By Aston Villa FC

Kyrie Pierre scored twice as Aston Villa began their Under-18 Premier League campaign with a six-goal thriller against Southampton on Saturday.

The midfielder netted on the stroke of half-time to give the visitors a 2-1 lead at the break after teammate Kobei Moore had cancelled out Tommy-Lee Higgs’ opener.

Pierre then put Villa back in front following Rylee Wright’s equaliser minutes after the restart.

51%

Possession

49%
17

Shots

9
10

Shots On Target

5
9

Corners

2
15

Fouls

6

4

0

Cards

2

0

But just as the away team looked to be heading home with the three points, Will Merry struck a late leveller.

The Villa squad featured a number of players who recently signed on as scholars, with summer addition Rory Wilson also making his debut. 

Gerard Nash’s Villans face Crystal Palace in their first home game of the season next up on Saturday, August 20 (11am).

Southampton U18: Hanbury, Davis, Lett, Hewlett, Evans, Charles, Chavez-Munoz (Boot 71'), stephen- inumewe, Wright (Robinson 59'), Merry, Higgs (Pitts 85')

Subs: Pitts, Prescott, Robinson, Mohamed Adli, Boot

Aston Villa U18: Wright, Softley (Onuchukwu 76'), Rowe, Katsukunya, Smith, Brogio, Barnes (Mitchell 75'), Alcock (Timson 87'), Moore, Pierre (Pavey 78'), Wilson

Subs: Timson, Lewis, Onuchukwu, Mitchell, Pavey

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