Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Port Vale U18 & Liverpool U18 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Youth Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
The visiting Liverpool U18 played their last game only four days ago, a Premier League U18 match.
Port Vale U18 form and stats
Port Vale U18's results here in the Youth Alliance have been very modest with 1 victory, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Port Vale U18 are returning here after visiting Blackpool U18 in a Youth Alliance Cup fixture and winning with a 6-3 scoreline.
Preceding that game, a home victory hosting Hull City U18 in the FA Youth Cup.
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.
Liverpool U18 form and stats
Last season their FA Youth Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.Home advantage was not enough for Liverpool in their previous game as they lost hosting Blackburn U18, 2-3.
Earlier, the FA Youth Cup victory away at AFC Bournemouth U18.
A quick return to home after this game, as Liverpool U18 are hosting Everton U18 in the Premier League U18 only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Koumas 7 goals | T. Doherty 7 goals | B. Doak 3 goals |
Port Vale U18 missing players
Liverpool U18 missing players
| Port Vale U18 | Liverpool U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 42 | 16 | Scored | S | 27 | 65 | ||
| 68 | 36 | Conceded | C | 26 | 56 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 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 | Preston North End U18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 25 |
| 2 | Fleetwood Town U18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Carlisle United U18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town U18 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers U18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Oldham Athletic U18 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 25 | -4 | 18 |
| 7 | Blackpool U18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley U18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 17 |
| 9 | Port Vale U18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 10 | Stockport County U18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 11 | Salford City U18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 12 | Morecambe U18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 10 |
| 13 | Rochdale U18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 9 |
| 14 | Walsall U18 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 47 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 26 | -37 | 4 |
