National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Manchester City U18 or Brighton U18 that keep their silverware dream alive.
Not much time to rest for the hosts, as they performed in a Premier League U18 game only three days back. That game was an away game at Leeds United U18, so at least Manchester City U18 are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Manchester City U18 form and stats
Manchester was eliminated in the 4th round last season in the FA Youth Cup.A strong away win for Manchester City U18 against Leeds United U18 the last match.
Ahead of that match, Manchester City U18 won a home game hosting Newcastle Utd U18 (3-0).The match schedule is unforgiving for Manchester City U18 as they have a new game in only four days, a Premier League U18 match thankfully also at home. Nottingham Forest U18 are visiting.
Brighton U18 form and stats
They also participated in FA Youth Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The followers enjoyed Brighton's previous game versus Dover Athletic U18, a FA Youth Cup win (2-1) played at home.
Preceding that, the 0-5 home loss versus Crystal Palace U18.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Tshisanga Ndala 10 goals | M. Whittingham 7 goals | J. Oboavwoduo 5 goals |
Manchester City U18 missing players
Brighton U18 missing players
| Manchester City U18 | Brighton U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 19 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 88 | 57 | Scored | S | 18 | 39 | ||
| 23 | 7 | Conceded | C | 22 | 53 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 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 | ||
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