Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Aston Villa U18 & Leicester U18 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Youth Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Aston Villa U18 form and stats
A nice win for Villa last time playing, versus West Brom U18. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with T. O'Reilly scoring for the victors.
Heartbreak before that as Aston Villa U18 lost 3-6 at Southampton U18's place.Leicester U18 form and stats
Leicester U18's mission in FA Youth Cup last season failed in the 5th round.Leicester won their last game, 7-0 versus Norwich U18 played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Leicester U18 was very dominant against Norwich U18, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 7-0 (!) with J. Wormleighton, K. Pennant (3), C. Popov (2) and J. Butterfill providing the goals. K. Pennant certainly enjoyed Leicester's last game versus Norwich U18, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 7-0 victory.
Ahead of that match was the Premier League U18 away draw versus West Brom U18 that ended 3-3.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League U18 trip to Tottenham U18.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's two Aston Villa U18 victories, one draw and three Leicester U18 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  K. Pennant 8 goals | C. Popov 7 goals |
Aston Villa U18 missing players
Leicester U18 missing players
| Aston Villa U18 | Leicester U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 7 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 71 | 48 | Scored | S | 12 | 49 | ||
| 70 | 27 | Conceded | C | 13 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 88% | 86% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 72% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 48% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 68% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||