Preview | Swansea City U18s v Ipswich Town U18s

24th April
Academy
Rohan Davies U18s

Swansea City Under-18s play their penultimate fixture of the season when they welcome Ipswich Town to Landore Training Ground on Tuesday morning. (11.30am kick-off).

The young Swans' seven-game unbeaten run came to an end after they suffered defeat to Peterborough United at Idverde Training Ground last time out. 

The Tractor Boys haven't picked up a win in their last five league fixtures, suffering defeat against Burnley in their last game.

In the reverse fixture at Playford Road, Ipswich came out on top with a 5-0 win back in October.

 

Pre-match views

Coach Darren Davies: "Ipswich will be a tough one. They’re usually a big, tough physical team so we’ll have to find ways to cope with that, but primarily we’ll be focusing on ourselves.

"We’ll review our performances, focus on how we can get better as individuals and as a team because it’s all about us learning.

"We've got two games left now, and the boys have been brilliant the past two-and-a-half months. Hopefully, we can finish the season on a positive note."

 

Previous meeting - December 4, 2021

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Swansea City 0 Ipswich Town 4

Swansea City Under-18s fell to defeat against Ipswich Town Under-18s in the Professional Development League clash at St George's Park when they were last the designated home side against their East Anglian opponents.

Ipswich took the lead just four minutes in, and the Swans were then punished by a late first-half flurry that saw Ipswich go into the break 3-0 up with Ash Boatswain grabbing a brace and Dan Cousens also netting.

The Swans kept Ipswich quiet for most of the second half, but they would make it four thanks to a stunning volley from Jack Manly as they claimed all three points.

Swansea City U18s: Ben Hughes, Filip Lissah, Sebastian Dabrowski, David Roberts, Kian Jenkins (Zane Myers 21), Joel Cotterill, Josh Edwards, Charlie Veevers, Ben Lloyd, Iwan Morgan (Geoff Bony 65), Kieran Petrie (Aaron Hillier 58).