Sunderland U18 hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 4 points and a 12th position in the Premier League U18 table. Visiting Middlesbrough U18 holds 5th place with 17 pts.
- Sunderland U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Middlesbrough U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 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). Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Sunderland with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Middlesbrough U18 form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League U18 travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Middlesbrough U18 are regular goalscorers on their travels. As opposed to that, Middlesbrough have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Middlesbrough U18 - Sunderland U18 4-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last six meetings): Sunderland won zero games, two matches ended with a draw and Middlesbrough U18 has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Foster 3 goals |
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 | 11 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| 23 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 82% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 80% | 73% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 55% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 36% |
| 62% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 55% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 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 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 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 30 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 27 |
| 3 | Manchester City U18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 26 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton U18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough U18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Everton U18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Burnley U18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 13 |
| 8 | Derby U18 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 12 |
| 9 | Stoke City U18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | -14 | 11 |
| 10 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 8 |
| 11 | Leeds United U18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 22 | -18 | 5 |
| 12 | Sunderland U18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 4 |
| 13 | Blackburn U18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 4 |