Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

League Two team Fleetwood Town take on the young stars of Premier League club Aston Villa on Tuesday as both teams open their EFL Trophy Northern Group D campaigns.

Fleetwood have already had some cup success this season, knocking out West Brom and Rotherham in the first two rounds of the EFL Cup, but they suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday, going down 1-0 at AFC Wimbledon.

This is the first match for Aston Villa U21 this season, but the club's first team have won two of their opening three Premier League games.

How to watch Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 and TV channel

Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 will be broadcast in the UK on Sky Sports+.

Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 kick-off time, date and venue

Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 will be played at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and kick-off is at 19:00 on Tuesday 3rd September 2024.

Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 stats and head-to-head record 

Fleetwood and Aston Villa have met once before in this competition, when Fleetwood - then a League One club - beat the young Villans 3-0 in October 2020. Harvey Saunders starred for the EFL team that night, scoring a hat-trick in the first 15 minutes of the match.

The Villa side that day included Jacob Ramsey, Carney Chukwuemeka and Aaron Ramsey.

Fleetwood have picked up four points from their first two home League Two games this season and also won their final two home matches in League One last term despite being relegated.

Aston Villa U21 do not have a strong record in this competition, losing 11 of their 15 matches, with only three wins and one draw.

Last season, they lost away to Crawley Town and Charlton Athletic but won a shootout against Sutton United after a 2-2 draw. 

Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 head-to-head record 

Fleetwood Town wins	1
Draws	0
Aston Villa U21 wins	0

* H2H stats refer to all competitions

Fleetwood Town v Aston Villa U21 team news

Fleetwood Town team news

Fleetwood's latest signing Kian Harratt was on the bench for Saturday's league match at AFC Wimbledon, when Ronan Coughlan returned to the line-up after missing the previous three games due to a minor injury.

Defender Zech Medley is out after Achilles surgery, while forward Maleace Asamoah has left the club to join League One Wigan.

Aston Villa U21 team news

Villa have bolstered their squad by signing midfielder Kane Taylor from Manchester City. Defender Finley Munroe has joined Real Union on loan and midfielder Rico Richards has been loaned to League Two Port Vale.

The U21 team lost 4-1 to Arsenal in their latest outing on Friday night, with striker Rory Wilson scoring their only goal from the penalty spot.