Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Stoke City U23 & Fulham U23 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Stoke City U23 form and stats
Last season, Stoke's Premier League Cup journey ended in the group stage.4-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League 2 Divison Two numbers at home for Stoke City U23 so far this season. 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.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Stoke City U23, as their goalkeeper has completely shut out the opponents for 180 minutes in the Premier League 2 Divison Two.
The Stoke City U23 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Southampton U23 in Premier League 2 Divison Two and win 3-0.
Before that match, a Premier League 2 Divison Two win away at Burnley U23.A decent goal production from Stoke in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 7 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stoke City U23 defense is not exactly impregnable. 13 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Fulham U23 form and stats
Fulham was sent out of Premier League Cup in the 8th finals last season.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Fulham U23 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-2 victory visiting West Bromwich Albion U23. A loony game with an abundance of goals last time out for Fulham, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this fixture be as gleeful?
A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Southend U23.Fulham U23 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 14 goals from 6 away matches. As for defending, Fulham rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Fulham U23 - Stoke 2-1 was the result in these participants' last h2h match, earlier this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two participants are: four wins for Stoke, two draws and four wins for Fulham U23. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  T. Ablade 8 goals | S. Hilton 6 goals |  D. James-Taylor 5 goals |
Stoke City U23 missing players
Fulham U23 missing players
| Stoke City U23 | Fulham U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 55 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 12 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 12% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 5.1 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.4 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.5 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 37% | ||
| 10.1 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.3 | 7.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | ||
| 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 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 2 | Norwich City U23 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -4 | 24 |
| 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 | Burnley U23 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 20 |
| 8 | Wolves U23 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -10 | 18 |
| 9 | Southampton U23 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 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 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 12 |
| 14 | Birmingham U23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
