2019-20 Under-18 Premier League Cup

The 2019-20 Under-18 Premier League Cup is the third campaign of the domestic youth team cup competition, which pits Category 1 teams against each other in an initial three-game group stage. All 24 Category 1 academies are involved, with two northern and two southern teams in each group. Clubs play each other once, either home or away, with the winners of the six groups plus the two best runners-up advancing to the quarter-finals. The knockout rounds will be one-off matches.

Manchester City are the defending cup holders.

Teams

All 24 Category 1 Under-18 teams feature in this year's competition:

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

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Group Stage

Group A

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Chelsea 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
2 Arsenal 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3
3 Blackburn Rovers 3 1 0 2 4 5 -1 3
4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 1 0 2 4 7 -3 3


28 September 2019
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea
Lewis '51
McClelland '73
Brockhall Village


28 September 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-3 Arsenal
Cottrell '34
Cirjan '39
Matthews '64
Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground


26 October 2019
Arsenal 2-3 Blackburn Rovers
Ogungbo '22
Oyedeji '90+1 		Harlock '24
Lonsdale '49
Zimba '73
London Colney


30 October 2019
Chelsea 3-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Scott '29 og
Vale '35
Haigh '90+2 		Kandola '2
Carty '57
Cobham


23 November 2019
Chelsea 2-1 Arsenal
Broja '16
Iling-Junior '37 		Oyegoke '78
Cobham


23 November 2019
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brennan '54 Kandola '68
Hodnett '77
Brockhall Village




Group B

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Reading 3 2 0 1 11 10 +1 6
2 Aston Villa 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 4
3 Derby County 3 1 1 1 8 8 0 4
4 Middlesbrough 3 1 0 2 7 8 -1 3


28 September 2019
Middlesbrough 2-3 Aston Villa
Green '16
Cornet '18 		Goodridge '18
Farr '51, '54
Rockliffe Park


28 September 2019
Reading 3-4 Derby County
Melvin-Lambert '8
Abbey '57
Osorio '90+3 		Brown '14, '88 (pen)
Aghatise '24
Ebosele '90+2
Hogwood Park


26 October 2019
Aston Villa 3-4 Reading
Chukwuemeka '2
Young '5
Lindley '45 		Melvin-Lambert '48, '58, '82
Samuels '57
Bodymoor Heath


26 October 2019
Derby County 1-2 Middlesbrough
Charles '3 Gibson '22
Reed '66
Moor Farm


23 November 2019
Aston Villa 3-3 Derby County
Young '28
Pressley '66, '82 		Cybulski '41, '67
A.Brown '90+4
Bodymoor Heath


23 November 2019
Middlesbrough 3-4 Reading
Hackney '35
Balde '54
Whelan '59 		Hewitt '72
McGiff '82
Hamilton '89
Anderson '90+2
Rockliffe Park




Group C

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Norwich City 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
2 (Q) Everton 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 6
3 Fulham 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4
4 Sunderland 3 0 0 3 0 8 -8 0


28 September 2019
Norwich City 1-1 Fulham
Omotoye '45+1 Tiehi '80
Colney Training Centre


28 September 2019
Everton 1-0 Sunderland
Onyango '39
Finch Farm


26 October 2019
Fulham 3-4 Everton
Ablade '12
Jasper '32
O'Neill '51 		Hosie '22
Higgins '77
Hughes '79 (pen)
Carroll '90
Motspur Park


26 October 2019
Sunderland 0-3 Norwich City
Omotoye '17, '27
Kamara '88
The Academy of Light


23 November 2019
Everton 0-3 Norwich City
Omotoye '1, '31
Dronfield '66
Finch Farm


23 November 2019
Sunderland 0-4 Fulham
Tiehi '8
Stansfield '45+1
Ablade '66
Biereth '85
The Academy of Light




Group D

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Manchester City 3 3 0 0 13 1 +12 9
2 Liverpool 3 2 0 1 6 8 -2 6
3 Swansea City 3 1 0 2 5 9 -4 3
4 Southampton 3 0 0 3 4 10 -6 0


28 September 2019
Manchester City 4-1 Southampton
Palmer '14
McAtee '45+5
Bobb '68
Edozie '88 		Bellis '33
City Football Academy


28 September 2019
Swansea City 2-3 Liverpool
Bevan '24 (pen)
Rickard '56 		O'Rourke '66
Beck '82
O'Rourke '90+3
Landore


26 October 2019
Liverpool 0-4 Manchester City
Palmer '45
McAtee '52
Robertson '57
Ijiwole '90+4
Kirkby Academy


26 October 2019
Southampton 1-3 Swansea City
Olaigbe '67 Clancy '9
Motruk '71
Ja.Edwards '90+1
Staplewood


23 November 2019
Manchester City 5-0 Swansea City
Delap '30, '39
Palmer '41 (pen)
McAtee '86
Bobb '88
City Football Academy


