Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Peterborough United U23 & Sheffield Utd U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are hustling days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the Professional Development League. This match was also played here at Weston Homes Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sheffield Utd U23 have had more rest.
Peterborough United U23 form and stats
Peterborough United U23 was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Premier League Cup.When playing at home in the Professional Development League, Peterborough United U23 have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Peterborough United U23 haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 197 minutes ago. C. O'Connell scored that one.
Peterborough's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Barnsley U23.
Before that, Peterborough drew at home versus Sheffield Utd U23.A decent goal production from Peterborough United U23 in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Peterborough have only let in 2 goals at home.
Sheffield Utd U23 form and stats
Sheffield Utd U23 have an excellent away record in the Professional Development League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
Sheffield are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Peterborough United U23.
A draw for Sheffield before that, at their own venue hosting Swansea City U23 (1-1).With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Sheffield are regular goalscorers on their travels. Sheffield are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Peterborough United U23 missing players
Sheffield Utd U23 missing players
| Peterborough United U23 | Sheffield Utd U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 17 | 8 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Scored | S | 25 | 55 | ||
| 33 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 23 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 53% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 35% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 71% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 18% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 44% | ||
| 18% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 5 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 50% | ||
| 7.5 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.4 | 7.8 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 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 | Peterborough United U23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Burnley U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Everton U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 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 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 16 | 25 |
| 2 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Hull City U23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | -1 | 13 |
| 4 | Peterborough United U23 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Barnsley U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -17 | 10 |
| 6 | Wigan U23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 9 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -10 | 5 |