Match Report
In the standings it was Stevenage U18 4th on 55 points, Oxford United U18 5th on 53 — separated by 2. Recent form told a different story for Stevenage U18: only 32nd in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Per game in the league, Stevenage U18 were scoring 2.57 and conceding 1.2, Oxford United U18 2.25 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.9 goals per team per game.
Stevenage U18 had won nine straight, having scored in 9 consecutive games. From the last five rounds, Stevenage U18 held 15 points of 15 and Oxford United U18 9.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Stevenage U18, 1 for Oxford United U18 and 1 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 25% of the meetings went over two goals.