National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Peterborough United U23 or Burnley U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Peterborough United U23 form and stats
Last season, Peterborough's Premier League Cup journey ended in the group stage.Peterborough United U23 have collected 8 points from their Professional Development League home games so far after 2-2-1. 2W-1D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Premier League Cup for Peterborough United U23.
Peterborough's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Everton U23.
Heartbreak before that as Peterborough United U23 lost 3-4 at Hull City U23's place.The Peterborough fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Peterborough have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 2 goals.
Burnley U23 form and stats
Burnley's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League 2 Divison Two travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. When we have look at the Premier League Cup statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
Burnley play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-0 victory visiting Middlesbrough U23.
A draw for Burnley before that, at their own venue hosting Nottingham U23 (1-1).As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Burnley U23 in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Burnley, zero draws and four defeats.
Burnley has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. Burnley U23 have conceded 11 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Burnley U23 - Peterborough 1-2 was the result in these teams' previous head to head fixture, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  N. Tucker 3 goals | A. Driscoll-Glennon 2 goals |
Peterborough United U23 missing players
Burnley U23 missing players
| Peterborough United U23 | Burnley U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 10 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 40 | 15 | Scored | S | 26 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 14 | Conceded | C | 26 | 42 | ||
| 95% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 70% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 77% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 64% | ||
| 55% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 64% | ||
| 18% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 18% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10.3 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 39% | ||
| 9.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 10 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Peterborough United U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Everton U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 |
| 3 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 | Burnley U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 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 | Coventry U23 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 3 | Hull City U23 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Barnsley U23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -16 | 14 |
| 5 | Peterborough United U23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Crewe U23 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 12 |
| 7 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -8 | 10 |
| 8 | Wigan U23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 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 | Fulham U23 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 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 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 5 | Aston Villa U23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | Burnley U23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Sunderland U23 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 11 | Reading U23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 12 | Nottingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
