Match Report
West Brom U18 went into the game 11th in the table on 7 points; Arsenal U18 sat 5th on 10 — a 3-point gap. The last five rounds placed West Brom U18 no better than 19th for form, against 11th in the standings. Against a league average of 2.39 goals per team per game, West Brom U18 ran at 0.83 scored and 2.33 conceded, Arsenal U18 at 1.67 and 1.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 2 for West Brom U18, 2 for Arsenal U18 and 3 drawn, at 3.71 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 14% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 86%.
It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.