Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Reading U23 & Charlton U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Reading U23 form and stats
Last season, Reading's Premier League Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.2 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Reading U23 have to build on here at Select Car Leasing Stadium in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. This match is a Premier League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses in this competition.
Reading lost their last game at Norwich City U23 after a 2-5 scoreline. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Middlesbrough U23.There will be little rest for Reading U23 after this match as they are travelling to Birmingham U23 for a Premier League 2 Divison Two game in only four days.
The Reading fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Reading have conceded 13 from these games.
Charlton U23 form and stats
Charlton U23's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Professional Development League matches, Charlton U23 have produced an overall stat of 2-1-2 so far. Total Premier League Cup statistics for Charlton U23: 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Charlton are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Ipswich U23. An insane game with lots of goals last time out for Charlton, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this fixture be as enjoying?
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Swansea City U23 at their stadium, the result 3-1.The prediction for this game is lots of goals as Charlton alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (15 from 5 played). Charlton have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Charlton U23 - Reading U23 3-0 was the scoreline in these contenders' previous h2h game, earlier this season. Statistics for the former three meetings between these two sides are: one win for Reading, one draw and one win for Charlton U23. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.Top Goalscorers
  K. Ehibhaimha 7 goals | C. Osorio 3 goals |
Reading U23 missing players
Charlton U23 missing players
| Reading U23 | Charlton U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Scored | S | 29 | 50 | ||
| 50 | 27 | Conceded | C | 34 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 68% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.4 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 8.8 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 8.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 40% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 47% | ||
| 11.1 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 10.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 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 | Derby County U23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Charlton U23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Reading U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 4 | Norwich City U23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 10 |
| 8 | Watford U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 9 | Swansea City U23 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -10 | 8 |