Match Info

EFL Cup - 1/16-finals

Date: 16 September 2026, Wednesday

Location: Highbury Stadium (Fleetwood)

Referee: Speedie B. (Eng)

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	Fleetwood Town		Sheffield United

	1	X	2
	5.00	3.80	1.62	Watch
	4.60	3.90	1.72
	5.00	4.10	1.61	Watch
	5.08	4.04	1.70
	5.05	4	1.65	Watch
	4.95	4.00	1.66
	4.90	3.98	1.70	Watch
	4.50	3.90	1.72
Avarage Now (Initially)	4.89 ↓ (5.09)	3.97 ↓ (4.11)	1.67 ↑ (1.62)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.75

The best margin for this event is 3.3%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Fleetwood Town
19.4%

Draw
23.9%

Sheffield United
56.7%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

18.6%

23%

58.4%

Our Initial ML Estimation

17.7%

24.2%

61.4%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Fleetwood Town has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+0.8%)

Sheffield United has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-1.7%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Fleetwood Town than the current prediction. (-1.7%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Sheffield United than the current prediction. (+4.7%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
0%	21.4%	78.6%

Fleetwood Town - Sheffield United Predictions

New Consensus by Tipsters:

1X2 - Sheff Utd (1.75) (votes: 84%) ⭐ Best Value.

Users Predictions: Sheffield United will win (11 of 13 users predict this - 84.62%).
Confidence interval (95%): 65.01% – 100%.

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): Sheffield United will win (3 of 4 users predict this - 75%) 🥉 Bronze Tip.

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:2

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
1. Lynch J. (G) 26. Rooney S. 6. Bennett R. 5. Potter F. 4. Neal H. 14. McCann L. 27. McLean C. 10. Helm M. 3. Andrew D. 17. Evans C. (C) 20. Loupalo-Bi A.	1. Cooper M. (G) 2. Doherty M. 5. Tanganga J. (C) 25. McGuinness M. 30. Norrington-Davies R. 11. Donovan R. 44. Riedewald J. 7. Rothwell J. 4. Arblaster O. 9. Cannon T. 23. Campbell T.
Substitutes
29. Cirino R. 19. Coughlan R. 9. Davies W. 36. Dempsey J. 16. Haughey C. 15. Murphy A. 22. Pradic J. (G) 28. Robertson J. 11. Thomas J.	10. Ayew J. 45. Bamford P. 33. Baptiste J. 22. Brereton Diaz B. 8. Choudhury H. 17. Davies A. (G) 15. Kitching L. 42. Peck S. 16. Shackleton J.
Coaches
Lawlor M.	Wilder C.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 0)
23', McCann L. 🟨,
2nd Half (1 - 0)
53', Evans C. 🟨,
57', 1 - 0, Norrington-Davies R. (Own goal),
58', Riedewald J. ↓, Ayew J. ↑,
58', Campbell T. ↓, Brereton Diaz B. ↑,
68', Rothwell J. ↓, Peck S. ↑,
68', Doherty M. ↓, Shackleton J. ↑,
71', Evans C. ↓, Coughlan R. ↑,
71', Loupalo-Bi A. ↓, Davies W. ↑,
79', McLean C. ↓, Murphy A. ↑,
83', Arblaster O. ↓, Bamford P. ↑,
89', Helm M. ↓, Haughey C. ↑,
90+1', Norrington-Davies R. 🟨,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Fleetwood won 2.

Fleetwood is undoubtedly in great shape (last 5 games: 2 wins).

Sheff Utd has been unpredictable lately (in the last 5 games, wins – 2).

Fleetwood may have a physical advantage due to more rest days in recent times.

In this match, Sheff Utd is a strong favorite.

There will not play in Fleetwood: Thompson-Sommers K. (Inactive)

There will not play in Sheff Utd: Burrows H. (Inactive) Chong T. (Injury) One R. (Hamstring Injury) Seriki F. (Inactive)

There are questionable in Fleetwood: Cannon A. (Inactive)

In the last 7 head-to-head matches, Fleetwood won 3 matches, drew 3 matches, lost 1 match, and goals 9:8. (average 1.3:1.1).

Including home matches between the teams, Fleetwood won 1 match, drew 3 matches, lost 0 matches, and goals 5:4. (average 1.3:1).

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- Fleetwood Town
English League Two
12.09.26	Newport County - Fleetwood Town	1:1 ✺
05.09.26	Fleetwood Town - Shrewsbury Town	2:0 ✺
01.09.26	Fleetwood Town - Oldham Athletic	1:1 ✺
29.08.26	Grimsby Town - Fleetwood Town	2:2 ✺
English League Cup
25.08.26	Fleetwood Town - Shrewsbury Town	4:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 10.3 TWTTW
- Sheffield United
English League Championship
13.09.26	Sheffield United - Wolverhampton Wanderers	0:1 ✺
08.09.26	Blackburn Rovers - Sheffield United	1:2 ✺
05.09.26	Sheffield United - Norwich City	1:3 ✺
01.09.26	Sheffield United - Bolton Wanderers	3:2 ✺
29.08.26	Cardiff City - Sheffield United	2:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 6.5 LWLWT

Latest Head to Head

English League One
24.01.17	Sheffield United - Fleetwood Town	0:2
01.10.16	Fleetwood Town - Sheffield United	1:1
05.03.16	Fleetwood Town - Sheffield United	2:2
English EFL Trophy
10.11.15	Fleetwood Town - Sheffield United	1:0 penalties
English League One
20.10.15	Sheffield United - Fleetwood Town	3:0
07.03.15	Sheffield United - Fleetwood Town	1:2
13.12.14	Fleetwood Town - Sheffield United	1:1

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