2025/2026| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston North End U18 | 15 | W2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10/15 | 12-9 |
| Rotherham U18 | 15 | W2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6/15 | 6-9 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 2 finished meetings (2022-12-09 – 2024-11-30) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-30 | Rotherham U18 | 6-2 | Preston North End U18 |
| 2022-12-09 | Preston North End U18 | 6-1 | Rotherham U18 |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston North End U18 | 1 | 30 | 59 | 18 | WDWWW | 1 | 0 |
| Rotherham U18 | 21 | 25 | 19 | -32 | WLDLL | 32 | -11 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2025-09-27
On paper the standings were lopsided — Preston North End U18 1st with 59 points, Rotherham U18 21st with 19, 40 apart. Rotherham U18 had been under-performing their position — 32nd on five-round form against 21st in the table. Against a league average of 1.9 goals per team per game, Preston North End U18 ran at 2.1 scored and 1.5 conceded, Rotherham U18 at 1 and 2.28.
