Game week two of the Premier League U18 campaign and the squads have digested the first game. Here's the Leeds United U18 - Liverpool U18 match guide:
Leeds United U18 and Liverpool 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.
Leeds United U18 form and stats
Last season, Leeds United U18's league statistics were 9 wins, 7 draws and 10 losses, producing 9th place in the Premier League U18. Over these 26 matches they scored 66 goals and gave away 70. Appearing at their own stadium in the former season Leeds United U18 delivered 6-3-4 (win-draw-lost) with 40 goals and 32 conceded.
In their previous game, the manager Gardner led his Leeds United U18 to a defeat away at Stoke City U18. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Thorp Arch Grange. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Stoke City U18) as a comfortable lead 3-1 was completely ruined into a loss 3-4.
Before that, Leeds had a home game versus Middlesbrough U18 which ended with a victory 4-1.Liverpool U18 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Liverpool U18 performed last season in the Premier League U18: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 7 defeats. In total they scored 85 and conceded 45 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 2 and lost 3 with 42/21 goals scored/conceded.
Liverpool U18 won their last game, 6-2 versus Middlesbrough U18 played at home. As mentioned above, Liverpool was the only team on the pitch versus Middlesbrough U18 in their previous game, winning 6-2. This could be a tougher task. Koumas certainly enjoyed Liverpool U18's last game versus Middlesbrough U18, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 6-2 victory.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Newcastle Utd U18 with the score of 5-0.Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - zero - three (Leeds United U18 wins - draws - Liverpool U18 wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Koumas 4 goals | B. Doak 2 goals |  B. Andreucci 1 goals |
Leeds United U18 missing players
Liverpool U18 missing players
| Leeds United U18 | Liverpool U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Leeds United U18 | Last season | Liverpool U18 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 26 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 66 | 40 | Scored | S | 42 | 85 | ||
| 70 | 32 | Conceded | C | 21 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 81% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 85% | 85% | ||
| 69% | 77% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 85% | 77% | ||
| 54% | 62% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 62% | 50% | ||
| 77% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 69% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 23% | ||
| 15% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 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 | Liverpool U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Stoke City U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Sunderland U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Manchester City U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Manchester United U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Leeds United U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Everton U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Blackburn U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Derby U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 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 | Manchester City U18 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 87 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 61 | 61 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 85 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 40 | 51 |
| 3 | Manchester United U18 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 47 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 42 |
| 4 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 42 |
| 5 | Blackburn U18 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 56 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 38 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough U18 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 25 | -7 | 38 |
| 7 | Burnley U18 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 24 | -4 | 36 |
| 8 | Wolverhampton U18 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 41 | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | -5 | 36 |
| 9 | Leeds United U18 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 38 | -4 | 34 |
| 10 | Everton U18 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 11 | Sunderland U18 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 21 | -9 | 29 |
| 12 | Derby U18 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 34 | -31 | 27 |
| 13 | Stoke City U18 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -23 | 22 |
| 14 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 69 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 42 | -42 | 17 |
