Report | Millwall U21s 5 Swansea City U21s 0

25th January
Academy
Ben Lloyd goal

Swansea City Under-21s suffered a second defeat against Millwall in five days as the Lions hit five goals past the Swans in the Professional Development League.

The hosts had led 3-0 at the break following an action-packed first half. Jaiden Celestine-Charles put the hosts ahead before Kavalli Heywood doubled their advantage and Sheldon Kendall added a third, following a penalty miss from Heywood.

Rafiq Lamptey and Abdulahi Abdulazeez hit the back of the net in the second half as the Lions secured a fifth-straight win..

Sam Seager replaced the injured Kit Margetson, for his first start at under-21 level, while there were seven further changes from the side that had lost 4-3 to the Lions at the Joma High Performance Centre a handful of days earlier.

Zac Jeanes, Sebastian Dabrowksi, Dan Watts, Richard Faakye, Maliq Cadogan, Glory Nzingo and Aimar Govea all came into starting 11.

The in-form hosts opened the scoring in the 13th minute, winning possession high up the pitch, with Celestine-Charles seeing his shot take a deflection into the top corner.

Millwall would soon double their lead, and it was Heywood who slotted home from close range after latching onto Kendall's flick-on.

The hosts were denied a third on the half-hour mark when Heywood's penalty-kick was well saved by debutant Seager. 

Both sides then hit the woodwork in quick succession as Elias Mansor's strike rattled the bar for Millwall, before Ben Lloyd saw his strike bounce off the crossbar at the other end.

Just before the break, the hosts made it three. Kendall drove forward to find himself one on one with the keeper, before blasting the ball into the back of the net.

As had been the case in the first half, Millwall started the second with an early goal. This time it was Lamptey, firing a low strike into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.

And the Lions rounded off the scoring in the closing stages when Abdulazeez pounced upon a spilled shot to fire home the rebound.

Swansea City Under-21s: Sam Seager, Zac Jeanes, Sebastian Dabrowski, Dan Watts, Richard Faakye, Iestyn Jones, Maliq Cadogan, Glory Nzingo, Sammy Henia-Kamau, Ben Lloyd (captain), Aimar Govea.

Substitutes: Josh Pescatore, Thomas Woodward, Jacob Cook, Jack Fanning.