We love the setup of this game, with Sunderland U18 at 1st and Stoke City U18 at 3rd. Here's our full preview!
- Sunderland U18 have the most scored goals (22) in Premier League U18
- Stoke City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This promises to be an entertaining fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Sunderland U18 form and stats
Perfect Premier League U18 season at home so far for Sunderland U18 3 wins from 3 appearances.
A strong away win for Sunderland against Nottingham Forest U18 the last match, as Jones, Williams, Moore (2), Cotcher and Bainbridge were on target. As mentioned above, Sunderland U18 "killed" Nottingham Forest U18 in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Fulham U18 in the U18 Premier League Cup.
Goals are appearing in numbers in this team's league rounds, with 5 in a row containing at least three goals (over 2.5).
Sunderland always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Academy of Light Training Ground with 10 goals in 3 league games. On the other hand, Sunderland U18 have conceded 4 goals.
Stoke City U18 form and stats
The visitors are W2-D0-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U18.
Stoke City U18 lost away at Liverpool U18 (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
A loss against Everton U18 was the result prior to that, in a home game.The travelling fans enjoy Stoke City U18's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Stoke have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last nine matches): Sunderland U18 one win, one draw and Stoke City U18 seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Sunderland U18 missing players
Stoke City U18 missing players
| Sunderland U18 | Stoke City U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 83% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 43% |
| 67% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 71% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
- Stoke City U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Stoke City U18 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Stoke City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sunderland U18 have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sunderland U18 have the most scored goals (22) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the most scored goals in the second half (13) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have the the best goal difference (+11) in Premier League U18
- Sunderland U18 have won all their matches at home so far.
- 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 | Sunderland U18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| 2 | Liverpool U18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | Stoke City U18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Manchester City U18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Wolverhampton U18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough U18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 10 |
| 7 | Leeds United U18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 9 |
| 8 | Everton U18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 7 |
| 9 | Nottingham Forest U18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 7 |
| 10 | Manchester United U18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| 11 | Blackburn U18 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -8 | 6 |
| 12 | Newcastle Utd U18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 5 |
| 13 | Derby U18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 4 |
