Report | Swansea City U21s 4 Colchester United U21s 1

Swansea City Under-21s kicked off 2025 with three points after a dominant victory over Colchester United at the Joma High Performance Centre.

Swansea had the better of the early exchanges, and Kyrell Wilson won and converted a penalty to put them a goal to the good.

Thomas Woodward added the Swans' second of the afternoon from a Sammy Henia-Kamau cross, before the visitors pulled one back through Alfie Bendle.

However, Wilson instantly restored Swansea's two-goal lead before the break, with Henia-Kamau the provider again.

Morgan Bates rounded off the scoring in the closing stages, curling the ball into the net from distance.

The hosts asserted themselves from the off, and almost had the lead 30 seconds in when Wilson's delivery found Woodward on the edge of the area, but the midfielder took too long to get a shot away.

Moments later, Wilson had the ball in the net with a powerful strike, only for the linesman to rule out the goal offside.

It was a strong start for the Swans, who were playing some slick passing football, while barely letting the visitors out of their own half in the opening 10 minutes.

And the Swans were awarded a penalty in the 20th minute after Wilson was fouled in the box, and the forward stepped up to calmly slot the spot-kick home for the opener.

The hosts doubled their advantage just before the break, Henia-Kamau made a clever turn and pass inside the area to find Woodward racing through, and the 17-year-old made no mistake as he lofted the ball over Harrison Chamberlain and into the net.

However, the Swans' two-goal lead was shortlived, and the U's skipper Bendle sent the ball into the bottom corner after he was first to the rebound following a free-kick.

But that two-goal was restored seconds later. Henia-Kamau was the provider again, laying off for Wilson, who dispatched the ball into the bottom corner.

The Swans started the second-half in control, and had a handful of chances to extend their lead. Josh Pescatore was proving a threat down the right wing, and two of his deliveries created chances which neither Wilson and Henia-Kamau could take.

Wilson had the chance to seal a hat-trick when he latched on to Ramon Rees-Siso's follow-up in the area, but struck his effort well over the bar.

Substitute Dan Watts tried his luck in front of goal, but his low effort, on course for the bottom corner, was deflected away at the last second.

But Swansea put the game to bed in the stages after substitute Morgan Bates finished with a wonderful strike from outside the box to make it 4-1.

Swansea City Under-21s: Kit Margetson, Zac Jeanes (Ben Phillips 67), Sebastian Dabrowski (captain), Jacob Cook, Arthur Parker (Jack Fanning 61), Iestyn Jones, Josh Pescatore, Thomas Woodward (Dan Watts 61), Sammy Henia-Kamau (Morgan Bates 61), Ramon Rees-Siso, Kyrell Wilson.

Substitutes: Sam Seager.