This game involves two squads living in the carpet of the Premier League 2 Divison Two, Sunderland U21 holding 9th position and Newcastle United U21 sitting at 8th. A nice opportunity for one of the participants to better their situation.
- Sunderland U21 have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Newcastle United U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both contenders have had ample time to rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an active fixture!
Sunderland U21 form and stats
Sunderland U21's struggle is real here at Academy of Light Training Ground with only 2 points collected from 6 Premier League 2 Divison Two games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-2-4.
The home followers saw a 0-0 draw versus Norwich City U21 last time out and are looking for a victory here.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Middlesbrough U21 (5-7).Sunderland have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Academy of Light Training Ground with 9 goals in 6 league matches.
Newcastle United U21 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Newcastle United U21 so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-4 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Newcastle United U21 as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Newcastle delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Bristol City U21 in their previous match; a Premier League Cup duel.
It was a Premier League 2 Divison Two defeat before that one as the away game against Southampton U21 wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.Sports betting fact: Both sides have scored in 8 of this club's last 10 league games.
Newcastle United U21 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. The opposition has been scoring high and low on Newcastle United U21's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 16 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle United U21 - Sunderland 1-1 was the end result in these contenders' latest head to head fixture, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Thompson 5 goals | C. Kelly 4 goals |  J. Scott 4 goals |
Sunderland U21 missing players
Newcastle United U21 missing players
| Sunderland U21 | Newcastle United U21 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 19 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 27 | 18 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 23 |
| 92% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 83% | 67% |
| 58% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 42% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8.2 | 7.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.8 | 9.3 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 4.7 |
| 44% | 47% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 13.1 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.5 | 10 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.3 | 5.1 |
- All of Newcastle United U21's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Newcastle United U21 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Newcastle United U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Newcastle United U21 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Newcastle United U21 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U21 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sunderland U21 have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U21 have the most conceded goals (18) at home in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U21 have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Premier League 2 Divison Two
- Sunderland U21 have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southampton U21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 26 |
| 2 | Leeds United U21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 25 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U21 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Norwich City U21 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | West Brom U21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Middlesbrough U21 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Newcastle United U21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Sunderland U21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 10 | Stoke City U21 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | -17 | 8 |
| 11 | Derby County U21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 25 | -30 | 0 |
