Both Blackburn U18 and Sunderland U18 are yearning for points in this fixture, in spite of the away side holding a 9 point edge in the league table.
- Blackburn U18 have the most conceded goals (25) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier League U18
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Blackburn U18 form and stats
1 victory, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Blackburn U18 have to build on here at Blackburn Rovers Training Centre in the Premier League U18.
The home team returns to Blackburn Rovers Training Centre after drawing with Derby U18 (placed 13th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Kidd made a successful contribution in the game against Derby U18, bringing on Chmiel who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Leicester U18 in the U18 Premier League Cup.
At Blackburn Rovers Training Centre, Blackburn U18 has the goal stats of 4-8 (for/against) from 4 league fixtures.
Sunderland U18 form and stats
Sunderland U18 have six points from their first three away games in the Premier League U18, meaning two victories and a loss.
Sunderland have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper. It's been 210 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League U18.
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, a U18 Premier League Cup home defeat versus West Ham U18 with 1-2 on the scoreboard.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Stoke City U18.The Sunderland U18 manager Ackerley has seen his team go crazy on the road this season, having scored 12 goals in 3 league matches away. For Sunderland, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's seven Blackburn U18 victories, one draw and one Sunderland U18 wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  O. Bainbridge 5 goals | T. Watson 4 goals |  G. Chmiel 3 goals |
Blackburn U18 missing players
Sunderland U18 missing players
| Blackburn U18 | Sunderland U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Scored | S | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 25 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 89% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 78% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 44% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 57% |
| 67% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 57% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 43% |
| 33% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 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 Sunderland U18's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Blackburn U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Blackburn U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Blackburn U18 have the most conceded goals (25) in Premier League U18
- Blackburn U18 have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Premier League U18
- Blackburn U18 have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Premier League U18
- Blackburn U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U18 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sunderland U18 have the most scored goals (12) away in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Premier League U18
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sunderland U18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 16 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 3 | Manchester City U18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton U18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | Stoke City U18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough U18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Leeds United U18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 12 |
| 8 | Manchester United U18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Everton U18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 11 | Blackburn U18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 17 | -13 | 7 |
| 12 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | Derby U18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