23 November 2019
Southampton 2-3 Liverpool
Saunders '31
Idowu '66 		Morton '21
Woltman '69
Beck '90+2
Staplewood




Group E

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Newcastle United 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
2 (Q) Stoke City 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
3 Tottenham 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3
4 West Ham 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3


28 September 2019
Stoke City 3-2 Newcastle United
Sankoh '4
Jarrett '47
Godfrinne '64 		Gilchrist '42, '67
Clayton Wood Training Ground


28 September 2019
West Ham United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Caiger '34
Adebayo '53 		Asante '48
Little Heath


26 October 2019
Newcastle United 3-1 West Ham
Reed '15, '18
Anderson '84 		Parkes '32 (pen)
Little Benton


26 October 2019
Tottenham 3-2 Stoke City
Pedder '55
Whittaker '74 (pen)
Robson '76 		Malone '12 (pen)
Sankoh '48
Hotspur Way


23 November 2019
Newcastle United 5-2 Tottenham
White '16
Reed '18, '22
Scott '70
Harrison '84 		Robson '32
Lloyd-Bennett '40
Little Benton


23 November 2019
Stoke City 4-1 West Ham
Sankoh '49
Varian '66, '90+4
Akandji '84 		Mubama '81
Clayton Wood Training Ground




Group F

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 (Q) Brighton & Hove Albion 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7
2 Manchester United 3 1 2 0 8 7 +1 5
3 West Brom 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4 3
4 Leicester City 3 0 1 2 7 9 -2 1


28 September 2019
Manchester United 4-4 Leicester City
Helm '22
Hockenhull '25
Hoogewerf '44
Shoretire '50 		Barrett '42
Pennant '75
Russ '78
Flynn '86 (pen)
AON Training Complex


26 October 2019
Leicester City 2-3 Brighton & Hove Albion
Maswanhise '13
Pennant '29 		Turns '23
Furlong '40
Wilson '64
Belvoir Drive


2 November 2019
Brighton & Hove Albion 4-0 West Brom
Spong '31, '36, '43
Vukoje '54
AMEX Elite Performance Centre


23 November 2019
Manchester United 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Shoretire '71 Clark-Eden '55
AON Training Complex


23 November 2019
Leicester City 1-2 West Brom
Pennant '28 Gilbert '83 (pen)
Faal '87


26 November 2019
West Brom 2-3 Manchester United
Thorndike '5, '8 (pen) McCann '25 (pen), '33 (pen)
Forson '77
WBA Training Ground




Ranking of Best Runners-Up

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
2 (Q) Stoke City 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 6
2 (Q) Everton 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 6
2 Liverpool 3 2 0 1 6 8 -2 6
2 Manchester United 3 1 2 0 8 7 +1 5
2 Aston Villa 3 1 1 1 9 9 0 4
2 Arsenal 3 1 0 2 6 5 +1 3



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Quarter-Finals

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

25 January 2020
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-3 Manchester City
Tolaj '61
Packham '90 		Palmer '25, '49 (pen)
Robertson '74
AMEX Elite Performance Centre


25 January 2020
Newcastle United 0-2 Chelsea
McClelland '6
Rankine '61
Little Benton


25 January 2020
Reading 3-2 Everton
Melvin-Lambert '14, '21, '110 (AET) Cannon '4
McAllister '48
Bearwood Park


25 January 2020
Stoke City 8-0 Norwich City
Sankoh '8, '17, '65
Godfrinne '16, '24
Macari '38
Porter '50
Jarrett '86
Clayton Wood Training Ground


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Semi-Finals

15 February 2020
Reading 2-5 Manchester City
Samuels '53
Melvin-Lambert '89 		Palmer '10 (pen)
Delap '20
McAtee '35, '90
Robertson '74
Bearwood Park


15 February 2020
Stoke City 2-1 Chelsea
Sankoh '38, '104 (AET) Nunn '7
Clayton Wood Training Ground



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Final


10 March 2020
Manchester City 6-0 Stoke City
Edozie '40
Delap '63
McAtee '65, '69
Palmer '71, '75 (pen)
City Football Academy


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Goalscorers

{Final Statistics)

Player Club Goals
Nahum Melvin-Lambert Reading 8
Cole Palmer Manchester City 8
Mohamed Sankoh Stoke City 8
James McAtee Manchester City 7
Tyrese Omotoye Norwich City 5
Kain Reed Newcastle United 4


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