About Match
3 points for Everton U18 (8th), 12 for Newcastle Utd U18 (1st): a 9-point gap. Recent form tells a different story for Everton U18: only 19th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 8th. Per game in the league, Everton U18 score 2.33 and conceding 2, Newcastle Utd U18 4 and 1.25, against a competition average of 2.5 goals per team per game.
Newcastle Utd U18 arrive on a run of eight straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Everton U18 6/15, Newcastle Utd U18 15/15.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 4 for Everton U18, 2 for Newcastle Utd U18 and 2 drawn, at 4.25 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 63% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture leans high-scoring: 75% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 75%. Where history says 4.25 goals per meeting, the last five say 5.2.