Match Report
11 points and 6 places separated them: Plymouth Argyle U18 11th with 42, Oxford United U18 5th with 53. On recent form Oxford United U18 sat only 14th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.9 goals per team per game, Plymouth Argyle U18 ran at 1.89 scored and 2.25 conceded, Oxford United U18 at 2.25 and 1.32.
The head-to-head ledger counts 12 games: 5 Plymouth Argyle U18 wins, 5 for Oxford United U18, 2 draws, at 4 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. 83% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.