National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Watford U23 or Huddersfield Town U23 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Watford U23 form and stats
Watford was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Premier League Cup.Watford U23 have played 5 Professional Development League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Premier League Cup, Watford U23 has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Watford faced defeat in their previous match, away at Newcastle Utd U23 (1-2).
Prior to that, an away loss at Cardiff U23 in the Professional Development League.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Swansea City U23 are coming to town in four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Watford U23's attacking play is working. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Watford U23 have allowed the opposition to score 14 goals here at Clarence Park.
Huddersfield Town U23 form and stats
They also participated in Premier League Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The visitors are W3-D2-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Professional Development League. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Premier League Cup stats, they have 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses both home and away.
Huddersfield are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Premier League Cup against Birmingham U23.
Before that, Huddersfield travelled to Newcastle Utd U23 and returned home with a draw after the Premier League Cup game finished 1-1.Huddersfield Town U23 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. Huddersfield Town U23 struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Huddersfield Town U23 - Watford 6-0 was the score in these teams' latest h2h match, played this season. Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding three meetings): Watford won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Huddersfield Town U23 got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / oneWatford U23 missing players
Huddersfield Town U23 missing players
| Watford U23 | Huddersfield Town U23 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 35 | 21 | Scored | S | 24 | 52 | ||
| 49 | 21 | Conceded | C | 25 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 86% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 37% | ||
| 10.7 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 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 | Huddersfield Town U23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Newcastle Utd U23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Watford U23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 6 |
| 4 | Birmingham U23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -10 | 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 | Cardiff U23 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | Bristol City U23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 22 |
| 3 | Millwall U23 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Ipswich U23 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
| 5 | Charlton U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Colchester U23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Swansea City U23 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 11 |
| 8 | Watford U23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 10 |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers U23 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -13 | 10 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bolton U23 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Nottingham U23 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 26 |
| 3 | Huddersfield Town U23 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
| 4 | Leeds U23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | Sheffield Wed U23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 6 | Sheffield Utd U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 7 | Crewe U23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -5 | 23 |
| 8 | Birmingham U23 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| 9 | Hull City U23 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 10 | Burnley U23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | -11 | 17 |
| 11 | Barnsley U23 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -13 | 11 |
