Preview | Swansea City U21s v Queens Park Rangers U21s

17th December
Academy
Liam Smith

Swansea City Under-21s welcome top-of-the-table Queens Park Rangers to south Wales on Monday afternoon for their final Professional Development League clash of the year (12pm).

The game is free for supporters to attend, and fans can gain access to the site from 11am.

The Swans will be looking to continue their strong run of form on home turf having not lost a league fixture in SA1 since November 2022.

The development side bounced back from their 3-0 defeat to Cardiff City by putting six goals past Hull City at the MKM Stadium in their Premier League Cup group stage fixture last time out.

Rangers - who currently top the south division of the PDL on 27 points - are unbeaten in their last five outings in all competitions, with their last defeat coming against Bristol City in October.

 

Pre-match views

Coach Liam Ross: "It's the final game before Christmas and before the lads can have a well-deserved break. They've worked incredibly hard over the last few months.

"We know the test QPR will bring, we've already faced them this season and they gave us a tough game, hence why they're top of the league.

"Hopefully, we can round the year off with a great performance and win at home."

 

Previous meeting - November 8 2022

Joel Cotterill

Swansea City 4 Queens Park Rangers 0

Swansea City Under-21s swept to a fifth win in a row as they eased past their Queens Park Rangers counterparts at the Swansea.com Stadium.

A first-half penalty spot from Joel Cotterill gave the young Swans the half-time lead. 

Further goals followed from Lincoln McFayden, Josh Thomas and Tarrelle Whittaker to wrap up the three points and send the Swans up to third in the Professional Development League table. 

Swansea City Under-21s: Ben Hughes, Joe Thomas, Harry Jones (Kai Ludvigsen 77), Azeem Abdulai (Tarrelle Whittaker 65), Brandon Cooper (captain), Nathanael Ogbeta, Cameron Congreve, Joel Cotterill, Josh Thomas, Ben Lloyd (Corey Hurford 77), Lincoln McFayden (Kian Jenkins 70). 

Unused subs: Evan Watts.