About Match
Stoke City U18 (9th, 3 pts) visit Manchester City U18 (2nd, 12 pts) with 9 points between them. Stoke City U18 rank just 19th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Against a league average of 2.5 goals per team per game, Manchester City U18 run at 4 scored and 1.75 conceded, Stoke City U18 at 2.25 and 3.5. Manchester City U18 would climb to 15 points with a win and up to 1st (other results held equal).
Momentum sits with Manchester City U18, winners of their last four, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Stoke City U18 have lost three in a row, having scored in 8 consecutive games. The five-game form split reads 12/15 points for Manchester City U18 against 3/15 for Stoke City U18.
The head-to-head ledger counts 11 games: 9 Manchester City U18 wins, 0 for Stoke City U18, 2 draws, at 5.36 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 36% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 91% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 73%. The recent trend is more open — 6.8 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 5.36 all-time.