Southampton U18 are welcoming Reading U18 for another important game after their 1-6 result against 5th-placed Tottenham U18.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Southampton U18 form and stats
Southampton U18's results here at Test Park Sports Ground in the Premier League U18 have been very modest with 1 victory, 0 draws and 7 defeats. Southampton U18 has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager P. Hardyman and the players.
Southampton U18 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
Southampton U18 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Southampton U18 with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Reading U18 form and stats
Reading U18 have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Premier League U18, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
The visiting Reading U18 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. Reading U18 have conceded 15 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Reading U18 - Southampton U18 1-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Southampton U18 won three games, one match ended with a draw and Reading U18 has zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / twoSouthampton U18 missing players
Reading U18 missing players
| Southampton U18 | Reading U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | 10 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 25 |
| 40 | 19 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 15 | 33 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 93% |
| 71% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 73% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 53% |
| 47% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 40% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 86% | 87% |
| 18% | 12% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 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 Reading U18's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Reading U18 has the fewest scored goals (10) away
- Reading U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Reading 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 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 27 | 37 |
| 2 | Chelsea U18 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 23 | 36 |
| 3 | West Ham U18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 34 |
| 4 | Leicester U18 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 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 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -1 | 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 | Arsenal U18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | -6 | 17 |
| 9 | Southampton U18 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | -14 | 16 |
| 10 | Reading U18 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -8 | 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 |