Season ticket holders at Academy of Light Training Ground haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Sunderland U18 languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Middlesbrough U18 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League U18
- Middlesbrough U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sunderland U18 form and stats
Sunderland U18 have played three Premier League U18 home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.
As mentioned above, Sunderland "killed" Stoke City U18 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Sunderland U18 are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League U18 match at Leeds United U18 awaits in three days.
Sunderland are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (9 goals in 3 games). Sunderland are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).
Middlesbrough U18 form and stats
The visitors are W3-D1-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U18.
An amazing comeback from Middlesbrough last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to J. Stott scoring the winning goal in the 88th minute. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Middlesbrough, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?
A quick return to home after this game, as Middlesbrough U18 are hosting Newcastle Utd U18 in the Premier League U18 only three days away.
The Middlesbrough manager M. Tinkler has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. 6 goals have been conceded by Middlesbrough in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Middlesbrough U18 - Sunderland 4-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Sunderland zero wins, two draws and Middlesbrough U18 four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Sunderland U18 missing players
Middlesbrough U18 missing players
| Sunderland U18 | Middlesbrough U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 23 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 75% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 58% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 42% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 58% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 42% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 17% |
| 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% |
- All of Sunderland U18's home-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
- Middlesbrough U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland U18 has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Sunderland 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 | Manchester United U18 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 33 |
| 2 | Manchester City U18 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 29 |
| 3 | Liverpool U18 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 27 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton U18 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Everton U18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Burnley U18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Derby U18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 17 | -11 | 15 |
| 9 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Stoke City U18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 11 | Blackburn U18 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 20 | -18 | 10 |
| 12 | Leeds United U18 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 27 | -22 | 5 |
| 13 | Sunderland U18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 4 |