A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Manchester City U18 fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and Stoke City U18's 9th place in the table will show on the pitch.
- Manchester City U18 has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League U18
- Stoke City U18 has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League U18
Manchester City U18 form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League U18, Manchester City U18, who have the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League U18, have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Manchester City U18 has won five games in a row. The Middlesbrough U18 match was the last time out without a victory. Manchester are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Josh McNamara not having conceded a league goal in 567 minutes.
Manchester always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Etihad Stadium with 20 goals in 5 league games. Manchester are not conceding a lot of goals here at Etihad Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Stoke City U18 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League U18, on their Premier League U18 travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
Stoke lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-7 beating and focus on this one.
Goals are few and far between in Stoke City U18's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. There are big problems for the Stoke defense as they have conceded 16 goals in 4 away games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Manchester, one draw and one win for Stoke City U18. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Melbourne 1 goals |
Manchester City U18 missing players
Stoke City U18 missing players
| Manchester City U18 | Stoke City U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 27 | 20 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 24 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 80% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 60% |
| 50% | 80% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 30% | 60% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 60% | 40% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 30% |
| 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% |
- All of Manchester City U18's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Manchester City U18 has the fewest conceded goals (5) in Premier League U18
- Manchester City U18 has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League U18
- Manchester City U18 has the most clean sheets (6) in Premier League U18
- Manchester City U18 has the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Premier League U18
- Manchester City U18 have not yet lost a game.
- Manchester City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Manchester City U18 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Manchester City U18 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Manchester City U18 have scored more than double the goals of Stoke City U18.
- Manchester City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Stoke City U18 has the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League U18
- Stoke City U18 has the the worst goal difference (-14) away in Premier League U18
- Stoke City U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Stoke City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stoke 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 | Manchester United U18 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 27 |
| 3 | Manchester City U18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 26 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton U18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Everton U18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Burnley U18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Derby U18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Stoke City U18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 10 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Leeds United U18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -18 | 5 |
| 12 | Sunderland U18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 4 |
| 13 | Blackburn U18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 4 |