National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stoke City U18 or Manchester United U18 that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the hometeam, as they had a game only four days ago in the Premier League U18. Thankfully the previous game, versus Derby U18, was also a home game. The away team is better rested.
Stoke City U18 form and stats
Last season, Stoke City U18's FA Youth Cup journey ended in the 4th round.Stoke City U18's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Derby U18. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Preceding that fixture, a home victory hosting Blackpool U18 in the FA Youth Cup.
Manchester United U18 form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Manchester, as they won the FA Youth Cup.Manchester United U18 are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the fixture against Sunderland U18.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Middlesbrough U18 in the Premier League U18.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Manchester manager Binnion as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Blackburn U18.
Head 2 Head
Stoke City U18-Manchester United U18 H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Stoke City U18 two wins, Manchester United U18 seven wins, zero draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Norkett 5 goals |  N. Lowe 4 goals | E. Williams 4 goals |
Stoke City U18 missing players
Manchester United U18 missing players
| Stoke City U18 | Manchester United U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 34 | 22 | Scored | S | 18 | 53 | ||
| 50 | 25 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 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 | ||
