The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Southampton U18 are in the 8th position while the guesting Norwich U18 worry at 11th.
Southampton U18 and Norwich 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.
Southampton U18 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League U18 this season. Southampton U18 have only managed 2 wins, 0 draws and 7 losses from their games here at Test Park Sports Ground.
Manager P. Hardyman felt very clever after J. Smith scored the winning goal against Reading U18, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 46th minute.
Southampton U18 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Southampton U18 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (19 from 9 played).
Norwich U18 form and stats
Norwich U18 have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League U18, after 1-3-4 (8 played). Norwich U18 has showed their ability to avoid defeat with five draws in a row, but are also dodging victories. They last avoided the draw 104 days ago, in the Reading U18 fixture. Two points from the last two away games for Norwich U18, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Aston Villa 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? As mentioned above, Norwich U18 drew the match against Aston Villa U18. Manager P. Williams brought on T. Dickson-Peters to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
Norwich U18 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 16 goals from 8 away matches. The Norwich U18 defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 24 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Norwich U18 - Southampton U18 0-5 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Southampton U18 won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Norwich U18 has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / oneTop Goalscorers
  T. Dickson-Peters 5 goals |
Southampton U18 missing players
Norwich U18 missing players
| Southampton U18 | Norwich U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 40 | 19 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 24 | 48 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 81% |
| 56% | 56% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 75% | 75% |
| 44% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 62% | 62% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 22% | 22% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 28% | 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 12% | 12% |
| 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% |
- All of Norwich U18's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Norwich U18 has the most conceded goals in the first half (25)
- Norwich U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Norwich U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Southampton U18 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (3)
- Southampton 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 | Fulham U18 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 53 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 29 | 40 |
| 2 | West Ham U18 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 23 | 37 |
| 3 | Chelsea U18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 36 |
| 4 | Leicester U18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 27 |
| 5 | Tottenham U18 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 26 |
| 6 | Brighton U18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 20 | -3 | 24 |
| 7 | Aston Villa U18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | -4 | 22 |
| 8 | Southampton U18 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -13 | 19 |
| 9 | Arsenal U18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 10 | Reading U18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 11 | Norwich U18 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | -16 | 11 |
| 12 | Swansea U18 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 27 | -43 | 5 |