Preview | Fleetwood Town U21s v Swansea City U21s

19th August
Academy
Glory Nzingo v Crewe

Swansea City Under-21s travel to Lancashire for their first away fixture of the Professional Development League season against Fleetwood Town on Tuesday afternoon (2pm).

The Swans kicked off their PDL campaign with a 4-0 win over Crewe Alexandra thanks to a Glory Nzingo hat-trick and a Thomas Woodward strike.

It's the first time the development side travel to Poolfoot Farm, following the Fishermen's upgrade to category two status prior to the 2023-24 season.

Fleetwood lost their opening game of the season, a narrow 1-0 loss against Watford.

Pre-match views

Coach Anthony Wright: "It was a great start to the season for the boys, a performance which we will take into Fleetwood.

"It's a long trip, a first visit up there for many of us. We'll prepare like we always do, and we look forward to playing them."

Previous meeting - April 8, 2024

Maliq Cadogan

Swansea City 4 Fleetwood Town 0

Swansea City Under-21s recorded a second emphatic win in succession and extended their unbeaten home run to 18 league games against Fleetwood Town in the Professional Development League.

An own goal from Harry Wright-Ocana and a goal from Joel Cotterill gave the home side a 2-0 lead at the interval.

Wales Under-21 international Cotterill went on to add his second after the break, before Maliq Cadogan – fresh from a hat-trick against Watford last week – rounded off the scoring.

Swansea City Under-21s: Evan Watts, Kian Jenkins, Sebastian Dabrowski (Iestyn Jones 58), Joel Cotterill, Filip Lissah (Thomas Woodward 75), Mitchell Bates, Cameron Congreve, Charlie Veevers, Maliq Cadogan, Ben Lloyd, Glory Nzingo (Kyrell Wilson 65).

Unused Substitutes: Kit Margetson, Sammy Henia-Kamau.