U18 Report: Saints 0-2 Arsenal

The young guns notched a goal in either half to secure maximum spoils and draw level on points with Saints in the Under-18s Premier League.

Forward Alfie Matthews broke the deadlock in the 26th minute, leaving the hosts trailing at the break, before substitute Luke Plange safeguarded the points seven minutes after the hour mark.

Saints were the architects of their own downfall for the opener, as winger Matthew Dennis nicked the ball off Zuriel Otseh-Taiwo and played it square to Matthews.

The striker turned, 10 yards out, and picked his spot, finding the far corner for a first-half lead.

Plange then doubled the visitors' lead midway through the second period, as a corner was swung in from the left and attacked by a host of yellow shirts.

Saints keeper Oli Wright kept out the initial effort, but parried into the path of substitute poacher Plange, who was quickest to react and poke the ball over the line.