The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Stoke City U18 are in the 5th position while the guesting Sunderland U18 worry at 12th.
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 played 5 Premier League U18 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Stoke City U18 crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Liverpool U18 here at Clayton Wood Training Ground in a Premier League U18 match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Wolverhampton U18 with a 3-1 scoreline.
The Stoke City U18 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 8 goals in 5 league matches. Stoke City U18 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (10 from 5 played).
Sunderland U18 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sunderland U18, who have the most conceded goals (48) in Premier League U18, so far with only 0 points returning home. The records show 0-0-6 (win-draw-lose). Sunderland U18 are still without points from their Premier League U18 away games. 6 games, 6 defeats. The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Sunderland U18, who have now gone twelve games without a victory. The Manchester United U18 game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Bitter travels for Sunderland U18 as they have lost six games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Manchester United U18 match.
Sunderland U18 aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. L. Compper was the last player to find the net.
Sunderland U18 play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-4 to Liverpool U18 (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Blackburn U18's place.
Sunderland U18 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sunderland U18 can't defend away. 25 goals have been scored by the opposition in 6 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 dueling parties have met before this season: Sunderland U18 - Stoke City U18 1-4. Last four meetings between the teams: Stoke City U18 won 3, Sunderland U18 won 0 and 1 draw. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 0 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
| E. Varian 6 goals | M. Sankoh 5 goals |  J. Jennings 4 goals |
Stoke City U18 missing players
Sunderland U18 missing players
| Stoke City U18 | Sunderland U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 26 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 25 | 48 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 83% |
| 54% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 42% |
| 77% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 42% |
| 15% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 8% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 58% |
| 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 Sunderland U18's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Stoke City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stoke City U18 have scored more than double the goals of Sunderland U18.
- Stoke City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest points (0) away
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals (4) away
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals (8)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (6)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals (25) away
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals (48)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals in the first half (21)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals in the second half (27)
- Sunderland U18 has the the worst goal difference (-21) away
- Sunderland U18 has the the worst goal difference (-40)
- Sunderland U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Sunderland U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sunderland U18 have lost all their matches so far.
- Sunderland U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U18 is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City U18 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 33 | 34 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 25 | 31 |
| 3 | Everton U18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Derby U18 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Stoke City U18 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | West Brom U18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | -6 | 20 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton U18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 17 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough U18 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 9 | Blackburn U18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 10 | Manchester United U18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 9 |
| 12 | Sunderland U18 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 25 | -40 | 0 |