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Fleetwood knock Arsenal out on penalties to reach quarter-finals

Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town eliminated Arsenal in the English League Cup round of 16 at Highbury Stadium on 27 October 2026. The home side won the shoot-out 5–3 after a 1–1 draw.

A stand at Fleetwood’s stadium in 2007.
Highbury Stadium stand in Fleetwood, April 2007. Archive photograph; it does not show the 27 October 2026 match. Tangerines, public domain. — Tangerines / Wikimedia Commons — domaine public, archives d’avril 2007, sans modification.

Aaron Loupalo-Bi put Fleetwood ahead in the 21st minute. Viktor Gyökeres equalised in the 50th, but Arsenal could not take the lead. The London side finished with ten players after Max Dowman was sent off in the 85th minute.

Goalkeeper Jay Lynch saved Bruno Guimarães’s penalty. Conor Haughey then converted Fleetwood’s fifth kick, completing a perfect shoot-out for the hosts. Penalties followed normal time directly, with no extra time.

Fleetwood progress to the last eight of the competition. Arsenal, the reigning English champions, exit the League Cup.

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