It's only match two of the Premier League U18 for these squads. And there's points to play for here at Little Heath Sports Ground as West Ham U18 greet Southampton U18. Don't miss this preview!
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!
West Ham U18 form and stats
The previous season, West Ham U18's league results were 18 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, producing 2nd place in the Premier League U18. From these 26 matches they scored 70 goals and conceded 25. Appearing at home in the last season West Ham U18 delivered 10-1-2 (win-draw-lost) with 41 goals and 13 conceded.
West Ham U18 are returning here after visiting Crystal Palace U18 and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Kelly scored the goal(s). The game against Crystal Palace U18 had lots of late drama as Ham came back from being down 0-2 and finally secured the victory through Kelly's goal in the 85th minute. What a game it was for Kelly when beating Crystal Palace U18, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
Before that game, the 4-0 home victory against Norwich U18.Southampton U18 form and stats
Let's have a look at how Southampton U18 performed last season in the Premier League U18: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 3 victories, 4 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 35 and conceded 75 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 2 and lost 9 with 14/47 goals scored/conceded.
Southampton U18 played 3-3 against Aston Villa U18 in their previous match. As you can tell from the result, the match against Aston Villa U18 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
A 1-2 loss hosting Manchester City U18 before that.Head 2 Head
Last eight meetings involving these sides: West Ham U18 won three, Southampton U18 were winners in three and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Kelly 3 goals |  W. Merry 1 goals | R. Wright 1 goals |
West Ham U18 missing players
Southampton U18 missing players
| West Ham U18 | Southampton U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 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 |
| West Ham U18 | Last season | Southampton U18 | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 26 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 27 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 11 | 20 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | ||
| 70 | 41 | Scored | S | 40 | 81 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 14 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 85% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 89% | ||
| 81% | 92% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 81% | ||
| 58% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 62% | 56% | ||
| 27% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 54% | 52% | ||
| 46% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 59% | ||
| 50% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 33% | ||
| 15% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 11% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Brighton U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | West Ham U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Norwich U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Chelsea U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Tottenham U18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Aston Villa U18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Southampton U18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 | West Brom U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 | Arsenal U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 11 | Leicester U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 12 | Fulham U18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Southampton U18 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 80 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 14 | 46 | 62 |
| 2 | West Ham U18 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 45 | 58 |
| 3 | Crystal Palace U18 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 30 | 53 |
| 4 | Arsenal U18 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 48 |
| 5 | Leicester U18 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 16 | 47 |
| 6 | Fulham U18 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 53 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 23 | 46 |
| 7 | Chelsea U18 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 66 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 29 | 17 | 46 |
| 8 | Brighton U18 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 57 | 58 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 30 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Tottenham U18 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 66 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 36 | -14 | 31 |
| 10 | West Brom U18 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 42 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 32 | -21 | 29 |
| 11 | Reading U18 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 36 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -26 | 24 |
| 12 | Aston Villa U18 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 69 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 44 | -25 | 20 |
| 13 | Birmingham City U18 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 29 | 76 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 42 | -47 | 14 |
| 14 | Norwich U18 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 78 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 49 | -58 | 10 |
