2024-25 Under-18 Premier League Cup

The 2024-25 Under-18 Premier League Cup is the seventh campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 1 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All Category 1 academies scheduled to be involved along with selected invitees from Category 2, with two northern and two southern teams in each group. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the seven groups plus the best runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Manchester United are the defending cup holders.

Teams

All Category 1 Under-18 teams are invited to feature in this year's competition along with two Category 2 teams:

Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Leeds United, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham, Wolves

Group Stage

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Norwich City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Brighton & Hove Albion v Derby County

27 August 2024

Brighton & Hove Albion	5-6	Derby County
Oriola 1’, 19’, 73’ Belmont 23’ Gorman 63’		Eames 08’ Oguntolu 21’, 30’, 49’, 56’ Mintus 86’

AMEX Elite Performance Centre

Norwich City v Manchester City

27 August 2024

Norwich City	2-2	Manchester City
Sealey 31’ Oligbo 45 +2’		Warhurst 18’, 48’

Avant Training Centre

Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion

5 October 2024

Manchester City	4-1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Mukasa 12’, 40’ Warhurst 52’ Fletcher 88’		Nti 8’

City Football Academy

Norwich City v Derby County

5 October 2024

Norwich City	3-1	Derby County
Daley 26’ Valencia Gomez 56’ Ofori-Manteaw 90 +5’		Ebuka 59’

Avant Training Centre

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Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Manchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Leicester City v Manchester United

27 August 2024

Leicester City	1-2	Manchester United
Aluko 57’ (pen)		Biancheri 79’, 90 +7’ (pen)

LCFC Training Ground

Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United

27 August 2024

Tottenham Hotspur	1-3	Leeds United
Upson 53’		Brown 27’ Pickles 59’ Njinko 90 +6’

Hotspur Way

Leeds United v Leicester City

5 October 2024

Leeds United	4-1	Leicester City
McDonald 35’ Brown 45’ Billett 47’ Dudley 50’		Otchere 2’

Thorp Arch Grange

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United

5 October 2024

Tottenham Hotspur	4-3	Manchester United
Lehane 5’ Williams-Barnett 19’, 26’, 52’		Lacey 78’, 79’ Biancheri 86’ (pen)

Hotspur Way

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Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Sunderland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Blackburn Rovers v Reading

27 August 2024

Blackburn Rovers	2-4	Reading
Sergent 5’ Mansbridge 90 +5’		Harrison 30’ Ahmed 45 +3’ Omoregie 50’ Trialist 78’

Brockhall

Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion

27 August 2024

Sunderland	3-1	West Bromwich Albion
Ja.Jones 10’ Neill 33’ Ogunsuyi 90 +1’		Onyemachi 38’

Academy Of Light

West Bromwich Albion v Blackburn Rovers

5 October 2024

West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Chimeziri 22’, 27’		Joseph 90 +1’

WBA Training Ground

Reading v Sunderland

5 October 2024

Reading	0-2	Sunderland
		Geragusian 38’, 85’

Bearwood Park

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Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Southampton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

West Ham United v Nottingham Forest

27 August 2024

West Ham United	2-0	Nottingham Forest
Golambeckis 39’ Nwosu 51’

Little Heath

Southampton v Everton

28 August

Southampton	2-4	Everton
Daley 65’ Oyekunle 90 +3’		Loney 4’ Wren 30’ Graham 45’ Thomas 90’

Staplewood

Southampton v Nottingham Forest

5 October 2024

Southampton	6-2	Nottingham Forest
Pitts 4’, 45’ Fry 11’ Sesay 28’ Newman 45 +1’ Oyekunle 59’ (pen)		Daly 80’, 89’

Staplewood

Everton v West Ham United

29 October 2024

Everton	4-4	West Ham United
Morgan 36’ Clarke 54’, 66’ Graham 86’		Sowunmi 10’ Halim 21’, 23’ Golambeckis 26’

Finch Farm

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Group E

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Fulham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Middlesbrough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fulham v Middlesbrough

27 August 2024

Fulham	2-0	Middlesbrough
Zepa 55’ Wingate 65’

Motspur Park

Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers

27 August 2024

Aston Villa	0-0	Wolverhampton Wanderers

Bodymoor Heath

Middlesbrough v Aston Villa

5 October 2024

Middlesbrough	1-2	Aston Villa
Coulson 47’		Jenner 26’ Carroll 90 +4’ (pen)

Rockliffe Park

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Fulham

5 October 2024

Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-2	Fulham
		Quashie 33’ (pen) Zepa 83’

Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground

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Group F

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Millwall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Newcastle United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Chelsea v Stoke City

27 August 2024

Chelsea	3-2	Stoke City
Mheuka 30' (pen), '49 Gordon 82'		Bailey 37' Garside-Kelly 90 +1'

Cobham

Newcastle United v Millwall

27 August 2024

Newcastle United	1-1	Millwall
Ferreira 59’		Mansor 22'

Little Benton

Chelsea v Newcastle United

5 October 2024

Chelsea	4-1	Newcastle United
Gordon 26’ Cardoso 45 +1’, 73’ Kavuma-McQueen 90 +1’		Watts 60’

Cobham

Millwall v Stoke City

5 October 2024

Millwall	3-2	Stoke City
Abdulazeez 29', 67' Beaumont 54'		McNally 23’, 45 +1’

Calmont Road

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Group G

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Crystal Palace	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Liverpool v Arsenal

28 August 2024

Liverpool	3-5	Arsenal
Lambie 43’ (pen) Enahoro-Marcus 63’ Onanuga 77’		Annous 26’, 36’ Casey 35’ (pen) Bailey-Joseph 70’ Adetiba 85'

Liverpool Academy

Crystal Palace v Birmingham City

28 August 2024

Crystal Palace	3-0	Birmingham City
Derry 33’ Casey 49’ Whyte 74’

CPFC Academy

Birmingham City v Arsenal

5 October 2024

Birmingham City	2-3	Arsenal
Da Silva 10' Ahmed 30' (pen)		Dowman 43’, 90 +7’ Marciniak 80’

Knighthead Training Ground

Crystal Palace v Liverpool

5 October 2024

Crystal Palace	2-5	Liverpool
Walker-Smith 06’ Derry 18’ (pen)		Lambie 23’ Lonmeni 39’ Ahmed 41’ Bradshaw 61’, 74’

CPFC Academy

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Ranking of Best Runner-Up

Pos

Team

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D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Quarter-Finals

The seven group winners and best runner-up advance to the quarter-finals, where they play a one-legged tie.

Goalscorers

Player

Club

Goals

Previous Campaigns

2023-24 • 2022-23 • 2021-22 • 2019-20 • 2018-19 • 2017-18