Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Arsenal U18 languishing in the 10th position so far. The guesting Leicester U18 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Arsenal U18 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League U18 this season. Arsenal U18 have only managed 0 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses from their games here. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Arsenal U18, their manager K. Gillard and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Arsenal U18 travelled for their previous game, a trip to Norwich U18 that ended 2-2. Ahead of that match, Arsenal U18 lost 1-5 at home to West Ham U18.
The hometeam coach K. Gillard made a successful contribution in the game against Norwich U18, bringing on A. Matthews who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.
Arsenal U18 has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Arsenal U18 have allowed the opposition to score 18 goals here. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Arsenal U18 have let the opposition score 18 times, an average of more than three per game.
Leicester U18 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League U18 travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A 2-3 defeat away at Fulham U18 before that.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Leicester U18 are regular goalscorers on their travels. Leicester U18 have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Leicester U18 - Arsenal U18 1-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Arsenal U18 wins - draws - Leicester U18 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Arsenal U18 missing players
Leicester U18 missing players
| Arsenal U18 | Leicester U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 23 | 8 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 17 | 32 |
| 27 | 18 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 64% | 83% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 71% | 73% |
| 50% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 57% | 47% |
| 71% | 83% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 14% | 17% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
- All of Leicester U18's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Arsenal U18 has the fewest points (1) at home
- Arsenal U18 has the fewest scored goals (8) at home
- Arsenal U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Arsenal U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Arsenal U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Arsenal U18 have yet to win a game at home.
- Arsenal U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leicester U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Leicester U18 have scored at least twice as many goals away as Arsenal U18 have scored home.
- Leicester U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U18 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 46 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 33 |
| 2 | Chelsea U18 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 33 |
| 3 | West Ham U18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Brighton U18 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Tottenham U18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Leicester U18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 13 | -4 | 20 |
| 8 | Southampton U18 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -7 | 16 |
| 9 | Reading U18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 15 |
| 10 | Arsenal U18 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 9 | -4 | 14 |
| 11 | Norwich U18 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -16 | 10 |
| 12 | Swansea U18 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -39 | 5 |