Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Swansea City U23 & Reading 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!
Swansea City U23 form and stats
Swansea City U23 was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Premier League Cup.3-1-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League 2 Divison Two numbers at home for Swansea City U23 so far this season. 2W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Premier League Cup for Swansea City U23.
The Swansea City U23 fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League 2 Divison Two game also here at Penlan Social Club: A 0-4 defeat against Newcastle Utd U23. Before that match, a Premier League International Cup win away at Everton U23.
Swansea City U23 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The Swansea City U23 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 8 league matches. Swansea City U23 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (19 from 8 played).
Reading U23 form and stats
They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Reading U23 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League 2 Divison Two, after 2-0-6 (8 played). The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss both home and away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Reading U23 are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away games in a row for Reading U23, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Stoke City U23 in the Premier League 2 Divison Two. Before that, Reading U23 travelled to Colchester U23 and returned home with a draw after the Premier League Cup game finished 1-1.
Reading U23 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 8 away games so far. Reading U23 have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Reading U23 - Swansea City U23 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Swansea City U23 one win, zero draws and Reading U23 one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 A. Liddle 6 goals | T. Nevers 6 goals |
Swansea City U23 missing players
Reading U23 missing players
| Swansea City U23 | Reading U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 37 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 48 | ||
| 41 | 28 | Conceded | C | 22 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 6 | 5.6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 204 | 94 | Total Shots | T S | 143 | 311 | ||
| 99 | 50 | Shots on Target | S O | 55 | 131 | ||
| 31% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Charlton U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Swansea City U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 6 |
| 3 | Reading U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Colchester U23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | West Ham United U23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 17 | 33 | 42 |
| 2 | Manchester United U23 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 27 | 40 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion U23 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 31 |
| 4 | Stoke City U23 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 24 | -8 | 23 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U23 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Swansea City U23 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 21 |
| 8 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 19 |
| 9 | Reading U23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Norwich City U23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 11 | Fulham U23 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 14 |
| 12 | Sunderland U23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 26 | -38 | 1 |