Swansea City U18s 0 Brentford U18s 2: Kasujja brace earns back-to-back victories for McDermott's side | OneFootball

Brentford Under-18s made it back-to-back victories in the Professional Development League as they beat Swansea City Under-18s 2-0 at the Joma High Performance Centre.

Jovan Kasujja's second-half brace wrapped up the win after an impressive defensive display earned three points and a clean sheet on the road.

Domeiro Bobb-Semple had a chance in the first minute, scrapping to win the ball back inside the box, rolling the ball past his defender and poking an effort toward goal which Thomas Wright was able to hold on to.

Gary McDermott was forced into an early change as Bobb-Semple was replaced by Naeem Giscombe following a clash of heads on 15 minutes.

Only a narrow offside call denied the Bees the lead on 22 minutes; Jai Bansoodeb spun his man brilliantly and slipped in Kasujja who lifted the ball into the bottom corner with poise and was unlucky to see the strike ruled out.

Yerime Ouattara then sent a drilled half-volley just wide on the rebound from a corner as the west Londoners looked the more likely to open the scoring.

Reuben Lawal and Josh Oladapo-Gamu made excellent last-ditch blocks as Swansea broke into the box, and Archie Quick and Aidan Golding came close from corners for their respective sides.

Kasujja almost found the net with an audacious flick in stoppage time but the teams went into the break goalless and level.

The Bees came out strong; Giscombe went on a mazy run two minutes after the restart. The winger nutmegged Quick and knocked the ball around another Swansea defender before drawing a good save from Wright.

Layton Nicholls then made a vital save shortly after as Harvey gray played in Ioan Johnston but the Brentford keeper parried away the bobbling effort well.

Right-back Micaiah Fanoiki went closest next on 52 minutes, driving with the ball from within his own half, throwing in a stepover before striking a low left-footed effort too close to Wright.

It was Hounslow local Kasujja who broke the deadlock on 55 minutes with his 11th of the season when he found space inside the box and tucked the ball under Wright to give McDermott's side a deserved lead.

The young Bees went looking for a second and Jacob Hanson stung the hands of Wright from the edge of the box.

On 63 minutes, Kasujja had his brace to put the west Londoners in control due to a goalkeeping error. Wright played the ball straight to Brentford's no.9 and he obliged, rolling into the net to double his and his side's tally for the day.

Hanson almost added a third with 15 to play, twisting and turning inside the box before forcing Wright into a strong diving save with a curling efffort.

Oladapo-Gamu made a fantastic interception to keep the Bees' clean sheet in tact after a dangerous cross was swung in from the right, with Ifan Harding waiting to pounce just behind him.

On 85 minutes Jai Bansoodeb sold his player with a fake shot on the edge of the box and fired a left footed strike toward the bottom corner, but Wright got a big hand to the ball to tip it behind.

It ended in a comfortable 2-0 victory, a second for the Under-18s in four days after a big derby day win against QPR. The young Bees are next in action in the reverse fixture against the Swans at Wheatsheaf Park on Saturday 14 March (11.30am kick-off).

Brentford: Nicholls, Fanoiki, Lawal, Golding (Ogungbemi 70), Oladapo-Gamu, Cohalan (Trimboli 70), Bansoodeb, Y. Ouattara, Kasujja, Hanson, Bobb-Semple (Giscombe 15, Zetter-Plummer 70)

Subs: Lyon

Booked: Cohalan 53

Swansea: Wright, Godfrey, Ifans (Thomas 46), Hughes (Hassan 78), Quick, Singer, Evans (Baker 68), Jones, Gray (Harding) 68), Lewis, Johnston

Subs: Nowak