Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rochdale U18 & Fulham U18 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Youth Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Rochdale U18 form and stats
Rochdale U18 are returning here after visiting Burton Albion U18 in a Youth Alliance Cup game and winning with a 2-0 scoreline.
Before that, Rochdale had a Youth Alliance home game versus Walsall U18 which ended with a victory 5-1.Fulham U18 form and stats
Last season their FA Youth Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.Loupalo-Bi, Olyott and Gordon scored in Fulham U18's previous match, the home game against Norwich U18 that ended 3-0. It was a convincing performance from Fulham U18 when Norwich U18 were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Loupalo-Bi, Olyott and Gordon scored their goals.
Prior to that result Fulham won their away game at Chelsea U18 in the Premier League U18. The scoreline was 7-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League U18 trip to West Brom U18.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Loupalo-Bi 10 goals | L. Gordon 4 goals | C. Osmand 4 goals |
Rochdale U18 missing players
Fulham U18 missing players
| Rochdale U18 | Fulham U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 54 | 26 | Scored | S | 29 | 70 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 72% | 83% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 8% | ||
| 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 | ||
