2026/2027Who will win?
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| Team | Games | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham U18 | 15 | W1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4/15 | 7-18 |
| Preston North End U18 | 15 | W1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8/15 | 11-7 |
Computed over each team's finished games before kickoff — see the Games column for the sample behind each row.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings (2022-12-09 – 2025-09-27) in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-27 | Preston North End U18 | 2-1 | Rotherham U18 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotherham U18 | 22 | 4 | 1 | -12 | DLLL | 38 | -16 |
| Preston North End U18 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | DLWD | 23 | -12 |
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 2026-12-05
4 points and 11 places separate them: Rotherham U18 22nd with 1, Preston North End U18 11th with 5. Recent form tells a different story for Rotherham U18: only 38th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 22nd. Per game in the league, Rotherham U18 score 1.25 and conceding 4.25, Preston North End U18 2 and 1.5, against a competition average of 2.06 goals per team per game. A win would lift Preston North End U18 to 8 points and up to 10th (other results unchanged).
