National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Swansea City U23 or West Ham United U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Swansea City U23 and West Ham United U23 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Swansea City U23 form and stats
Swansea was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Premier League Cup.With 2 Professional Development League wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from their home games, Swansea City U23 are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Swansea's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Wolves U23.
Ahead of that match, Swansea City U23 lost 1-3 at home to Charlton U23.Swansea are traveling soon after this match as the Professional Development League match at Queens Park Rangers U23 awaits in four days.
Swansea are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Swansea have conceded 15 goals in these home games, a significant number.
West Ham United U23 form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for West Ham United U23 in their Premier League 2 Division One matches away.
270 minutes! That's how long the West Ham United U23 goalkeeper and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
West Ham United U23 had fun at their own home (Swansea City FC Youth Academy Training Centre) last time out, beating Blackburn Rovers U23 1-0. M. Emmanuel scored.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Manchester City U23.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Ham manager M. Robson as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Crystal Palace U23.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, West Ham United U23 are regular goalscorers on their travels. West Ham United U23 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 10 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the last five meetings): Swansea won one game, zero matches ended with a tie and West Ham United U23 got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / zeroTop Goalscorers
  A. Okoflex 8 goals |  S. Perkins 5 goals |  T. Nevers 4 goals |
Swansea City U23 missing players
West Ham United U23 missing players
| Swansea City U23 | West Ham United U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Scored | S | 17 | 51 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Conceded | C | 26 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 6 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 6.9 | 5.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.1 | 11.8 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 8.7 | 7.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wolves U23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | West Ham United U23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Exeter U23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 4 | Swansea City U23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 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 | Cardiff U23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Millwall U23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Ipswich U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Colchester U23 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | Charlton U23 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Watford U23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 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 |
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Arsenal U23 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Tottenham U23 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Manchester City U23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace U23 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Brighton U23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Manchester United U23 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Chelsea U23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 14 |
| 9 | Everton U23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 14 |
| 10 | Leicester City U23 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Leeds U23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 11 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Liverpool U23 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -8 | 12 |
| 13 | Blackburn Rovers U23 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -14 | 11 |
| 14 | Derby County U23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 10 |