Villa play in the League for the first time in two months, and the November leaders find themselves having played two games less than their rivals and two points adrift of those above them after Brad Young scores his ninth goal in ten.

Match Report:
Villa returned to action in the Under-18 Premier League South with an emphatic 4-0 victory at Reading to consolidate their challenge near the top of the table.
Sean Verity’s side had not been in league action since the end of November, but picked up where they left off as they recorded an eighth win from 10 matches.
The Young Lions are currently two points off the top spot with two games in hand, with a trip to West Ham United up next on Saturday.
Taylor-Jay Hart opened the scoring against the Royals just before the half-hour mark when he rounded off a fine team move with a well-taken finish from 18 yards.
Brad Young doubled the lead and continued his impressive campaign six minutes later, converting a superb first-time finish at the edge of the area from Hayden Lindley’s corner.
Villa made it 3-0 in the 64[^th] minute following a swift counter-attack which saw substitute Tristan Abldeen-Goodridge cross for Dewain Sewell to slot home.
Young then wrapped up victory with his second of the game and ninth league goal of the season, 10 minutes from time, finishing Kaine Kesler’s right-wing cross.

2020-21 u18 Premier League Appearance & Goal Record
GK Oliwier Zych | 🇵🇱 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 0 | ⛔ 1 | 🇺6 |
RB Kaine Kesler Hayden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
RB Frankie Ealing | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Paul Appiah | 🇳🇱 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Sil Swinkels | 🇳🇱 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Hayden Lindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
M Teddy Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 7 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Taylor-Jay Hart | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 6 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 5 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 |
LW Chisom Afoka | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 7 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 6 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Brad Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 9 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
CF Dewain Sewell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Patrick Zito | 🇨🇲 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺6 |
M Tommi O'Reilly | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
LW Tristan Abldeen-Goodridge | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
W Kahrel Reddin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
GK Filip Marschall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 12 | ⛔ 2 | 🇺0 |
LB Ben Chrisene | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Arjan Raikhy | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Mamadou Dialla Sylla | 🇪🇸 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
DM Caolan McBride | 🇬🇧 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 6 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 |
DM Lamare Bogarde | 🇳🇱 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 6 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Ruben Shakpoke | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Aaron O'Reilly | 🇮🇪 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
GK Ákos Ónodi | 🇭🇺 | 2020-21 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 0 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺1 |