An important duel in the bottom section of the Premier League U18, with both Sunderland U18 and Manchester United U18 experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 12th and the visitors in 9th place.
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.
Sunderland U18 form and stats
With {0 Premier League U18 wins}, 0 draws and 7 defeats from their home games, Sunderland U18, who have the most conceded goals (63) in Premier League U18, are certainly not brimming with confidence. There have been more unhappy faces than points at this arena so far this season, with Sunderland U18 yet to win or draw a Premier League U18 game here. The sad story at Academy of Light Training Ground is: Sunderland U18 played 7 games, lost 7 games. All in all it has been a very rough period for Sunderland U18 who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Manchester United U18, 209 days ago. With seven home Premier League U18 games in a row without a win, the Sunderland U18 fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Blackburn U18 game long ago, can be stopped today.
Sunderland U18 have scored 6 league goals here from 7 matches, not a lot. This has been a stadium of sighs so far as Sunderland U18 have let the opposition score 30 times, an average of more than three per game.
Manchester United U18 form and stats
Playing away, Manchester United U18 have won 3 games, drawn 0 and suffered 4 defeats in the Premier League U18 this season.
The schedule is very tough for Manchester United U18 now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League U18 game at Everton U18 is waiting in only three days.
Manchester United U18 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 15 goals from 7 away matches. Manchester United U18 are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 15 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Manchester United U18 - Sunderland U18 3-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Sunderland U18 victories, one draw and three Manchester United U18 wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less.Sunderland U18 missing players
Manchester United U18 missing players
| Sunderland U18 | Manchester United U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 27 |
| 63 | 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 30 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 87% | 86% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 71% | 71% |
| 60% | 57% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 57% | 50% |
| 47% | 57% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 57% | 36% |
| 47% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 71% | 79% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 14% |
| 53% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 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.
- Manchester United U18 has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Manchester United U18 have scored more than double the goals of Sunderland U18.
- Manchester United U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest clean sheets (0)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest points (0) at home
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals (11)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals (6) at home
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (7)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals (30) at home
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals (63)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
- Sunderland U18 has the most conceded goals in the second half (35)
- Sunderland U18 has the the worst goal difference (-24) at home
- Sunderland U18 has the the worst goal difference (-52)
- 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 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 8 | 39 | 40 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 23 | 31 |
| 3 | Everton U18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 31 |
| 4 | Stoke City U18 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 28 |
| 5 | Derby U18 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 27 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton U18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 20 |
| 7 | West Brom U18 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 42 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 20 |
| 8 | Middlesbrough U18 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 25 | -13 | 18 |
| 9 | Manchester United U18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 15 |
| 11 | Blackburn U18 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | -10 | 14 |
| 12 | Sunderland U18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 33 | -52 | 0 |