Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Swansea City U21 & Briton Ferry face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the League Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Briton Ferry could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FAW Championship game only two sleeps ago. That game, against Pontardawe Town, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Briton Ferry.
Swansea City U21 form and stats
Seven points from three Professional Development League home games is a great start for Swansea City U21, who are hoping to build on that form here at Old Road.
Swansea City U21's previous match was a Premier League Cup game also played at home, ending 3-1 against Brighton U21. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that, Swansea drew at home versus Watford U21.It's goals goals goals for Swansea City U21 who have scored 12 goals from 3 league home games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 5 goals have been conceded.
Briton Ferry form and stats
It's the second away game in a row for Briton Ferry, but there's smiles all around after the 4-2 victory versus Pontardawe Town last time out. As you can tell from the result, the match against Pontardawe Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Earlier, the Welsh Cup victory away at Aberfan.
After this away game Briton return home for a FAW Championship game against Carmarthen Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
Swansea City U21 missing players
Briton Ferry missing players
| Swansea City U21 | Briton Ferry | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 10 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 79 | 53 | Scored | S | 33 | 57 | ||
| 46 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 92% | 93% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 88% | 86% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Clean Sheets | C S | 47% | 48% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 8% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 7.5 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.7 | ||
| 54% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 77% | 62% | ||
| 8.2 | 6.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Millwall U21 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 2 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town U21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 4 | Bristol City U21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 13 |
| 5 | AFC Bournemouth U21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Watford U21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -4 | 11 |
| 7 | Swansea City U21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 9 | Colchester United U21 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 10 | Cardiff City U21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | -10 | 5 |
