2026/2027Who will win?
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| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby Town U18 | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6/15 | 7-13 |
| Preston North End U18 | 15 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8/15 | 11-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2024-08-17 – 2026-04-08) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | Preston North End U18 | 2-2 | Grimsby Town U18 |
| 2024-08-17 | Grimsby Town U18 | 3-1 | Preston North End U18 |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby Town U18 | 19 | 3 | 3 | -5 | LLW | 31 | -12 |
| Preston North End U18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | DLWD | 23 | -12 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2027-01-23
2 points and 8 places separate them: Grimsby Town U18 19th with 3, Preston North End U18 11th with 5. Grimsby Town U18 have been under-performing their position — 31st on five-round form against 19th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Grimsby Town U18 1 scored and 2.67 conceded per game, Preston North End U18 2 and 1.5, with the league averaging 2.06. Grimsby Town U18 would climb to 6 points with a win, overtaking Preston North End U18 (other results held equal).
