Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Swansea City U21 & Cardiff City U21 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the 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 U21 form and stats
Action has already taken place for Swansea in League Cup as they have defeated Carmarthen Town and Caerau (Ely) to reach the 3rd Round.Perfect Professional Development League season at home so far for Swansea City U21 2 wins from 2 appearances.
Happy days for Swansea City U21 in their previous game, a fixture away at Coventry City U21 that ended with a 3-2 victory.
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Hull City U21.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Swansea have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 1 and lost 2.
At Swansea.com Stadium, Swansea City U21 has the goal stats of 8-1 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Cardiff City U21 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Cambrian & Clydach and Haverfordwest County in order to reach 3rd round of League Cup.Still no away game victory in the Professional Development League for Cardiff City U21 with 1 draw and 2 losses from their first 3 attempts.
Cardiff City U21 are travelling again after losing away to Sheffield United U21 in their previous match (2-6). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sheffield United U21 was particularly ugly (2-6). The humiliation is still top of mind.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Barnsley U21.Cardiff City U21 are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. From a total of 8 matches.
Cardiff are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 5 times in 3 away games so far. Cardiff City U21 can't defend away. 12 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 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
Previous two meetings with these teams: Swansea City U21 won zero, Cardiff City U21 triumphed in one and we saw one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Swansea City U21 missing players
Cardiff City U21 missing players
| Swansea City U21 | Cardiff City U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 71 | 42 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 51 | 20 | Conceded | C | 33 | 51 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 52% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 84% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 28% | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 4 | ||
| 53% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| 8.9 | 7.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.8 | 10.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers U21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Millwall U21 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Swansea City U21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Watford U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 5 | Bristol City U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth U21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 7 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 8 | Colchester United U21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 5 |
| 10 | Cardiff City U21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 5 |
