Box Occupation
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd kept getting bodies into the area — 90% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 10
- Share
- 90%
League Cup · Round of 32
Fleetwood Town
Rhys Norrington-Davies 57'
1 – 0
FT
HT 0–0
Sheffield Utd
League Cup
Round of 32Fleetwood Town1–0Sheffield Utd
7
Shots in the box
9
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
57′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Fleetwood Town 1-0 Sheffield Utd
Fleetwood Town edged out Sheffield Utd 1-0 at Highbury Stadium in League Cup. Norrington-Davies turned into his own net on 57' to make it 0-1.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Fleetwood Town took 7 of their 11 attempts inside the box, Sheffield Utd 9 of 10. Sheffield Utd held 66.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Sheffield Utd graded out for box occupation — 9 of 10 shots in the box. Sheffield Utd graded out for busy goalkeeper — 6 saves and 1 conceded.
M. Cooper came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.7 for Sheffield Utd across 90 minutes.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
34%Possession66%
11Shots10
What the numbers say
2 readsBusy Goalkeeper
Sheffield Utd
Sheffield Utd leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 1
Timeline
Lewis McCann
Foul
🟨23'
Half-time
Ched Evans
Foul
🟨53'
Rhys Norrington-Davies
🔴57'
🔄58'
Jordan Ayew ↑ Jaïro Riedewald ↓
🔄58'
Ben Brereton ↑ Tyrese Campbell ↓
🔄68'
Sydie Peck ↑ Joe Rothwell ↓
🔄68'
Jamie Shackleton ↑ Matt Doherty ↓
Ronan Coughlan ↑ Ched Evans ↓
🔄71'
Will davies ↑ Aaron Loupalo-Bi ↓
🔄71'
Adam Murphy ↑ Crispin McLean ↓
🔄79'
🔄83'
Patrick Bamford ↑ Oliver Arblaster ↓
Conor Haughey ↑ Mark Helm ↓
🔄89'
🟨90+1'
Rhys Norrington-Davies
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueHighbury Stadium, Fleetwood
RefereeB. Speedie
CompetitionLeague Cup
Season2026
RoundRound of 32
StatusMatch Finished