U18s Report: Leicester City 2 Fulham 0

- A double from Admiral Muskwe earns the young Foxes all three points 

- City host Brighton and Hove Albion next weekend 

Leicester City’s Under-18s made it two 2015/16 Barclays U18 Premier League wins out of two with a victory against Fulham on Saturday at Belvoir Drive. 

Trevor Peake’s outfit started well, but a resilient defensive display from the visitors meant the game remained goalless right up until first half stoppage time. 

Admiral Muskwe surged into the Fulham box before being fouled in the area - the City forward dispatched the spot-kick to make it 1-0 before the break. 

And Muskwe, who impressed throughout, grabbed his second goal of the match on 65 minutes, converting from the edge of the box to double his side’s advantage. 

The young Foxes started the 2015/16 campaign well, beating Swansea City 2-1 away from home, and they maintained their attacking intent against Fulham. 

The lively Josh Eppiah curled City’s first attempt of the game just wide on five minutes, before Harvey Barnes fired a free kick over from the edge of the box just moments later. 

Fulham replied, first going close through forward Stephen Humphrys’ header, while Mattias Kait unleashed a powerful shot into Cameron Yates’ side-netting shortly after. 

Midfielder Barnes, a threat all game, then went on a fine solo run, skipping past two defenders, only to drag his effort wide of the mark on 17 minutes. 

Fulham shot-stopper Marek Rodak would keep the score level with two good pieces of goalkeeping midway through the first period, closing down the inbound Eppiah, before preventing Muskwe from latching onto Barnes’ cross from the left. 

Maintaining their pressure, the young Foxes took the lead right on the stroke of half-time. Muskwe wriggled through down the right wing before being hauled down in the box. The striker stepped up and slotted in past Rodak to give his side a 1-0 lead at the break. 

Fulham came close to equalising just two minutes into the second period when Kait struck Yates’ upright with a fearsome effort. 

Humphrys then curled just inches wide of the target, but City regained control of the game soon after, and doubled their lead. A swift counter-attack saw Kairo Mitchell lay the ball off Muskwe, who fired a fine effort past Rodak from 18 yards while under pressure. 

Alex Pascanu made a good run down the right flank on 69 minutes, setting up Barnes, who couldn’t connect with the ball at the front post. 

A late spell of Fulham pressure saw Kait hit the bar, while Yates was on hand a minute later to punch away substitute Ravi Shamsi’s dangerous corner. 

The result saw City record their second consecutive U18 Premier League win as they host Brighton and Hove Albion at Belvoir Drive on Saturday 22 August. 

CITY: Yates, Pascanu, Kelly, Sherrif, Knight, Johnson (c), Barnes, Dewsbury-Hall (Templeton 63), Mitchell, Muskwe, Eppiah (Webber 63) 

SUBS NOT USED: Thandi, Bramley, Hodby 

GOALS: Muskwe pen 45, 65 

FULHAM: Rodak, Fossey, Mundel-Smith, Adebayo, Davies (c), Nabay (Dolan 46 (Harris 83)), Patton (Shamsi 46), Adeniran, Walker, Kait, Humphrys 

SUBS NOT USED: Soutter 

REFEREE: Mr. R. Watkins