Premier League U18: Tipsway are previewing an interesting and important battle starring Reading U18 and Birmingham City U18 at Bearwood Park Training Facility. They both need to win this!
- Reading U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Birmingham City U18 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League U18
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Reading U18 form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League U18 for Reading U18 at their home stadium (Bearwood Park Training Facility) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. When Reading U18 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like West Brom U18, Reading U18, Aston Villa U18 and Norwich U18), they have won 3 of 3 matches! Reading have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Leicester U18 last time out and are looking for a victory here.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Chelsea U18.The Reading U18 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 15 goals in 10 league matches. Reading have conceded 18 from these games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Reading U18 has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Birmingham City U18 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Birmingham City U18 so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-8 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Birmingham as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Aston Villa U18 match.
Birmingham City U18 lost away at Tottenham U18 (0-7) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-4 defeat against Southampton U18.The attacking power of Birmingham when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Birmingham City U18 can't defend away. 34 goals have been scored by the opposition in 11 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The former H2H match ended Birmingham City U18 - Reading 1-3, earlier this season.Reading U18 missing players
Birmingham City U18 missing players
| Reading U18 | Birmingham City U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 29 | 15 | 9 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 23 |
| 43 | 18 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 34 | 58 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 95% |
| 68% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 73% | 80% |
| 58% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 45% | 60% |
| 37% | 30% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 35% |
| 58% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 70% |
| 11% | 20% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 32% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 36% | 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% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Birmingham City U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Birmingham City U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Birmingham City U18 have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Premier League U18
- Birmingham City U18 have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in Premier League U18
- Birmingham City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Reading 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 | West Ham U18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 35 | 46 |
| 2 | Southampton U18 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 58 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 33 | 44 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U18 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 40 |
| 4 | Chelsea U18 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 25 | 39 |
| 5 | Fulham U18 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 6 | Leicester U18 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 7 | Arsenal U18 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Brighton U18 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 23 |
| 9 | Tottenham U18 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 34 | 44 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 18 |
| 10 | Reading U18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 43 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 25 | -14 | 18 |
| 11 | West Brom U18 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 53 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -28 | 17 |
| 12 | Aston Villa U18 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 53 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 30 | -16 | 16 |
| 13 | Birmingham City U18 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 58 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 34 | -35 | 12 |
| 14 | Norwich U18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 41 | -49 | 4 |
