Our Under-18 Premier League Cup campaign continues with a trip to Derby County Academy on Thursday.
It’s a 12pm kick-off in Group B as we look to continue our unbeaten start to the competition.
West Ham currently lead the group but we’re level on four points with them, goals scored separating the sides.
Derby have won one and lost one of their matches so far, while Middlesbrough are bottom with two defeats.
| Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| West Ham United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Arsenal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Derby County | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
We drew 1-1 with West Ham at the beginning of the tournament in September, before winning 1-0 away to Middlesbrough.
But our most recent outing was in the U18 Premier League, prior to the international break, when we beat Norwich City 4-3 at London Colney.
The Rams, meanwhile, are sixth in the U18 Premier League North with four wins, two draws and four defeats, and are unbeaten in their last three league games.
Their most recent match was a 2-2 draw away to Middlesbrough.
So far this season, no-one has scored more goals for us than Omari Benjamin and Chido Obi, who each have three goals at U18 level.
How to follow
We will be providing updates throughout the game on our Arsenal Academy Twitter page, and there will be a match report published on Arsenal.com after the final whistle.
We will also be sharing post-match interviews with Jack Wilshere and one of his young Gunners, as well as highlights of all the action.
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