Report | Millwall U21s 1 Swansea City U21s 5
Swansea City Under-21s rounded off 2025 with a dominant 5-1 victory over Millwall in the Premier League Cup at the Den.
The Swans headed into the break 2-1 to the good thanks to goals from Josh Pescatore and Caleb Demery in the space of six minutes, with Millwall's Caleb Redhead halving the deficit in the 44th minute.
Pescatore netted his second of the afternoon immediately after the restart before the Lions' George Beaumont was dismissed and the hosts played out the final half-hour with 10 men.
And the Swans underlined their superiority in stoppage time as Thomas Woodward and Blair McKenzie struck to seal the three points in Group G.
The reverse fixture had seen the young Swans run out 2-1 winners thanks to goals from Morgan Bates and Demery at the Joma High Performance Centre.
The visitors looked to dominate the ball in the opening quarter of an hour and created the first real chance of the match in the 10th minute.
Demery got the better of Beaumont on the Millwall left, and drilled the ball into the area, forcing Jet Dyer to concede a corner, with his vital block denying Bates a chance inside the six-yard box.
Just beyond the half-hour mark, Pescatore opened the scoring for the Swans as his deflected rebound found it's way past Lukas Jensen, after the Millwall keeper had denied Bates' initial effort.
Just six minutes later, Swansea doubled their lead as Pescatore turned provider. His low ball across the six-yard box evaded the defence, and Demery slid in at the back post to double the Swans' advantage, although Redhead quickly halved the deficit before the break.
The second half started in a similar fashion, and Swansea took advantage of their early pressure.
A counter-attack led by Sebastian Dabrowski left Pescatore unmarked, and he confidently slotted home his second of the afternoon.
Shortly after the hour mark, the Lions were reduced to 10 men after when Beaumont was shown a straight red card for an off-the-ball incident with Dabrowski.
And Swansea drove home their advantage as firstly a fine interception in the Millwall half from Ramon Rees-Siso allowed Woodward to run on to a loose ball, take on Jensen one-on-one and send his strike into the bottom corner.
Then a corner deep into stoppage time fell to substitute Rees-Siso who racked up his second assist in the space of two minutes as his low cross into the area found an unmarked McKenzie, and the Scot made no mistake to tap home the fifth and final goal of the afternoon.
Swansea City Under-21s: Evan Anderson, Sam Parker, Sebastian Dabrowski, Dan Watts (captain), Arthur Parker, Iestyn Jones, Josh Pescatore, Harlan Perry, Morgan Bates, Thomas Woodward, Caleb Demery.
Substitutes: Rees-Siso, Thomas Wright, Callum Deacon, Zac Jeanes, Blair McKenzie.