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Fleetwood Town — Sheffield United, 16 September 2026, 18:45 UTC : score 1:0

match finished EFL Cup Wednesday 16 September · 18:45 UTC
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town W
1 : 0 1st half 0:0
Sheffield United L Sheffield United
Highbury Stadium · referee B. Speedie
Match predictionSafe

Sheffield United under 2.5 goals

92%

Prediction landed. We predicted “Sheffield United under 2.5 goals”, and the match finished 1:0.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off
Fleetwood Town 40% draw 27% Sheffield United 33%
The model was right

The most likely outcome was Fleetwood Town win, and the match finished 1:0. Fans backed Fleetwood Town win — they got it right.

fans 45 votes
Fleetwood Town 47% draw 18% Sheffield United 35%
Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline
L. McCann 23'
C. Evans 53'
R. Norrington-Davies own goal 1-0 57'
J. Ayew for J. Riedewald 58'
B. Brereton Diaz for T. Campbell 58'
J. Shackleton for M. Doherty 68'
S. Peck for J. Rothwell 68'
R. Coughlan for C. Evans 71'
W. Davies for A. Loupalo-Bi 71'
A. Murphy for C. McLean 79'
P. Bamford for O. Arblaster 83'
C. Haughey for M. Helm 89'
R. Norrington-Davies 90+1'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town 3-1-4-2 · Matt Lawlor 4-4-2 · Chris Wilder Sheffield United Sheffield United
1 Jay Lynch
26 Shaun Rooney 6 Rhys Bennett 5 Finley Potter
4 Harrison Neal
14 Lewis McCann 27 Crispin McLean 10 Mark Helm 3 Danny Andrew
17 Ched Evans 20 Aaron Loupalo-Bi
9 Thomas Cannon 23 Tyrese Campbell
11 Romelle Donovan 44 Jaïro Riedewald 7 Joe Rothwell 4 Oliver Arblaster
2 Matt Doherty 5 Japhet Tanganga 25 Mark McGuinness 30 Rhys Norrington-Davies
1 Michael Cooper
Fleetwood Town bench
  1. 15Adam Murphy
  2. 16Conor Haughey
  3. 22James Pradic
  4. 36Jesse Dempsey
  5. 28Josh Robertson
  6. 11Josh Thomas
  7. 29Raffaele Cirino
  8. 19Ronan Coughlan
  9. 9Will Davies
Sheffield United bench
  1. 17Adam Davies
  2. 22Ben Brereton Díaz
  3. 8Hamza Choudhury
  4. 33Jamal Baptiste
  5. 16Jamie Shackleton
  6. 10Jordan Ayew
  7. 15Liam Kitching
  8. 45Patrick Bamford
  9. 42Sydie Peck

Match stats

20 metrics for the full match
34%Possession66%
11Shots10
5Shots on target4
6Shots off target3
0Blocked shots3
7Shots inside box9
4Shots outside box1
72Attacks103
50Dangerous attacks45
4Corners5
1Offsides6
13Fouls10
2Yellow cards1
3Saves6
297Passes595
214Accurate passes503
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
Fleetwood TownFleetwood TownSheffield UnitedSheffield UnitedThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Fleetwood Town and Sheffield United met in the EFL Cup on 16 September at Highbury Stadium. Final score — 1:0.

Fleetwood Town have played 1 match (1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses). Sheffield United have played 1 match (0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss).

Season form

all competitions of the season
Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town last five Sheffield United Sheffield United
W form L
1 Matches 1
1 — 0 — 0 Wins — draws — defeats 0 — 0 — 1
1 — 0 Scored — conceded 0 — 1
3 Points per game 0
1 Goals scored per game 0
1 Clean sheets 0
0 Failed to score 1
unbeaten in 1 Current streak winless in 1

Fleetwood Town at home: 1 match, 1 win, 0 draws, 0 losses, goals 1—0, 3 points per match.

Sheffield United away: 1 match, 0 wins, 0 draws, 1 loss, goals 0—1, 0 points per match.