A story of boom and bust for these two squads this season, placed in positions near the midsection of the Premier League U18 table. Here's the Stoke City U18 - Nottingham Forest U18 latest:
- Stoke City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nottingham Forest U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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.
Stoke City U18 form and stats
Stoke City U18 have collected 6 points from their Premier League U18 home games so far after 2-0-2. We have seen two home losses in a row now for Stoke, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.
The Stoke City U18 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Manchester City U18 here at Clayton Wood Training Ground.
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against West Brom U18 in the U18 Premier League Cup.
Stoke City U18 have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Clayton Wood Training Ground with 7 goals in 4 league matches.
Nottingham Forest U18 form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U18. Nottingham has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.
The supporters enjoyed Nottingham Forest U18's previous fixture versus Blackburn U18 (placed 12th), a 3-0 win played at home. It was a convincing performance from Nottingham Forest U18 when Blackburn U18 were beaten. The team "killed" the match in the first half leading 3-0 and the second half was comfortable. Whitehall, Anijsko and Osong scored their goals.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Wolverhampton U18 with the score of 4-1.A quick return to home after this game, as Nottingham are hosting Manchester City U18 in the Premier League U18 only three days away.
The visiting Nottingham Forest U18 have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 6 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Nottingham Forest U18 have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the previous two meetings featuring these two teams are: zero wins for Stoke, one draw and one win for Nottingham Forest U18. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Lowe 4 goals |  D. Osong 4 goals | A. Hayder 3 goals |
Stoke City U18 missing players
Nottingham Forest U18 missing players
| Stoke City U18 | Nottingham Forest U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 15 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 78% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 56% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 20% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 33% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 20% | 22% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 60% | 56% |
| 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 haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stoke City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City U18 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Stoke City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sunderland U18 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 20 |
| 2 | Manchester City U18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Liverpool U18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | Leeds United U18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -2 | 13 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -2 | 13 |
| 6 | Stoke City U18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 13 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton U18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 13 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Manchester United U18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Everton U18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Blackburn U18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | -18 | 7 |
| 13 | Derby U18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
