Fulham U21 2-1 Leeds U21

Fulham Under-21s made it four wins on the spin with a comeback victory against Leeds United at Motspur Park.

It was a frustrating start for our Young Whites who went behind after just five minutes, but we were dominant from that moment onwards. Callum Osmand bagged a brace in the second period, equalising just after the interval with a stunning individual goal, before completing the turnaround in the 73rd minute.

However, it was a nightmare start at Motspur Park as Josh McDonald latched onto Sam Chambers’ pass and calmly dinked the ball over Alex Borto.

Terrell Works was on the hunt for a goal in his third consecutive game and he danced through the Leeds defence, showing twinkle toes to beat several opposition players, but he couldn’t get a shot away.

The finest of margins denied us from levelling the match on 13 minutes as Aaron Loupalo-Bi made his way to the byline, pulling the ball back for Kristian Šekularac, who saw his shot deflect agonisingly wide of the post.

Our Young Whites must have thought their luck was out when Chris Donnell’s thumping header rattled the crossbar following a deep Šekularac free-kick.

The Switzerland youth international was putting in some wicked deliveries from dead ball situations, with his corner looping over the head of Leeds ‘keeper Rory Mahady, but Eddy Nsasi couldn’t make contact after sneaking around the back unnoticed.

Hayden Mullins’ side maintained their dominance until the end of the half as Osmand looked to whip a strike into the far corner from 18 yards, only for Dan Toulson to get in the way of the shot.

Osmand then dragged an effort narrowly wide from a similar position, but the final chance of the half fell to the visitors.

Borto was at full stretch to tip wide Rhys Chadwick’s low free-kick, which took a deflection on its way through.

The chances continued to fall into the second period. Just three minutes after the restart, Works forced Mahady into a save, with the rebound falling at the feet of Loupalo-Bi, who somehow missed the target from ten yards.

But patience was key in this game and our route back into the game came through Osmand. The forward shifted the ball onto his right foot on the edge of the box and arrowed a powerful strike past Mahady.

Loupalo-Bi then tried his luck from range after driving through the middle of the pitch, but his left-footed shot was too high.

Osmand grabbed his second of the game in the 73^rd minute, meeting Loupalo-Bi’s pinpoint cutback before firing first time into the back of the net.

At the other end, the side netting denied McDonald his brace as he shot wide from a tight angle. 

The visitors ended the contest with 10-men as Rhys Chadwick received a second yellow after getting involved in an off-ball scuffle.

Our U21s are next in action on Tuesday 3rd December with a trip to Woking in the National League Cup, kick-off 7pm.