It's only the second game in the Premier League U18 for these participants. And fresh optimism here at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground as Aston Villa U18 receive Crystal Palace U18. Read this preview!
Aston Villa U18 and Crystal Palace 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.
Aston Villa U18 form and stats
The previous season, Aston Villa U18's league statistics were 5 wins, 5 draws and 16 losses, providing 12th place in the Premier League U18. From these 26 matches they scored 44 goals and gave away 69. Playing at their own stadium in the former season Aston Villa U18 produced 3-4-6 (win-draw-lost) with 25 goals and 25 conceded.
Villa shared the glory with Southampton U18 in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Before that, Aston Villa U18 played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Birmingham City U18.Crystal Palace U18 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Crystal Palace U18 performed last season in the Premier League U18: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 61 and conceded 31 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 4 and lost 3 with 29/19 goals scored/conceded.
This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus West Ham U18 with 2-3 on the scoreboard. That defeat stopped this team's string of league fixtures in a row without losing; ten games in all! Leading 2-0 was not enough for Crystal in their fight with West Ham U18 last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Fulham U18.Head 2 Head
Data for the preceeding four meetings featuring these two contenders are: one win for Aston Villa U18, one draw and two wins for Crystal Palace U18. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Top Goalscorers
  K. Pierre 2 goals | K. Moore 1 goals |  F. Bell 1 goals |
Aston Villa U18 missing players
Crystal Palace U18 missing players
| Aston Villa U18 | Crystal Palace U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 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 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aston Villa U18 | Last season | Crystal Palace U18 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 25 | Scored | S | 29 | 61 | ||
| 69 | 25 | Conceded | C | 19 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 81% | ||
| 69% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 77% | ||
| 62% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 46% | ||
| 46% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 31% | ||
| 65% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 62% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 35% | ||
| 23% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 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 | Brighton U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | West Ham U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Norwich U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chelsea U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tottenham U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Southampton U18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | West Brom U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Arsenal U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Leicester U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Fulham U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 U18 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 80 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | West Ham U18 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 45 | 58 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U18 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 53 |
| 4 | Arsenal U18 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Leicester U18 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Fulham U18 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 46 |
| 7 | Chelsea U18 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 29 | 17 | 46 |
| 8 | Brighton U18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 57 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Tottenham U18 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 66 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 36 | -14 | 31 |
| 10 | West Brom U18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -21 | 29 |
| 11 | Reading U18 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -26 | 24 |
| 12 | Aston Villa U18 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 44 | -25 | 20 |
| 13 | Birmingham City U18 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 42 | -47 | 14 |
| 14 | Norwich U18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 49 | -58 | 10 |
