Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Cambridge United U18 & Sheffield Wednesday U18 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Youth Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Sheffield Wednesday U18 could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a U18 Professional Development League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Crewe Alexandra U18. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Cambridge United U18 form and stats
Last season, Cambridge United U18's FA Youth Cup journey ended in the 5th round.The club members are hoping that Cambridge United U18 will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the match against Stevenage U18.
Preceding that result, a home defeat in the Youth Alliance Cup against Milton Keynes Dons U18.
Sheffield Wednesday U18 form and stats
They also participated in FA Youth Cup last season. This ended in the 5th round.Playing away, Sheffield Wednesday U18 have won 1 game, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the U18 Professional Development League this season.
Two away games in a row for Sheffield Wednesday U18, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus Crewe Alexandra U18. Sheffield lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
A 0-1 defeat away at Wigan U18 before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Barnsley U18 in just three days.
Sheffield Wednesday U18 have scored 5 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league.
Head 2 Head
Cambridge United U18 missing players
Sheffield Wednesday U18 missing players
| Cambridge United U18 | Sheffield Wednesday U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 20 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 20 | Scored | S | 12 | 24 | ||
| 39 | 21 | Conceded | C | 20 | 30 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 95% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 65% | ||
| 64% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 55% | ||
| 48% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 15% | ||
| 52% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 55% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 30% | ||
| 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 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 4 | Sheffield United U18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Barnsley U18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 19 |
| 7 | Peterborough U18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -6 | 16 |
| 10 | Burnley U18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Birmingham City U18 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 13 |
| 14 | Sheffield Wednesday U18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 17 | Hull City U18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 10 |
| 18 | Wigan U18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 19 | Crewe Alexandra U18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 9 |
| 20 | Coventry City U18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
