In gameweek three of the U18 Premier League, Manchester City put six goals past Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United and Liverpool thrashed Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion 5-1 respectively while Arsenal hit Leicester City for seven.
Man City took the lead against Wolves through Henri Ogunby, with Keke Simmonds and Lewis Fiorini making it 3-0 before half-time. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru made it four after the break, Fiorini grabbed his second and City’s fifth goal midway through the second-half before Simmonds wrapped things up a minute later.
Elsewhere, Tottenham won their London derby with Chelsea, West Ham and Newcastle earned narrow away wins at Swansea and Sunderland, Fulham and Southampton played out a 2-2 draw and Aston Villa won a high-scoring game with Reading.
Tottenham took the lead against Chelsea through Paris Maghoma inside of ten minute and held the narrow advantage until midway through the second-half when Armando Shashoua doubled their lead to seal all three points.
Everton, Derby County and Brighton & Hove Albion beat Middlesbrough, Blackburn Rovers and Norwich 2-1 respectively.
Friday, August 24, 2018
- Manchester City 6-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Manchester United 5-1 Stoke City
Saturday, August 25
- Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Chelsea
- Swansea City 0-1 West Ham United
- Sunderland 0-1 Newcastle United
- Fulham 2-2 Southampton
- Liverpool 5-1 West Bromwich Albion
- Arsenal 7-0 Leicester City
- Aston Villa 4-2 Reading
- Everton 2-1 Middlesbrough
- Derby County 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Norwich City
| U18 North | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | +/- | Pts |
| Everton | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7:4 | 3 | 9 |
| Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:5 | 6 | 7 |
| Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:2 | 11 | 6 |
| Liverpool | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:5 | 7 | 6 |
| Derby County | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6:6 | 0 | 4 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3:2 | 1 | 3 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5:6 | -1 | 3 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4:5 | -1 | 3 |
| Stoke City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4:9 | -5 | 3 |
| Newcastle United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1:9 | -8 | 3 |
| Sunderland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1:7 | -6 | 1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2:9 | -7 | 1 |
| U18 South | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | +/- | Pts |
| Arsenal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:2 | 11 | 9 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:5 | 8 | 9 |
| West Ham United | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:3 | 5 | 9 |
| Aston Villa | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8:6 | 2 | 6 |
| Reading | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5:5 | 0 | 6 |
| Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4:4 | 0 | 4 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6:9 | -3 | 3 |
| Fulham | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3:5 | -2 | 2 |
| Southampton | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5:8 | -3 | 1 |
| Swansea City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2:7 | -5 | 1 |
| Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2:10 | -8 | 1 |
| Norwich City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:7 | -5 | 0 |
