Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stoke City U21 & Burnley U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Stoke City U21 form and stats
0-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League 2 Divison Two numbers at home for Stoke City U21 so far this season.
The Stoke City U21 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Sunderland U21 here at The Weaver Stadium.
Heartbreak before that as Stoke lost 1-4 at Nottingham Forest U21's place.There will be little rest for Stoke City U21 after this match as they are travelling to West Brom U21 for a Premier League 2 Divison Two game in only four days.
The Stoke fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Stoke City U21 having conceded 11 goals here at The Weaver Stadium so far.
Burnley U21 form and stats
Burnley U21 have an excellent away record in the Professional Development League so far with 4-1-1 from 6 games.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Sheffield United U21 with 2-3 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that game was the away Professional Development League victory against Coventry City U21 with the score of 3-1.A new game in only four days for Burnley U21, the Professional Development League home match versus Hull City U21. Busy days.
Burnley has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 6 games. It's not easy to score on Burnley U21 as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGuinness 3 goals | T. Sparrow 2 goals | K. Reddin 2 goals |
Stoke City U21 missing players
Burnley U21 missing players
| Stoke City U21 | Burnley U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 15 | 4 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 11 | 21 | ||
| 33 | 11 | Conceded | C | 5 | 22 | ||
| 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 75% | ||
| 53% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 58% | ||
| 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 25% | ||
| 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 25% | ||
| 3 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 0.7 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 47% | ||
| 14.1 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.8 | 8 | ||
| 8.4 | 9.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 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 | Arsenal U21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Stoke City U21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Swansea City U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Burnley U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Leeds United U21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 22 |
| 2 | Norwich City U21 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Middlesbrough U21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Southampton U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Sunderland U21 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | -4 | 7 |
| 9 | Aston Villa U21 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -13 | 5 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -16 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sheffield United U21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
| 2 | Burnley U21 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic U21 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Hull City U21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Birmingham City U21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra U21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | -1 | 10 |
| 7 | Coventry City U21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Peterborough United U21 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 9 | Sheffield Wednesday U21 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -19 | 9 |
| 10 | Barnsley U21 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
