National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Queens Park Rangers U23 or Middlesbrough U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous match. Let's aim for an energetic fixture!
Queens Park Rangers U23 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Professional Development League this season. Queens Park Rangers U23 have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here at Grosvenor Vale. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Premier League Cup for Queens Park Rangers U23. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Queens, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Queens crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Swansea City U23 here at Grosvenor Vale in a Professional Development League match.
Preceding that match was a Professional Development League defeat to Cardiff U23 (1-3).Queens has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Queens Park Rangers U23 with 17 goals conceded in these matches.
Middlesbrough U23 form and stats
They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Middlesbrough U23 so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-6 (win-draw-lose). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss both home and away. Bitter travels for Middlesbrough as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sunderland U23 match.
Middlesbrough U23 lost away at West Bromwich Albion U23 (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Reading U23's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Burnley U23 in just four days.
Middlesbrough have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. For Middlesbrough U23, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Middlesbrough U23 - Queens Park Rangers U23 1-0 was the product when these two participants last met, also in this season.Top Goalscorers
  I. Fletcher 3 goals | J. Gibson 3 goals |
Queens Park Rangers U23 missing players
Middlesbrough U23 missing players
| Queens Park Rangers U23 | Middlesbrough U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 30 | 21 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 48 | 26 | Conceded | C | 24 | 40 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 40% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6 | ||
| 5.3 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | ||
| 25% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 9.8 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Nottingham U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 3 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 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 | Cardiff U23 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 33 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Ipswich U23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Millwall U23 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Charlton U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Colchester U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Swansea City U23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Watford U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 10 |
| 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 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 34 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 25 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 23 |
| 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 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 8 | Burnley U23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 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 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |