1st position in the Premier League U18 table for Manchester City U18 so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 8th-placed Middlesbrough U18 visits Etihad Stadium.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Manchester City U18 form and stats
Manchester City U18, who have the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League U18, have been very solid at home in the Premier League U18 so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Etihad Stadium.
An away draw last time out for Manchester City U18, facing Everton U18 in a game that ended 1-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Newcastle Utd U18 and winning 2-1.
Manchester City U18 always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 22 goals in 7 league games. From these home matches, Manchester City U18 have conceded only 5 goals.
Middlesbrough U18 form and stats
Middlesbrough U18 have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Premier League U18, after 1-2-3 (6 played).
Middlesbrough U18 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Blackburn U18 (placed 9th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Derby U18.
Middlesbrough U18 are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 6 games (in the league). Middlesbrough U18 have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Middlesbrough U18 - Manchester City U18 1-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Manchester City U18 2 wins, 1 draw and Middlesbrough U18 1 victory. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
| A. Almanzar 6 goals |   H. Ogunby 5 goals |
Manchester City U18 missing players
Middlesbrough U18 missing players
| Manchester City U18 | Middlesbrough U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 44 | 22 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 83% | 92% |
| 79% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 43% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 50% | 42% |
| 57% | 43% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 67% | 67% |
| 43% | 57% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 25% |
| 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% |
- Manchester City U18 has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Manchester City U18 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4)
- Manchester City U18 has the most clean sheets (6)
- Manchester City U18 has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Manchester City U18 has the the best goal difference (+17) at home
- Manchester City U18 has the the best goal difference (+33)
- Manchester City U18 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City U18 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Manchester City U18 have scored more than double the goals of Middlesbrough U18.
- Manchester City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Middlesbrough U18 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6)
- Middlesbrough U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Middlesbrough U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Middlesbrough 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 | Manchester City U18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 33 | 34 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Everton U18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Derby U18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Stoke City U18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | West Brom U18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton U18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough U18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Blackburn U18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Manchester United U18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 9 |
| 12 | Sunderland U18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 25 | -40 | 0 |