Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Watford U18 & Everton U18 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Youth Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
Watford U18 form and stats
Last season, Watford U18's FA Youth Cup journey ended in the 4th round.2-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the U18 Professional Development League numbers at home for Watford U18 so far this season.
Watford U18 are returning here after visiting Lincoln City U18 in a FA Youth Cup game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
Heartbreak before that as Watford U18 lost 1-2 at Bristol City U18's place.Watford are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here in their league games, having scored an impressive 14 goals in 5 matches. Watford U18 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).
Everton U18 form and stats
They also participated in FA Youth Cup last season. This ended in the 5th round.Everton U18 are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Leeds United U18.
Before that, the victory at home hosting Reading U18 in the FA Youth Cup (3-0).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Ebere 6 goals | M. Sherif 4 goals | F. Okoronkko 2 goals |
Watford U18 missing players
Everton U18 missing players
| Watford U18 | Everton U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 21 | 8 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 19 | Scored | S | 8 | 30 | ||
| 36 | 17 | Conceded | C | 13 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 42% | 64% | ||
| 71% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 81% | 88% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | ||
| 14% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 24% | ||
| 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 | Cardiff City U18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Millwall U18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic U18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 23 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers U18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Reading U18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town U18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Watford U18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Bristol City U18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Swansea U18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Colchester United U18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 11 |
England:
