Match Report
6 points and 8 places separated them: Newcastle Utd U18 2nd with 12, Blackburn U18 10th with 6. Blackburn U18 ranked just 17th in the league on five-round form despite their 10th table position. Per game in the league, Newcastle Utd U18 were scoring 3.2 and conceding 1.4, Blackburn U18 1.25 and 3.75, against a competition average of 2.35 goals per team per game.
Newcastle Utd U18 entered with six wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Newcastle Utd U18 against 7/15 for Blackburn U18.
7 meetings are on record — 2 won by Newcastle Utd U18, 5 by Blackburn U18, 0 drawn, at 3.86 goals per meeting. 86% of these meetings ended in a home win. History points to goals: 100% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: Newcastle Utd U18 led 2-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 6-1.
Goal scorers
Newcastle Utd U18: Ethan Low (13' og), Noah Morgan (17'), Alfie Seldon (61'), Jack Skelton (69'), Alfie Hutchison (81'), Jack Skelton (86') · Blackburn U18: Ty Daniel Livesey (60')