Bournemouth U21s 1 Brentford B 3 | OneFootball

Brentford B made it three-straight Premier League Cup wins with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth Under-21s.

Iwan Morgan put the young Bees ahead at Wimborne Town Football Club in the first half before Kyreece Lisbie scored a second-half brace to secure all three points.

Following last week’s Professional Development League win over Cardiff City, Neil MacFarlane made three changes to his starting line-up, Matthew Cox stepping into goal and Yunus Emre Konak and Ji-soo Kim coming into midfield and defence respectively.

The hosts earned the best chance of the opening 15 minutes of play. Ash Clarke pounced on a loose pass deep in Brentford’s defence and fired goalwards, however it cannoned off the post before being cleared.

The game continued to be a back-and-forth affair with limited chances coming for either side. The young Bees’ best early opportunity on goal came on 18 minutes as Max Dickov’s pass freed up Isaac Holland breaking down the right side. He deflected cross fell to Morgan, but his effort was over the bar.

Bournemouth came close to finding the opener on 22 minutes as Kian Tydeman chipped the ball over Cox, however Ji-soo was there to clear the ball off the line.

Less than a minute later, MacFarlane’s side found some space on the counter attack, Morgan taking possession and pushing forward before firing into the bottom right corner from the edge of the box.

Dickov came close to finding a second for the young Bees, however his header was cleared off the line.

Brentford continued to dominate possession as the first half progressed, however were not able to challenge the scoreboard again as they took a 1-0 lead into the break.

Coming out of half-time, it was Lisbie who started as he meant to go on, firing a shot at goal on 50 minutes that cannoned off the bar, Morgan gaining possession back and seeing a shot saved by Callan McKenna for the hosts.

Two minutes later, Morgan and Lisbie paired up again to score Brentford’s second goal, the former’s shot being spilled by McKenna to Lisbie, who tucked it in from close range.

McKenna was called into action again just after the hour mark. Holland’s cross found Lisbie who was denied by McKenna. The ensuing shot from Josh Stephenson near the edge of the box was also kept out in a strong period for the Bournemouth keeper.

The hosts came close to finding their first soon after as Clarke found some space inside the box and fired at goal, but he put it over the bar.

Minutes later, Brentford put the game to bed with a third goal as Lisbie pounced on a loose ball inside the box, turned and fired the ball into the top right corner.

After Malcom Dacosta Gonzalez’s shot was deflected away, Bournemouth got reward for their efforts on 80 minutes as Koby Mottoh’s shot snuck past Cox and into the bottom left corner.

The young Bees defended strongly to see out the game, setting up an enticing PL Cup clash next Monday against Chelsea.

Bournemouth U21s: McKenna, Osborne, Merritt, Ogunleye, William, Dacosta Gonzalez, Clarke, Gregory, Moore, Tydeman, Mohoh

Subs: Carroll, Crampton, Stevens, Salmon, Dacosta Gonzalez

Brentford B: Cox, Fredrick (Avenell 80), McManus, Ji-soo, Stephenson, Konak, Holland (Laidlaw 80), Dickov (Krauhaus 77), Lisbie, Morgan, Williams (Yogane 61)

Subs not used: Rose