Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield · Carabao Cup
Fleetwood Town beat Chesterfield 1-0 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Fleetwood Town and Chesterfield met in the Carabao Cup at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood on Saturday, 8 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Fleetwood Town: C. Evans 14'. Chesterfield did not score.
How the match went
Chesterfield saw more of the ball, 70% of it. Fleetwood Town had 5 shots with 2 on target, Chesterfield 15 with 1 on target. There were 16 corners in total, 7 to Fleetwood Town and 9 to Chesterfield. Fleetwood Town conceded 21 fouls, Chesterfield 8. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for Fleetwood Town, 2 for Chesterfield).
Line-ups
Fleetwood Town started in a 3-1-4-2: Jay Lynch, Shaun Rooney, Rhys Bennett, Finley Potter, Harrison Neal, Raffaele Cirino, Kane Thompson-Sommers, Mark Helm, Lewis McCann, Ched Evans, Will Davies.
Chesterfield started in a 4-4-2: Ryan Boot, Remeao Hutton, Kyle McFadzean, Jack Simpson, Lewis Gordon, Dilan Markanday, Ryan Stirk, George James McEachran, Josh Koroma, Lee Bonis, Ruel Sotiriou.
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Minute by minute
- 14'Goal! Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town) scores, assisted by F. Potter.
- 45'Half-time. Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield.
- 90'Full-time. Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield.
Full commentary (55 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Fleetwood Town vs Chesterfield.
- 4'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 4'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 5'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 14'Goal! Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield. C. Evans (Fleetwood Town) scores, assisted by F. Potter.
- 19'Attempt missed. L. Gordon (Chesterfield), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 23'Attempt blocked. G. McEachran (Chesterfield), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 24'Attempt missed. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 27'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 28'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 29'Attempt missed. L. Bonis (Chesterfield), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.28.
- 32'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 32'Attempt missed. H. Neal (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 32'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 34'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 37'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 39'Offside, Chesterfield.
- 39'Corner, Fleetwood Town.
- 42'Attempt saved. W. Davies (Fleetwood Town), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.10.
- 45'Attempt saved. G. McEachran (Chesterfield), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 45'1 minute of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Attempt blocked. L. Bonis (Chesterfield), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
- 47'Attempt missed. D. Markanday (Chesterfield), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 48'Attempt blocked. L. Bonis (Chesterfield), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 49'Attempt blocked. J. Koroma (Chesterfield), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 50'Off the woodwork! L. Bonis (Chesterfield), header. xG 0.06.
- 51'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 51'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 56'Attempt blocked. J. Koroma (Chesterfield), left-footed shot. xG 0.15.
- 56'Attempt blocked. D. Markanday (Chesterfield), left-footed shot. xG 0.13.
- 57'Offside, Chesterfield.
- 61'Yellow card for K. Thompson-Sommers (Fleetwood Town).
- 65'Yellow card for J. Koroma (Chesterfield) for simulation.
- 67'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 70'Substitution, Chesterfield: F. Bryden comes on for L. Bonis.
- 70'Substitution, Chesterfield: L. Mandeville comes on for R. Sotiriou.
- 72'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: C. McLean comes on for K. Thompson-Sommers.
- 76'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 76'Substitution, Chesterfield: D. Anisjko comes on for J. Koroma.
- 76'Attempt blocked. F. Bryden (Chesterfield), header. xG 0.07.
- 78'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 78'Substitution, Fleetwood Town: D. Andrew comes on for R. Cirino.
- 84'Substitution, Chesterfield: T. Naylor comes on for L. Gordon.
- 86'Yellow card for L. McCann (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 87'Attempt missed. L. McCann (Fleetwood Town), header. xG 0.10.
- 89'Yellow card for K. McFadzean (Chesterfield) for foul.
- 89'Attempt missed. T. Naylor (Chesterfield), header. xG 0.11.
- 90'Yellow card for F. Potter (Fleetwood Town) for foul.
- 90'3 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Corner, Chesterfield.
- 90+2'Attempt blocked. D. Anisjko (Chesterfield), right-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.20.
- 90+3'Attempt blocked. D. Markanday (Chesterfield), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 90'Full-time. Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield.