Match Report
The points column showed no gap: 8 apiece, Liverpool U18 5th and Middlesbrough U18 7th. Liverpool U18 ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 5th table position. Against a league average of 2.39 goals per team per game, Liverpool U18 ran at 2.8 scored and 2.2 conceded, Middlesbrough U18 at 1.83 and 2.
Liverpool U18 had been beaten in four straight games, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 7 Liverpool U18 wins, 2 for Middlesbrough U18, 1 draw, at 4.9 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 30% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 70%.
M. O'Shea took charge, a referee with 2 games logged in our database. Middlesbrough U18 led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Liverpool U18: Finn Inglethorpe (49'), Finn Inglethorpe (72') · Middlesbrough U18: Eamon Tohill (18'), Eamon Tohill (59')