Fulham U18 2-1 West Brom U18

Goals from Alfie White and Farhaan Ali Wahid helped Fulham Under-18s to a 2-1 win over West Bromwich Albion on Saturday morning.

Adam Okorodudu came up with a reply for the visitors, but the victory means our U18s are now five games unbeaten, with four of those wins.

The first chance of the game fell to Bashil Lubega who powered a strike towards goal, only for Rhys Morrish to make a vital block which saw the shot deflect wide.

From that resulting corner, which was whipped in by Macaulay Zepa, Lubega missed the target with a header from close range.

White’s opener was a fantastic individual goal. He marched through the middle of the pitch, checked in onto his right foot and curled a strike into the far bottom corner.

Some neat combination play down the left side from the visitors eventually saw the ball fall to Divine Onyemachi, but his effort from 25 yards was too high.

The crossbar denied Ali Wahid from doubling our lead 10 minutes before the interval. Zepa picked out his opposite winger with a diagonal pass – and Ali Wahid rattled the woodwork after cutting inside onto his right foot.

He wasn’t to be denied on the stroke of half-time, though, as he completed a memorable week. The winger pounced on an error at the back and coolly slotted the ball past Louis Brady to score his third goal in seven days.

Ali Melloul’s side deserved another goal on the hour mark. Intricate passing around the box involving White, Zepa and Ali Wahid saw the ball fall at Aidan Evans’ feet, but he sliced a shot into the side netting.

Okorodudu gave the Baggies a route back into the game, rising highest to nod home from a corner from the right.

The visitors continued to push – and Marco Underwood had to be at his best to get down and parry Matthew Crowther’s promising shot from the edge of the area.

Pressure continued to be piled on our Young Whites, but the likes of Logan Cooke and Eddy Nsasi defended heroically at the back to help secure the three points.

Our U18s are next in action on Saturday 5^th October with a trip to Wolves in the Premier League Cup, 12pm kick-off.