Match Report
8 points and 5 places separated them: Manchester City U18 2nd with 12, Liverpool U18 7th with 4. Recent form told a different story for Liverpool U18: only 16th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 7th. Against a league average of 2.5 goals per team per game, Manchester City U18 ran at 4 scored and 1.75 conceded, Liverpool U18 at 2.33 and 2.
Liverpool U18 arrived off three straight defeats.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 8 for Manchester City U18, 2 for Liverpool U18 and 0 drawn, at 3.1 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. The fixture leans high-scoring: 70% of meetings brought at least three goals. The last five meetings averaged 4 goals, well above the all-time 3.1.
Manchester City U18 led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Manchester City U18: Teddie Lamb (18'), Archie Thornton (48') · Liverpool U18: Finn Inglethorpe (89')