Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Port Vale U18 & Blackpool U18 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Youth Alliance Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Port Vale U18 and Blackpool U18.
Port Vale U18 form and stats
Port Vale U18 have collected 4 points from their Youth Alliance home games so far after 1-1-3.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Port Vale U18, who played 2-2 against Oldham Athletic U18. That match was also played at this venue
In the game before, an away victory in the Youth Alliance match versus Shrewsbury Town U18 with a 2-0 scoreline.The match schedule is unforgiving for Port as they have a new game in only one day, a FA Youth Cup match thankfully also at home. Hull City U18 are visiting.
Port Vale U18 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Port Vale U18 have conceded 12 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Blackpool U18 form and stats
As the visiting team in Youth Alliance matches, Blackpool U18 have produced an overall stat of 3-1-0 so far.
Blackpool are travelling again after losing away to Preston North End U18 in their previous match (0-4). Blackpool U18 lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
Ahead of that match was the Youth Alliance away draw versus Shrewsbury Town U18 that ended 1-1.Blackpool have another game away from home in just four sleeps, a Youth Alliance fixture against Salford City U18. A rough diary for the guests!
Blackpool U18 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. Blackpool U18's manager Murphy has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {1 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings with these participants: Port won one, Blackpool U18 triumphed in five and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.
Port Vale U18 missing players
Blackpool U18 missing players
| Port Vale U18 | Blackpool U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 33 | 13 | Scored | S | 19 | 44 | ||
| 74 | 45 | Conceded | C | 18 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 16% | ||
| 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 | Accrington Stanley U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Blackpool U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Port Vale U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Shrewsbury Town U18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | Fleetwood Town U18 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Preston North End U18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 21 |
| 3 | Accrington Stanley U18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 17 |
| 4 | Shrewsbury Town U18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 5 | Blackpool U18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers U18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 7 | Carlisle United U18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | Port Vale U18 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Oldham Athletic U18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 14 |
| 10 | Stockport County U18 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | Morecambe U18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 12 | Salford City U18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -13 | 5 |
| 13 | Walsall U18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -30 | 4 |
| 14 | Rochdale U18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 3 |
