This match features two teams living in the basement of the Premier League U18, Blackburn U18 holding 10th place and Sunderland U18 lying 12th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
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!
Blackburn U18 form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Blackburn U18 have to build on here in the Premier League U18.
Stress levels are on the rise for Blackburn U18's attacking players as they have now played 233 minutes without scoring in a league game. B. Lonsdale was their last goal scorer.
Blackburn U18 drew their last game, 0-0 away at Derby U18 (placed 7th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Liverpool U18 (0-3).
The Blackburn U18 fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Blackburn U18 have allowed the opposition to score 15 goals here. Blackburn U18's defense is seriously deficient as 15 goals have been conceded in these matches.
Sunderland U18 form and stats
Sunderland U18, who have the most conceded goals (42) in Premier League U18, have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Premier League U18. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sunderland U18, who have now gone ten games without a victory. The Manchester United U18 game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. A depressing four defeats in a row for Sunderland U18 in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Manchester United U18.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Premier League U18 home defeat versus Manchester City U18 with 0-7 on the scoreboard. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Middlesbrough U18 wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.
Sunderland U18 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-7 beating and focus on this one.
Sunderland U18 find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 4 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league. There are big problems for the Sunderland U18 defense as they have conceded 19 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Sunderland U18 - Blackburn U18 2-5, played this season. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: 4 - 0 - 0 (Blackburn U18 wins - draws - Sunderland U18 wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| C. Zimba 5 goals | L. Brennan 5 goals | J. Connolly 4 goals |
Blackburn U18 missing players
Sunderland U18 missing players
| Blackburn U18 | Sunderland U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 19 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | 15 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 42 |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 58% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 75% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 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 Blackburn U18's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Sunderland U18's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Blackburn U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Blackburn U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Blackburn U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Blackburn U18 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Blackburn U18 have scored more than double the goals of Sunderland U18.
- Blackburn U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest points (0) away
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals (8)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals (42)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals in the second half (25)
- Sunderland U18 has the the worst goal difference (-15) away
- Sunderland U18 has the the worst goal difference (-34)
- Sunderland U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sunderland U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sunderland U18 have lost all their matches so far.
- Sunderland U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U18 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City U18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 32 | 30 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Stoke City U18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 22 |
| 4 | Everton U18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 21 |
| 5 | West Brom U18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 19 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton U18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 7 | Derby U18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 8 | Manchester United U18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Middlesbrough U18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Blackburn U18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -16 | 8 |
| 12 | Sunderland U18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 19 | -34 | 0 |