Match Report:
Villa fell to a 6-3 defeat in a nine-goal thriller at West Ham United in the Under-18 Premier League.
The visitors opened an early two-goal advantage courtesy of Rory Wilson and Ben Broggio, although the Hammers hit back to level matters before the break.
And the hosts established a 5-2 lead before Villa reduced the arrears with Wilson’s 88[^th]-minute penalty, with West Ham netting again in injury time.
The breathless encounter leaves the Young Lions with one win, one draw and two defeats from their opening four league matches.
Wilson pounced with a neat turn and finish to convert the game’s opening goal after seven minutes as the home side failed to clear a corner.
And Broggio made it 2-0 just four minutes later, collecting the ball, rounding goalkeeper Mason Terry and slotting home after Luka Lynch had capitalised on some slack defending from the hosts.
But United were back in it almost straight from kick-off as Lewis Orford drilled home, before Kaelan Casey nodded home to make it 2-2 in the 35[^th] minute.
James Wright made a superb one-handed save to keep out Orford’s header before the break, while Kyrie Pierre sent an effort wide when well placed at the other end.
And it was Orford who made it 3-2 at the start of the second half, Billy Bates duly adding a fourth from close range in the 50[^th] minute.
Wright was at it again to keep out Asher Falase with another fine parried save, before Gideon Kodua added a fifth for the Hammers in the 67[^th] minute.
Wilson pulled one back from the penalty spot for Villa late on after substitute Kadan Young was upended, but there was still time for West Ham to add a sixth late on courtesy of Blaise Uwandji.

2022-23 u18 Premier League Appearance & Goal Record
GK James Wright | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 15 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺0 |
RB Triston Rowe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
RB Jayden Barber | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Thierry Katsukunya | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Archie Duerden | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Mikell Barnes | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Kyrie Pierre | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
M Ben Broggio | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Ewan Simpson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
RW Luka Lynch | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
CF Rory Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 4 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Abube Onuchukwu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Nile Timson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Charlie Pavey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Kadan Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Sam Lewis | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 0 | ⛔ 0 | 🇺4 |
CB Kerr Smith | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
DM Todd Alcock | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Kobei Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Omari Kellyman | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 2 | 🇺0 |
CM Dylan Mitchell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 3 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 3 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Luke Softley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2022-23 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 |