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Matchday

EFL Cup 26/27, Round 3 · 16 Sep 2026

Fleetwood Town 1–0 Sheffield United

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Aug 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.3 – 0.7
Actual xG
–
Goals
1 – 0

Footybot made Fleetwood Town favourites at 73%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Romelle Donovan, 83.3 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Romelle Donovan +46.3, Matt Doherty +30.0, Rhys Norrington-Davies +28.7.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Fleetwood Town

25 Aug 2026W 4–0v Shrewsbury Town EFL Cup
8 Aug 2026W 1–0v Chesterfield EFL Cup

Sheffield United

13 Sep 2026L 0–1v Wolverhampton Championship
8 Sep 2026W 2–1at Blackburn Rovers Championship
5 Sep 2026L 1–3v Norwich City Championship
1 Sep 2026W 3–2v Bolton Wanderers Championship
29 Aug 2026D 2–2at Cardiff City Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Fleetwood Town

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Jay Lynch Goalkeeper9000–58.6–
Ched Evans Forward7100–45.4–
Lewis McCann Midfielder9000–44.2–
Mark Helm Midfielder8900–42.6–
Ronan Coughlan Forward1900–41.8–
Harrison Neal Midfielder9000–37.6–
Aaron Loupalo-Bi Forward7100–34.5–
Finley Potter Defender9000–33.0–
Shaun Rooney Defender9000–31.2–
Conor Haughey Defender100–28.5–
Rhys Bennett Defender9000–28.2–
Crispin McLean Midfielder7900–27.7–
Danny Andrew Defender9000–20.8–
Adam Murphy Midfielder1100–9.6–
Will Davies Forward1900–0.0–

Sheffield United

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Sydie Peck Midfielder2200–100.0–
Romelle Donovan Midfielder9000–83.3+46.3
Matt Doherty Defender6800–77.1+30.0
Jordan Ayew Forward3200–74.8–
Michael Cooper Goalkeeper9000–69.4+16.5
Rhys Norrington-Davies Defender9000–62.2+28.7
Mark McGuinness Defender9000–59.8+14.2
Jaïro Riedewald Midfielder5800–59.3+18.7
Japhet Tanganga Defender9000–56.0+8.7
Ben Brereton Díaz Midfielder3200–47.8–
Thomas Cannon Forward9000–46.9+3.7
Joe Rothwell Midfielder6800–42.8+0.6
Oliver Arblaster Midfielder8300–41.4+2.0
Patrick Bamford Forward1300–41.2–
Tyrese Campbell Forward5800–38.8−2.3
Jamie Shackleton Defender2200–38.4–