National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Peterborough United U21 or Aston Villa U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.
This promises to be an action-packed match with lots of fun and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's start!
Peterborough United U21 form and stats
The club members hope that Peterborough United U21 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the Premier League Cup fixture against Brentford U21.
Previous to that game, a Professional Development League home match hosting Burnley U21 in a game that was won 4-1.Aston Villa U21 form and stats
2-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Aston Villa U21 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two matches away.
Two away matches in a row for Villa, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 vs Blackburn Rovers U21 in the Premier League Cup.
Before that, Aston Villa U21 secured a home win against Norwich City U21 with the score 2-1.The Aston Villa U21 manager Carss has got the team scoring on the road, with 9 away goals in 4 league matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Villa in these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's what happened when the teams faced each other previously this season; Aston Villa U21 - Peterborough United U21 1-1.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Firth 5 goals | T. O'Reilly 2 goals |  E. Rowe 2 goals |
Peterborough United U21 missing players
Aston Villa U21 missing players
| Peterborough United U21 | Aston Villa U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Won | W | 5 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 15 | ||
| 31 | 19 | Scored | S | 28 | 40 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 44 | 63 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 82% | 88% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 59% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 53% | 48% | ||
| 41% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 35% | 32% | ||
| 88% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 76% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 8% | ||
| 6% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 24% | 16% | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 6.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.6 | 9 | ||
| 4.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.9 | ||
| 45% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 42% | ||
| 10 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 13 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brentford U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Peterborough United U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Aston Villa U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brentford U21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Blackburn Rovers U21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Peterborough United U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Aston Villa U21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 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 |
