Villa suffer a harsh, harsh defeat at the hands of a hugely fortunate Arsenal side as Richard Beale’s team, packed with inexperience, concede a first-half penalty after debutant Lennon Moss is adjudged to have fouled Arsenal’s Zecevic John, are reduced to ten before the hour mark as debutant Vincley Mudame is sent off for fouling the same player, Josh Blake equalises on his first start, but then Villa are robbed of a point in injury-time as Angelinou Pedro scores in the 93rd minute.

Vincley Mudame, Kairi Ketebu, Lennon Moss, MJ Iyeli and Curtis Owen make their Villa u18 debuts.
Levi Richard makes his first appearance in the u18 squad.
Josh Blake makes his first u18 start and scores his first goal.
Daniel Adediran makes his second appearance for the u18s.
Rio Hammond and Clay Atkins make their tenth appearances for the u18s.

Vincely Mudame and MJ Iyelli, like Heaven Kilwa, Jayden Garthwaite, Daniel Adediran, Olly Lloyd and Josh Blake attend Erdington’s Highclare school.

2025-26 u18 Premier League Appearance & Goal Record
GK Rhys Oakley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 23 | ⛔ 1 | 🇺4 |
RB Clay Atkins | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 8 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Vincley Mudame | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Kairi Ketebu | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Harry Pinnell | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 6 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Lennon Moss | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Lennon Melhuish | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 13 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 8 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Jahmi Kellyman | 🇬🇧 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺2 |
AM Josh Blake | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Vinnie Hayward | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 12 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 7 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Rio Hammond | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 8 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
RB MJ Iyeli | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
F Daniel Adediran | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
Curtis Owen 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Theo Houston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺7 |
CB Levi Richard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺1 |
GK Owen Asemota | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 6 | ✅ 6 | 🔁 0 | 🥅 12 | ⛔ 1 | 🇺0 |
CB Junior Wilson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 14 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CB Leon Routh | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 2 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Finlay Barnard | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 14 | ✅ 14 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Rodrigo Fortes | 🇵🇹 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 8 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
LB Teddie Bloomfield | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 9 | ✅ 8 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
AM Fletcher Boyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 1 | 🇺1 |
AM Cole Ramsey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 11 | ✅ 3 | 🔁 8 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
AM Jack McGrath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 13 | ✅ 13 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 5 | 🔥 5 | 🇺0 |
F Oscar Johnson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 5 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CF Markie Meade | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 12 | ✅ 11 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 2 | 🇺0 |
CF Elijah Briscoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 5 | ✅ 1 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
GK Jack Allan | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 0 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺4 |
CB Farid Addey | 🇸🇪 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺3 |
CM Olly Lloyd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 2 | 🔁 2 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Oliver Bindley | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 9 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 1 | 🇺1 |
W Alfie Lynskey | 🇮🇪 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 10 | ✅ 10 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 8 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
DM Woody Burgess | 🇩🇪 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 7 | ✅ 7 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
AM Max Jenner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 4 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
RB Jacob Green | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 8 | ✅ 4 | 🔁 4 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |
CM Keilan Quinn | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 5 | ✅ 5 | 🔁 0 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 1 | 🇺0 |
D Heaven Kilwa | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 2025-26 u18PL 🕒 1 | ✅ 0 | 🔁 1 | ⚽ 1 | 🔥 0 | 🇺0 |