National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ipswich Town U18 or West Ham U18 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Ipswich Town U18 nor West Ham U18 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Ipswich Town U18 form and stats
Ipswich participated in FA Youth Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.Ipswich Town U18 are steadily winning U18 Professional Development League games and points here. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
The Ipswich Town U18 club members got no joy from their last match, also played here: A 2-3 defeat against Watford U18.
Previous to that game, a U18 Professional Development League home match hosting Bristol City U18 in a game that was won 2-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Ipswich Town U18 as they have a new game in only three days, a U18 Professional Development League match thankfully also at home. Charlton Athletic U18 are visiting.
Ipswich Town U18 are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 18 goals in 7 matches.
West Ham U18 form and stats
Ham's mission in FA Youth Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.The followers enjoyed West Ham U18's previous match versus Norwich U18, a 6-0 win played at home. As mentioned above, West Ham U18 was the only team on the pitch versus Norwich U18 in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
A loss against Chelsea U18 was the result prior to that, in a Premier League U18 home game.Ham have another match that requires travelling in just three days, a Premier League U18 match versus Tottenham U18. A difficult calendar for them!
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Kadua 9 goals | C. Marshall 8 goals | F. Fawunmi 6 goals |
Ipswich Town U18 missing players
West Ham U18 missing players
| Ipswich Town U18 | West Ham U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 11 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 47 | 27 | Scored | S | 41 | 83 | ||
| 51 | 20 | Conceded | C | 19 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 76% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 36% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 2 | ||
| 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 | 6 | ||
| 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 | Millwall U18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic U18 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 32 |
| 3 | Cardiff City U18 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Reading U18 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 25 |
| 5 | Watford U18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 6 | Bristol City U18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 23 |
| 7 | Ipswich Town U18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 31 | 35 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -4 | 23 |
| 8 | Queens Park Rangers U18 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 31 | -8 | 22 |
| 9 | Colchester United U18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 21 |
| 10 | Swansea U18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 30 | -13 | 19 |
