A ten-man PL2 side lost to Brighton at the West Bromwich Albion Training Ground on Saturday afternoon.
Muhamed Diomande’s first-half dismissal reduced the young Baggies’ numbers heading into the second 45, where four goals saw them fall to consecutive defeats.
Chances were at a premium for both teams during the opening exchanges, and matters were made worse for the hosts when centre-back Diomande picked up two yellow cards in the space of four minutes to put Albion down a man at the interval.
As a result, the visitors from the south coast took full advantage within minutes of the restart.
Josh Duffus bagged a brace, while Harry Howell and Markus Ifill were also on target on another tough afternoon for the club’s under-21s team.
Albion: Cisse, Nelson, Richards, Diomande, Shaw (Trialist 46), Williams, Mfuamba, Whitwell (Deeming 63), Higgins (Sule 80), Heard, Chimeziri (Dauda 57).
Subs not used: Hollingshead (GK).
Red cards: Albion (Diomande 41)
