Fulham U23 1-0 West Brom U23

Fulham Under-23s ended their season with a 1-0 win over West Brom at Craven Cottage.

Sylvester Jasper's second half strike proved to be the difference in what was a tight contest under the lights.

The two sides put together some nice passing moves in the windy conditions, but struggled slightly with the final ball in the opening 10 minutes.

Sylvester Jasper tried his luck 16 minutes in from range, but his curling right-footed effort was blocked and soon cleared.

A couple of minutes later, Luciano D’Auria-Henry found the run of Jasper with a superb ball, but the attacker’s cross was cleared.

Ziyad Larkeche came close to scoring his second Fulham goal on 20 minutes. Adrion Pajaziti found the left-back on the left-hand side of the box, and his drilled effort fired just wide of the far post.

The young Whites were beginning to up the tempo, with Terry Ablade’s close-range attempt trickling wide.

D’Auria-Henry was finding good amounts of space down the right-hand side and, after receiving the ball, found Jasper waiting on the edge of the box. The resulting shot flew over.

Rico Richards had a go down the other end a few minutes later but, while under pressure from McAvoy, blasted his left-footed effort over from just inside the penalty box.

Ablade forced goalkeeper Ted Cann into a save towards the end of the half, directing an effort from range which was parried away from goal.

Despite the opportunities, the two sides went in level at the break.

Jean-Pierre Tiehi was at the heart of the biggest chance of the game 10 minutes after the restart. He found himself charging towards goal, but his following shot was saved and bounced agonisingly wide after the deflection.

Fulham somehow managed to keep the ball out of their net on 64 minutes. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped kindly for Taylor Gardner-Hickman, but his effort from yards out was deflected and rolled out for a corner.

The young Baggies should have taken the lead with 15 minutes to play. George Wickens’ block bounced towards to West Brom players, but they got in each other’s way and the shot was scuffed.

The deadlock was eventually broken with just 10 minutes to go. Jasper cut onto his left foot before lashing a powerful shot into the bottom right corner. The pure power left the goalkeeper with no chance.

Substitute Ollie O’Neill should have put the game to bed in added time, but his close-range effort was saved by a fully stretched Cann.

The Baggies’ ‘keeper made two more excellent saves in the final seconds to deny Jasper his second goal.

The young whites made it to the full-time whistle and ended their season with three points.