Leicester U18 will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today's opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind West Ham U18.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Leicester U18 form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League U18 for Leicester U18 at their home stadium (The Leicester City Training Ground) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Leicester U18 are returning here after visiting Southampton U18 in a Premier League U18 game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Preceding that match was a defeat to Chelsea U18 (1-4).
An impressive turnaround for Leicester U18 in the match against Southampton U18 as a 0-2 deficit was completely turned around to a 3-2 win. K. McAteer scored the final goal.
Leicester U18 has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 7 goals have been conceded.
West Ham U18 form and stats
Playing away, West Ham U18, who have the most scored goals (18) away in Premier League U18, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Premier League U18 this season.
West Ham U18 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 8-2 victory visiting Swansea U18 (placed 11th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Brighton U18.
As mentioned above, West Ham U18 was the only team on the pitch versus Swansea U18 in their previous game, winning 8-2. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention V. Parks's lethal finishing against Swansea U18. 3 goals was a big reason for the three points.
West Ham U18 are scoring goals for fun in their league games away this season, having clocked up more than three goals per game on average (18 goals from 5 away games). There are big problems for the West Ham U18 defense as they have conceded 16 goals in 5 away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: 1 - 0 - 2 (Leicester U18 wins - draws - West Ham U18 wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
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D. Arlott-John
4 goals
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Leicester U18 missing players
West Ham U18 missing players
| Leicester U18 | West Ham U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs
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Statistics | Stat | vs
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Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | 4 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 26 |
| 13 | 7 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 38% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 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 |
- All of West Ham U18's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- Leicester U18 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Leicester U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Ham U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- West Ham U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- West Ham U18 have scored at least twice as many goals away as Leicester U18 have scored home.
- West Ham U18 have scored in all their matches so far.
- West Ham 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 | Fulham U18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 25 |
| 2 | Chelsea U18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Brighton U18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | West Ham U18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Leicester U18 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Tottenham U18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -5 | 10 |
| 8 | Arsenal U18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | -1 | 8 |
| 9 | Reading U18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 10 | Southampton U18 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 6 |
| 11 | Swansea U18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -20 | 4 |
| 12 | Norwich U18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 17 | -18 | 2 |