Most in-form U21 players in EFL Cup

The most in-form U21 players in EFL Cup, ranked on Field Insider.

At a glance

N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the standout for raw talent across U21 players in EFL Cup, with a Field Insider Rating of 96.7, and Ben Brannan leads the scoring with 3 goals.

The numbers a scout watches are the year-on-year jumps: N. O'Reilly has improved his Season rating most, up +45.8 on last season, while E. Diouf's scouting Rating has risen fastest, +48.8 over the same span. Those are the players whose trajectory is bending upward fastest.

By our market-value index, N. O'Reilly of Manchester City is the most valuable name in this group at 174.1.

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#	Player	Team	Age	Season	Rating
1	N. O'Reilly Full-back	Manchester City	21	56432.1%	9717.9%
2	Sydie Peck Central midfielder	Sheffield Utd	21	5183.6%	785.2%
3	A. Devine Central midfielder	Preston	21	4653%	7629.3%
4	E. Kroupi Attacking midfielder	Bournemouth	20	4239%	9032.3%
5	Findlay Curtis Defensive midfielder	Kilmarnock	19	422216.7%	498.1%
6	Tom Iorpenda Central midfielder	Notts County	21	399625%	384.5%
7	B. Clark Central midfielder	Derby	21	392869.2%	724.1%
8	W. Lankshear Centre-forward	Oxford United	21	37	6917.2%
9	D. Kanu Centre-forward	Walsall	21	361037.5%	3716.9%
10	A. Cozier-Duberry Attacking midfielder	Bolton	21	36445.5%	5416.8%
11	P. Dorgu Attacking midfielder	Manchester United	21	3543.4%	9520.4%
12	A. Phillips Centre-back	Stoke City	21	344.2%	711.6%
13	E. Diouf Full-back	West Ham	21	34146.3%	93110.2%
14	L. Hall Full-back	Newcastle	21	3320.2%	877.6%
15	M. Ivanović Centre-forward	Millwall	21	33±0%	763.7%
16	J. Hinshelwood Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	329.3%	944.7%
17	K. Doyle Central midfielder	Reading	20	318.5%	524.2%
18	D. Ozoh Defensive midfielder	Derby	21	30156.8%	6912.7%
19	S. Fusire Central midfielder	Sheffield Wednesday	21	30290.9%	63117.2%
20	O. Kellyman Centre-forward	Cardiff	20	299600%	5230.2%
21	N. Irankunda Central midfielder	Watford	20	29	71
22	M. Tait Defensive midfielder	Livingston	20	29455.8%	5012.9%
23	D. Lawlor Centre-back	Cardiff	20	292300%	507.6%
24	K. Mainoo Defensive midfielder	Manchester United	21	2959.1%	899.7%
25	M. Moore Attacking midfielder	Rangers	18	29717.1%	5524.8%
26	B. Khela Defensive midfielder	Peterborough	21	28171.8%	5052%
27	S. Gale Centre-back	Gillingham	21	2827400%	3510.2%
28	Y. Minteh Attacking midfielder	Brighton	21	2719.3%	943.7%
29	J. Colwill Defensive midfielder	Cardiff	21	2644.5%	5047.9%
30	Daniel Gore Defensive midfielder	Rotherham	21	261361.1%	4610%
31	T. Small Central midfielder	Preston	21	2633.5%	6935.3%
32	Jonathan Bland Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	20	25	48
33	G. Kodua Winger	Luton	21	25437%	4910.5%
34	A. Gray Central midfielder	Tottenham	20	2471.8%	855.3%
35	R. Kpakio Full-back	Cardiff	19	242109.1%	5112.2%
36	J. Meghoma Full-back	Rangers	20	24209.1%	5215.8%
37	E. Tezgel Centre-forward	Crewe	20	24	3440.5%
38	O. Schwartau Attacking midfielder	Norwich	20	23338.5%	7211.8%
39	F. Draper Centre-forward	Lincoln	21	23101.8%	5110.9%
40	Jair Full-back	Botafogo	21	23	6720.6%
41	Tyler Bindon Centre-back	Sheffield Utd	21	2327.1%	6633.1%
42	O. Lunt Central midfielder	Crewe	21	23922.7%	3417.8%
43	Cian Ashford Central midfielder	Cardiff	21	2222.7%	5220%
44	D. Mubama Centre-forward	Stoke City	21	22	679.5%
45	R. Oné Centre-forward	Lincoln	20	22651.7%	5022%
46	L. Woodhouse Central midfielder	Exeter City	21	22	44
47	Estêvão Central midfielder	Chelsea	19	2162%	875.5%
48	L. Miley Full-back	Newcastle	20	21172.4%	889.2%
49	Vimal Yoganathan Defensive midfielder	Barnsley	20	212842.9%	4614.1%
50	L. Harris Attacking midfielder	Wycombe	21	2052.2%	527.1%