National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ipswich Town U18 or Liverpool U18 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both participants have had a decent time to rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an enthusiastic fixture!
Ipswich Town U18 form and stats
Last season their FA Youth Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Overall U18 Professional Development League results at home this season for Ipswich Town U18 are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Ipswich shared the glory with Bristol City U18 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
A 1-1 scoreline against Nottingham Forest U18 before that, played at home in the FA Youth Cup.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Ipswich Town U18 as they are travelling to their away game against Watford U18 in the U18 Professional Development League. That match is one day after this one.
Ipswich Town U18 always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 13 goals in 4 league games. Ipswich are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.
Liverpool U18 form and stats
Last season their FA Youth Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.Liverpool U18 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Middlesbrough U18. As you can tell from the result, the match against Middlesbrough U18 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Prior to that match, the Liverpool U18 manager Wilkinson faced defeat when travelling to Manchester United U18 and losing 2-3.The schedule is very tough for Liverpool now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League U18 game at Newcastle Utd U18 is waiting in only one day.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Doherty 8 goals | L. Koumas 7 goals | T. McLaughlin-Miles 3 goals |
Ipswich Town U18 missing players
Liverpool U18 missing players
| Ipswich Town U18 | Liverpool U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 24 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 47 | 27 | Scored | S | 29 | 54 | ||
| 49 | 19 | Conceded | C | 32 | 56 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 75% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 86% | 84% | ||
| 50% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 68% | ||
| 38% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 79% | 91% | BTTS | BTTS | 79% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 12% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 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 |
| 1 | Cardiff City U18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Millwall U18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic U18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 23 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers U18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Reading U18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town U18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Watford U18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Bristol City U18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Swansea U18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Colchester United U18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 11 |
