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Fleetwood Town vs Sheffield Utd: match report

Fleetwood Town hosted Sheffield United at Highbury Stadium on Wednesday 16 September 2026, in the Carabao Cup (round 3). Ben Speedie is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Fleetwood Town 1-0 Sheffield Utd. Goals: Rhys Norrington-Davies 57' (own goal) for Fleetwood Town. Attendance: 2,348.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 23' Yellow card: Lewis Mccann (Fleetwood Town)
  • 53' Yellow card: Ched Evans (Fleetwood Town)
  • 57' Own goal: Rhys Norrington-Davies (Fleetwood Town) 1-0
  • 90'+1' Yellow card: Rhys Norrington-Davies (Sheffield Utd)
Match stats (contains the result)
34.2%Possession65.8%
11Shots10
5Shots on target4
4Corners5
13Fouls10
1Offsides6
3Saves6
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Fleetwood Town 3-1-4-2

Coach: Matt Lawlor

  1. 1 Jay Lynch GK
  2. 26 Shaun Rooney DEF
  3. 6 Rhys Bennett DEF
  4. 5 Finley Potter DEF
  5. 4 Harrison Neal MID
  6. 14 Lewis McCann MID
  7. 27 Crispin McLean MID
  8. 10 Mark Helm MID
  9. 3 Danny Andrew DEF
  10. 17 Ched Evans FWD
  11. 20 Aaron Loupalo-Bi FWD

Bench

  • 19 Ronan Coughlan FWD
  • 9 Will Davies FWD
  • 15 Adam Murphy FWD
  • 16 Conor Haughey DEF
  • 22 James Pradic GK
  • 36 Jesse Dempsey DEF
  • 28 Josh Robertson MID
  • 11 Josh Thomas FWD
  • 29 Raffaele Cirino FWD

Sheffield Utd 4-3-3

Coach: Chris Wilder

  1. 1 Michael Cooper GK
  2. 2 Matt Doherty DEF
  3. 5 Japhet Tanganga DEF
  4. 25 Mark McGuinness DEF
  5. 30 Rhys Norrington-Davies DEF
  6. 7 Joe Rothwell MID
  7. 44 Jaïro Riedewald MID
  8. 4 Ollie Arblaster MID
  9. 11 Romelle Donovan MID
  10. 9 Thomas Cannon FWD
  11. 23 Tyrese Campbell FWD

Bench

  • 22 Ben Brereton FWD
  • 10 Jordan Ayew FWD
  • 16 Jamie Shackleton DEF
  • 42 Sydie Peck MID
  • 45 Patrick Bamford FWD
  • 17 Adam Davies GK
  • 8 Hamza Choudhury DEF
  • 33 Jamal Baptiste DEF
  • 15 Liam Kitching DEF
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 24 January 2017: Sheffield United 0-2 Fleetwood Town
  • Saturday 1 October 2016: Fleetwood Town 1-1 Sheffield United
  • Saturday 5 March 2016: Fleetwood Town 2-2 Sheffield United
  • Tuesday 10 November 2015: Fleetwood Town 0-0 Sheffield United
  • Tuesday 20 October 2015: Sheffield United 3-0 Fleetwood Town