About Match
11 points and 11 places separate them: Manchester City U18 2nd with 12, Sunderland U18 13th with 1. Sunderland U18 rank just 27th in the league on five-round form despite their 13th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Manchester City U18 4 scored and 1.75 conceded per game, Sunderland U18 2 and 2, 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 have won four straight, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 10 meetings between the two: 7 for Manchester City U18, 2 for Sunderland U18 and 1 drawn, at 4.1 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 40% of the wins in this matchup. Goals tend to flow: 70% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 70%.
The match takes place at Etihad Stadium (capacity 52,900).