Perhaps a welcome break from league football as West Brom U21 & Middlesbrough U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Premier League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
West Brom U21 form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League 2 Divison Two for West Brom U21 at their home stadium (The Hawthorns) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The regulars are hoping that Brom will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the Premier League Cup fixture against Watford U21.
Before that match, a loss in the away fixture against Huddersfield Town U21 in the Premier League Cup.
West Brom U21 are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at The Hawthorns in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Middlesbrough U21 form and stats
1-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Middlesbrough U21 in their Premier League 2 Divison Two matches away.
Two away games in a row for Middlesbrough U21, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 against Huddersfield Town U21 in the Premier League Cup.
A home win as expected against Watford U21 before that, in the Premier League Cup.
Middlesbrough have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 10 goals from 4 away matches. Middlesbrough U21 can't defend away. 17 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Middlesbrough U21 - West Brom U21 2-1 was the scoreline in these contenders' last head to head game, played this season. Numbers for the last two meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Brom, zero draws and one win for Middlesbrough U21. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Kavanagh 5 goals |  J. Malcolm 3 goals |
West Brom U21 missing players
Middlesbrough U21 missing players
| West Brom U21 | Middlesbrough U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 22 | 6 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 1 | Lost | L | 9 | 14 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 18 | 41 | ||
| 48 | 9 | Conceded | C | 37 | 56 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 95% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 91% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 36% | ||
| 73% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 9% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 0.9 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 41% | ||
| 11.6 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 9 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 4.4 | ||
| 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 U21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 2 | Middlesbrough U21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Watford U21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 3 |
| 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 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 25 |
| 2 | Southampton U21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 19 |
| 3 | West Brom U21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 6 | Newcastle United U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Aston Villa U21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -6 | 8 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -22 | 0 |
