Pay more attention to their own tactics or adapt for the opposing team? Both Aston Villa U18 and Reading U18 have to try something more fresh than earlier this season. Read more!
- Aston Villa U18 have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League U18
- Reading U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Aston Villa U18 form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League U18, Aston Villa U18 have managed 3 wins, 4 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games. When Aston Villa U18 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Brom U18, Birmingham City U18, Aston Villa U18 and Norwich U18), they have won 2 of 3 matches! With seven home Premier League U18 games in a row without a win, the Villa fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the West Brom U18 game long ago, can be stopped today.
In their previous game, the manager Verity led his Aston Villa U18 to a defeat away at Crystal Palace U18. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Bodymoor Heath Training Ground. Aston Villa U18 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Tottenham U18 and winning 2-0.Villa have conceded 23 from these games. Aston Villa U18 has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Reading U18 form and stats
Reading U18 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League U18, after 2-0-7 (9 played). When Reading U18 is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 2 matches. West Brom U18, Reading U18, Birmingham City U18 and Norwich U18 is teams we like to compare Aston Villa U18 with. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Reading U18 are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Reading U18 might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Tottenham U18 proved too strong as Reading slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans.
That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Birmingham City U18.Reading U18 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. Reading U18 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 14 goals in these matches. When Reading U18 is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against West Brom U18, Reading U18, Birmingham City U18 and Norwich U18.
Head 2 Head
The sides have played each other previously this season, with the match result Reading U18 - Villa 5-2 registered in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's six Aston Villa U18 victories, zero draws and three Reading U18 wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Aston Villa U18 missing players
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| Aston Villa U18 | Reading U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 40 | 24 | 12 | Scored | S | 7 | 14 | 33 |
| 59 | 23 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 25 | 46 |
| 95% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 71% | 58% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 71% | 58% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 78% | 57% |
| 57% | 42% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 67% | 58% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 62% |
| 19% | 25% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| 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 |
- All of Reading U18's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Aston Villa U18 have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League U18
- Reading U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Reading U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Reading 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 | West Ham U18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 36 | 49 |
| 2 | Southampton U18 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 31 | 44 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U18 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 43 |
| 4 | Fulham U18 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 40 |
| 5 | Chelsea U18 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 25 | 39 |
| 6 | Leicester U18 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 38 |
| 7 | Arsenal U18 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 7 | 38 |
| 8 | Brighton U18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 27 | -3 | 23 |
| 9 | Tottenham U18 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 36 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -11 | 21 |
| 10 | Reading U18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -13 | 21 |
| 11 | Aston Villa U18 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 36 | -19 | 19 |
| 12 | West Brom U18 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 55 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 29 | -29 | 17 |
| 13 | Birmingham City U18 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 61 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -37 | 12 |
| 14 | Norwich U18 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 66 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 41 | -51 | 7 |
