Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sunderland 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!
Sunderland U18 and Fulham U18 should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Sunderland U18 form and stats
Last season, Sunderland's FA Youth Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.In their previous game, the manager Ackerley led his Sunderland U18 to a defeat away at Manchester United U18. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here.
Before that, a strong away victory at Swansea U18. A FA Youth Cup game.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sunderland as they have a new game in only two days, a Premier League U18 match thankfully also at home. Blackburn U18 are visiting.
Fulham U18 form and stats
Fulham U18's mission in FA Youth Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Crystal Palace U18 with 0-4 on the scoreboard. Fulham U18 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Ahead of that, the FA Youth Cup win away at Rochdale U18.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Loupalo-Bi 10 goals |
Sunderland U18 missing players
Fulham U18 missing players
| Sunderland U18 | Fulham U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 47 | 15 | Scored | S | 33 | 67 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 25 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 14% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 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 | ||
