Very important fight in the cellar of the Premier League U18, with both Nottingham Forest U18 and Sunderland U18 feeling more worry than bliss. This match is a real "six-pointer" with the host team positioned 14th and the away side in 10th place.
- Nottingham Forest U18 have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League U18
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Nottingham Forest U18 form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League U18 for Nottingham Forest U18 at their home stadium (Nottingham Forest Football Academy) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Nottingham, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
Nottingham lost their last game at Derby U18 (placed 11th) after a 2-3 scoreline. Did Nottingham Forest U18 get overconfident in their match against Derby U18? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 2-3 defeat.
Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Bristol City U18.There will be little rest for Nottingham after this match as they are travelling to Peterborough U18 for a FA Youth Cup game in only three days.
The Nottingham fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 4 matches.
Sunderland U18 form and stats
1-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sunderland U18, who have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League U18, in their Premier League U18 matches away.
Sunderland go into this game after a win, the home game against Leeds United U18 that ended 7-5. As you can tell from the result, the match against Leeds United U18 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 12 goals, will the fun continue today? Gardiner certainly enjoyed Sunderland's last game versus Leeds United U18, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 7-5 victory.
Preceding that, the 3-4 home loss versus Middlesbrough U18.Sunderland U18 are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 5 away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought earlier this season: Sunderland U18 - Nottingham 1-0.Top Goalscorers
  D. Osong 5 goals | H. Gardner 4 goals |
Nottingham Forest U18 missing players
Sunderland U18 missing players
| Nottingham Forest U18 | Sunderland U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 19 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| 90% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 70% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 80% | 75% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 58% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 40% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 25% |
| 30% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 20% | 33% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 60% | 42% |
| 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 |
- Nottingham Forest U18 have the fewest scored goals (11) in Premier League U18
- Nottingham Forest U18 have the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Premier League U18
- Nottingham Forest U18 have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in Premier League U18
- Nottingham Forest U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Sunderland U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sunderland U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland U18 have the fewest scored goals (2) away in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the the worst goal difference (-8) away in Premier League U18
- Sunderland 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 | Blackburn U18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 23 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
| 3 | Manchester City U18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 18 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton U18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 16 |
| 6 | Everton U18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 7 | Manchester United U18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Leeds United U18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Burnley U18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Sunderland U18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Derby U18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -9 | 15 |
| 12 | Stoke City U18 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 12 |
| 13 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -12 | 9 |
| 14 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
