Report | Fleetwood Town U21s 3 Swansea City U21s 1

Swansea City Under-21s suffered defeat in their first away fixture of the season following a second-half comeback from Fleetwood Town at Poolfoot Farm.

Mitchell Bates opened the scoring for the visitors with half-hour played thanks to a low driven strike into the bottom corner.

But the Fishermen responded after the interval thanks to quickfire goals from Tommy Lonergan and Raff Cirino respectively, before Owen Davenport made it 3-1 in the 72nd minute. 

Ben Lloyd returned to the Swansea side following an injury sustained in the under-21s' Nathaniel MG Cup clash against Baglan Dragons, whilst Ramon Rees-Siso - fresh off netting two goals for the under-18s last week - was also handed a starting place.

Evan Watts in the Swansea goal was tested early on as Callum Dolan's powerful effort stung the palms of the keeper.

But Swansea took the lead through Bates as he fired home after a mix-up in the home defence had presented the visitors with a chance.

The Swans retained their lead at the break, but Fleetwood equalised six minutes after the restart through a penalty. Lonergan stepping up to slot the ball home from 12 yards.

Moments later, Fleetwood took the lead through Cirino. Liam Roberts did well down the left and pulled the ball back to Pele Smith who saw his shot saved, but Cirino was on hand to knock the ball home.

The hosts then sealed the win as a cross was met by Davenport, whose header found its way into the net via the far post.

Swansea City Under-21s: Evan Watts, Harry Jones, Callum Deacon, Jacob Cook, Iestyn Jones, Arthur Parker, Ramon Rees-Siso, Mitchell Bates (captain), Glory Nzingo, Ben Lloyd, Sebastian Dabrowski.

Substitutes: Aidan Higgins, Sam Seager, Brogan Popham, Billy Clarke, Milo Robinson.