About Match
11 points and 11 places separate them: Sunderland U18 13th with 1, Manchester City U18 2nd with 12. The last five rounds place Sunderland U18 no better than 27th for form, against 13th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Sunderland U18 2 scored and 2 conceded per game, Manchester City U18 4 and 1.75, with the league averaging 2.5. If Manchester City U18 win, their total rises to 15 and up to 1st, assuming the rest of the results stand.
Manchester City U18 arrive on a run of four straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
10 meetings are on record — 2 won by Sunderland U18, 7 by Manchester City U18, 1 drawn, at 4.1 goals per meeting. Only 40% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 70% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
The venue is Academy of Light Training Ground in South Tyneside, with room for 3,500 spectators.