National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Southend U23 or Colchester U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Southend U23 form and stats
Southend U23 was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Premier League Cup.Southend U23 have played (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Premier League Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in this competition.
Southend are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Fulham U23. Southend were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Stoke City U23 (0-3).Colchester U23 form and stats
Colchester U23's mission in Premier League Cup last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League. When we have look at the Premier League Cup statistics, we find 1W-2D-0L. This is both home and away.
There might be some fixture complaints from Colchester as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Professional Development League match against Cardiff U23 (0-2).
A draw for Colchester before that, at their own venue hosting Fulham U23 (0-0).The attacking power of Colchester U23 when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 5 league matches away. In the opposite end, Colchester have conceded 8 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The most up to date past result featuring both these contenders is the Colchester U23 - Southend U23 1-1 played previously this season.Southend U23 missing players
Colchester U23 missing players
| Southend U23 | Colchester U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 9 | 4 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 14 | 31 | ||
| 19 | 9 | Conceded | C | 25 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 32% | ||
| 11% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 67% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 60% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 16% | ||
| 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 28% | ||
| 2.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.6 | 8.3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | ||
| 18 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.8 | ||
| 8.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.2 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Colchester U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Southend U23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 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 | Fulham U23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Colchester U23 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Stoke City U23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Southend U23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -9 | 1 |
