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Fleetwood Town

1 — 0 Sep 17, 2026 · 12:15 AM IST

Sheffield United

EFL Cup · Round 3

Venue Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood, Lancashire

Referee Ben Speedie

Attendance 2,348

Player of the Match Jay Lynch 8.0 90' played

Match Events

23' Home Lewis McCann

HT

53' Home Ched Evans

57' Home ⚽ Rhys Norrington-Davies (own goal) — 1-0

58' Away ↔ Jordan Ayew → Jaïro Riedewald

58' Away ↔ Ben Brereton → Tyrese Campbell

68' Away ↔ Sydie Peck → Joe Rothwell

68' Away ↔ Jamie Shackleton → Matt Doherty

71' Home ↔ Ronan Coughlan → Ched Evans

71' Home ↔ Will Davies → Aaron Loupalo-Bi

79' Home ↔ Adam Murphy → Crispin McLean

83' Away ↔ Patrick Bamford → Ollie Arblaster

89' Home ↔ Conor Haughey → Mark Helm

90 + 1' Away Rhys Norrington-Davies

FT

Match Stats

34 66

Ball possession

0.69 0.90

Expected goals (xG)

11 10

Total shots

5 4

Shots on target

20 24

Touches in opposition box

2 1

Big chances

2 1

Big chances missed

213 (73%) 507 (86%)

Accurate passes

2 1

Yellow cards

4 5

Corners

Lineups

Fleetwood Town (3-1-4-2)

Coach: Matt Lawlor

Starting XI

1 Jay Lynch 8

26 Shaun Rooney 7.7

6 Rhys Bennett 6.9

5 Finley Potter 7

4 Harrison Neal 7.4

14 Lewis McCann 7.6

27 Crispin McLean 7

10 Mark Helm 7

3 Danny Andrew 7.5

17 Ched Evans 6.9

20 Aaron Loupalo-Bi 6.6

Substitutes

19 Ronan Coughlan 6.3

9 Will Davies 6

15 Adam Murphy 6

16 Conor Haughey

22 James Pradic

36 Jesse Dempsey

28 Josh Robertson

11 Josh Thomas

29 Raffaele Cirino

Sheffield United (4-3-3)

Coach: Chris Wilder

Starting XI

1 Michael Cooper 7.5

2 Matt Doherty 7.4

5 Japhet Tanganga 6.9

25 Mark McGuinness 7.1

30 Rhys Norrington-Davies 6.3

7 Joe Rothwell 6.3

44 Jaïro Riedewald 6.5

4 Ollie Arblaster 6.6

11 Romelle Donovan 7.2

9 Thomas Cannon 6.5

23 Tyrese Campbell 5.9

Substitutes

22 Ben Brereton 6.6

10 Jordan Ayew 6.4

16 Jamie Shackleton 5.9

42 Sydie Peck 6.8

45 Patrick Bamford

17 Adam Davies

8 Hamza Choudhury

33 Jamal Baptiste

15 Liam Kitching