This match involves two contenders dwelling in the cellar of the Youth Alliance, Morecambe U18 having 12th place and Salford City U18 sitting at 11th. A nice opportunity for one of the squads to boost their situation.
- Morecambe U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Salford City U18 have scored in all their away matches so far.
This promises to be an engrossing match with lots of spark and excitement as both squads are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!
Morecambe U18 form and stats
When playing at home in the Youth Alliance, Morecambe U18 have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 4 games. It's trouble wherever Morecambe are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Morecambe U18's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Fleetwood Town U18 (placed 1st).
A 3-3 result against Harrogate Town U18 before that one, played at home in the Youth Alliance Cup.
The Morecambe fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Morecambe U18 having conceded 11 goals here so far.
Salford City U18 form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Youth Alliance.
Salford City U18 played 2-2 against Carlisle United U18 in their previous match.
Before that one, the win at home hosting Rochdale U18 in the Youth Alliance Cup (1-0).
Goal fest? This club have played 8 consecutive league fixtures all with at least three goals scored (over 2.5 goals).
Salford City U18 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. The Salford manager Morgan has some worries about the defense as 9 goals have been conceded in these travels. When Salford City U18 is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Walsall U18, Salford City U18, Stockport County U18 and Rochdale U18.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last six meetings: one - one - four (Morecambe U18 wins - draws - Salford City U18 wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Morecambe U18 missing players
Salford City U18 missing players
| Morecambe U18 | Salford City U18 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 75% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 75% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 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 Salford City U18's matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Morecambe U18 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Morecambe U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Morecambe U18 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Salford City U18 have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Salford City U18 have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Salford City 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 | Fleetwood Town U18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 2 | Preston North End U18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 18 |
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Carlisle United U18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 16 |
| 6 | Blackpool U18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Oldham Athletic U18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 14 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers U18 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Port Vale U18 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | Stockport County U18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 11 |
| 11 | Salford City U18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -12 | 5 |
| 12 | Morecambe U18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 4 |
| 13 | Walsall U18 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | -28 | 4 |
| 14 | Rochdale U18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 3 |
