Sunderland under-18s head to Everton this Saturday focused on turning their U18 Premier League campaign around
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Date: Saturday 1 October 2016
Time: 12:30pm
Location: Finch Farm
Competition: U18 Premier League
Everton U18: LLDWW
Everton go into this Saturday’s game against Sunderland bidding to win their third consecutive game. Following a challenging start to the season, which saw the Toffees lose to Newcastle United, Manchester City and Manchester United, a draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers helped steady the ship. Since then, impressive victories over Derby County and Liverpool have seen them romp through the gears as they have netted 10 times their last two fixtures.
Sunderland: LLLLL
Elliott Dickman’s side head to Merseyside this Saturday with high hopes of clinching their first points of the season. The young Black Cats have endured a challenging start to the campaign as they have lost all their opening fixtures.
The Last five...
Nov 21 2015 – Everton U18 2-2 Sunderland U18
Aug 22 2015 – Sunderland U18 2-4 Everton U18
Jan 9 2015 – Sunderland U18 0-1 Everton U18
Sept 27 2014 – Everton U18 3-1 Sunderland U18
Apr 19 2014 – Sunderland U18 0-2 Everton U18
Focus: Lee Connelly
While Lee Connelly missed the first few games of the season, the young Scotsman has been working hard to rekindle his goalscoring touch - which was so prominent during pre-season - and spark some life into the under-18s attacking line following their haul of just three goals in six games.
