This should be yet another engrossing contest at Academy Stadium in the Premier League U18. Manchester City U18 is in 4th place and receive Blackburn U18 in 11th place. Read all about the match here!
- Manchester City U18 have won all their matches at home so far.
- Blackburn U18 have scored in all their away matches so far.
Manchester City U18 and Blackburn 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.
Manchester City U18 form and stats
As mentioned below, Manchester City U18 are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Premier League U18 games.
The Manchester club members enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Leeds United U18 and win 6-2. As mentioned above, Manchester City U18 "killed" Leeds United U18 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that one, a strong away win at Leicester U18. A U18 Premier League Cup game.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Manchester City U18 at home in the league. 10 on target and 2 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Blackburn U18 form and stats
Blackburn U18 are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League U18, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
Two away games in a row for Blackburn, whose manager Kidd could celebrate last time after the win against Everton U18. As you can tell from the result, the match against Everton U18 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Liverpool U18.Goal fest? This team have played 6 consecutive league games all ending with three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
The Blackburn U18 manager Kidd has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. There are big problems for the Blackburn U18 defense as they have conceded 11 goals in 3 away games.
Head 2 Head
Manchester City U18 have won every one of the 4 most recent matches versus this team. Another win today?Top Goalscorers
  H. O'Grady-Macken 3 goals |
Manchester City U18 missing players
Blackburn U18 missing players
| Manchester City U18 | Blackburn U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 16 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 100% | 43% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 71% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 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 Blackburn U18's away-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
- All of Manchester City U18's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Blackburn U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Blackburn U18 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Blackburn U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Manchester City U18 have won all their matches at home so far.
- Manchester City 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 | Sunderland U18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Stoke City U18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Manchester City U18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton U18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough U18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 10 |
| 7 | Leeds United U18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Everton U18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Manchester United U18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Blackburn U18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Derby U18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
