Struggling Arsenal U18 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying West Ham U18 in the upcoming league round. It’s 10th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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 story so far in the Premier League U18 for Arsenal U18 at their home stadium is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Arsenal U18's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Aston Villa U18 (placed 7th). In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Southampton U18.
Arsenal U18 has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Arsenal U18 have allowed the opposition to score 13 goals here.
West Ham U18 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (26) away in Premier League U18, on their Premier League U18 travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. It’s been three wins in a row for West Ham U18 on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
There were no winners in West Ham U18's previous match, a Premier League U18 home game that ended 1-1 vs Reading U18 (placed 9th). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Chelsea U18.
The prediction for this game is lots of goals as West Ham U18 alone have scored more than three on average in their league games away (26 from 7 played). For West Ham U18, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
West Ham U18 - Arsenal U18 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Arsenal U18 won 3 games, 1 match ended with a draw and West Ham U18 has 0 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 1Arsenal U18 missing players
West Ham U18 missing players
| Arsenal U18 | West Ham U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | 40 |
| 20 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 58% | 80% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 42% | 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 64% |
| 17% | 20% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 86% | 50% |
| 67% | 80% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 West Ham U18's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Arsenal U18 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
- Arsenal U18 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Arsenal U18 has the fewest points (1) at home
- Arsenal U18 has the fewest scored goals (7) 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.
- West Ham U18 has the most scored goals (26) away
- West Ham U18 has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
- West Ham U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- West Ham U18 have scored at least twice as many goals away as Arsenal U18 have scored home.
- West Ham U18 have scored in all their matches so far.
- West Ham U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Ham U18 is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham U18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 30 |
| 2 | Chelsea U18 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 30 |
| 3 | West Ham U18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 28 |
| 4 | Brighton U18 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Tottenham U18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 6 | Leicester U18 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 8 | Southampton U18 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 9 | Reading U18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -5 | 15 |
| 10 | Arsenal U18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Norwich U18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | -16 | 8 |
| 12 | Swansea U18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | -36 | 5 |