town 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 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Newcastle United U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town U21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Fleetwood Town U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
