Watford U18 greet Bristol City U18 for another appealing U18 Professional Development League match.
- Watford U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bristol City U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
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!
Watford U18 form and stats
2 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Watford U18 have to build on here in the U18 Professional Development League.
No payout for Watford U18 in their previous match, an away game at Cardiff City U18 that ended in defeat 1-4.
Before that result, a home victory hosting Everton U18 in the FA Youth Cup.
Some stats: A review of the 12 latest league matches reveals that 10 of them had at least one goal from each team.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Watford has scored 14 goals here in 5 home games. Watford U18 are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 5 played).
Bristol City U18 form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bristol City U18 so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Bristol City U18 are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Bristol City U18 are travelling after their nice 6-0 home win in the match against Colchester United U18 (placed 16th). As mentioned above, Bristol was the only team on the pitch versus Colchester United U18 in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task.
The fixture before was the FA Youth Cup-duel against Fleetwood Town U18, a home defeat (0-1).
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this club's 12 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
Bristol City U18 have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored. As for defending, Bristol City U18 rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Watford U18 and Bristol City U18 have played each other earlier this season: Bristol City U18 - Watford U18 2-1.
Watford U18 missing players
Bristol City U18 missing players
| Watford U18 | Bristol City U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | 14 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 26 |
| 24 | 12 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 20 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 71% | 83% |
| 33% | 60% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 42% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 58% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 25% |
| 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 |
- All of Bristol City U18's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Watford U18's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bristol City U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Bristol City U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Watford U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Watford U18 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Watford U18 have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Watford 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 | Cardiff City U18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
| 2 | Millwall U18 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic U18 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 23 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers U18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | -2 | 18 |
| 8 | Reading U18 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town U18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 16 |
| 11 | Watford U18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| 13 | Bristol City U18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 15 | Swansea U18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | -4 | 12 |
| 16 | Colchester United U18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 11 |
