Match Report:
Villa fell to a 4-0 defeat against Crystal Palace in their Under-18 Premier League South clash on Saturday.
The Young Lions found themselves 3-0 down at the interval following three goals in nine minutes at Bodymoor Heath.
And the visitors added a fourth late on to inflict a first defeat of the campaign.
Villa will be looking to bounce back when they travel to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Kyrie Pierre was thwarted by some last-ditch Palace defending before Omari Kellyman fired over when well placed.
The hosts were looking more likely to break the deadlock in an evenly-balanced contest, but it was the Eagles who opened scoring in the 36[^th] minute as Adler Nascimento found space out wide, cut inside and curled into the top corner.
The visitors added a second in the 42[^nd] minute when Junior Dixon poked home Zach Marsh’s cross following a long ball over the top.
And there was still time for away side to add a third before the break as Dixon capitalised on a defensive error, which allowed Joe Gibbard to slot home.
It was 4-0 with seven minutes remaining as Marsh again found Dixon with a low cross, and he slotted into the back of the net.

2022-23 u18 Premier League Appearance & Goal Record
GK James Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 7 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺0 |
RB Triston Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
RB Jayden Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Kerr Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
DM Todd Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Mikell Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Kyrie Pierre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Kobei Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Omari Kellyman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Rory Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Dylan Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Abube Onuchukwu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
RW Luka Lynch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Sam Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 0 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺2 |
CB Luke Softley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
M Ben Broggio | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Nile Timson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Charlie Pavey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |