National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Port Vale U18 or Hull City U18 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Port Vale U18 and Hull City U18.
Port Vale U18 form and stats
With 1 Youth Alliance win, 2 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Port Vale U18 are certainly not brimming with confidence.
The spoils were shared in Port Vale U18's previous game, also at home. Visiting Oldham Athletic U18 travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline.
In the game before, an away victory in the Youth Alliance match versus Shrewsbury Town U18 with a 2-0 scoreline.Port has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Port Vale U18 with 14 goals conceded in these matches.
Hull City U18 form and stats
Hull City U18's mission in FA Youth Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.It's the second away game in a row for Hull, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Peterborough U18 last time out.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wigan U18 at their stadium, the result 4-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Colchester United U18 in just three days.
Head 2 Head
Port Vale U18 missing players
Hull City U18 missing players
| Port Vale U18 | Hull City U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 11 | 19 | ||
| 74 | 45 | Conceded | C | 32 | 50 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 87% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 90% | 87% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 60% | 67% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 40% | 53% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 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 | Preston North End U18 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 26 | 24 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town U18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Carlisle United U18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 19 |
| 4 | Accrington Stanley U18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 17 |
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town U18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Port Vale U18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers U18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Blackpool U18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Oldham Athletic U18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 23 | -4 | 15 |
| 10 | Stockport County U18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Morecambe U18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | Salford City U18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -10 | 8 |
| 13 | Rochdale U18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Walsall U18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | -33 | 4 |
