PL Cup report | Wolves 1-2 Sheff United | Under-21 | News

Wolves 1 (Chiwome 46) Sheffield United 2 (Atherton 8, Boyes 65)

Wolves under-21s had been narrowly crushed by Sheffield United within the Premier League Cup at Aggborough Stadium on Tuesday night time.

Of their first recreation of 2025, James Collins re-introduced Nathan Fraser, Tawanda Chirewa and Dexter Lembikisa again into the squad after mortgage spells away from the membership.

Regardless of Leon Chiwome’s effort which acquired the hosts degree simply after half-time, targets from Alfie Atherton and Harry Boyes proved to be the distinction between the edges.

Ethan Sutherland’s early cross offered Leo Lopes with a chance to open the scoring, nevertheless his drilled strike was saved by a diving Henry Molyneux.

Inside the opening 10 minutes, Atherton’s strike discovered the underside nook to present the Blades the benefit.

Chirewa’s set-piece compelled Molyneux into an athletic save just some minutes after Wolves had conceded.

Regardless of Collins’ facet nonetheless trailing, Wolves maintained possession of the ball and managed the tempo of the sport however struggled to create any clear-cut possibilities to seek out an equaliser.

Half-time | Wolves 0-1 Sheffield United

Immediately after the restart, Wolves had been again on degree phrases as a long-distance strike from Chirewa was palmed away into the trail of Chiwome who completed from shut vary.

Wolves had been controlling the momentum and had been in full circulate going ahead. Objective scorer Chiwome had two possibilities to increase the hosts’ lead however was denied by Molyneux.

The Blades regained their lead in opposition to the run of play when a drilled effort from Boyes was fired previous Lewys Benjamin.

The Outdated Gold continued their seek for a second equaliser, however some decided defending from the guests meant they may not discover the objective they wanted and had been defeated, regardless of their greatest efforts.

Collins’ facet will now flip their consideration to Premier League 2 motion as they’re set to journey to the VBS Group Stadium to face Crystal Palace on Monday 20^th January.

Full-time | Wolves 1-2 Sheffield United

LINE UPS

Wolves | Benjamin, Okoduwa (Lembikisa 63), Hubner, Mabete, Voice, Ashworth, Lopes (Reynolds 77), Rawlings, Chiwome, Chirewa (Fraser 63), Sutherland.

Subs not used | Olagunju, Bradbury.

Sheffield United | Molyneux, Curtis, Boyes, Giggs, Tahir (Sasnauskas 45), Hough, Cummings, Aston, Francis, Hampson (McLachlan 81), Atherton.

Subs not used | Hewitson, Parr-Pearson, Havenhand.

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Report by Thomas Gibson