English Carabao Cup

FT Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Leeds United WWLWW 2
–
Nottingham Forest LDWWL 0
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Team Stats

12
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
49.7
Possession
50.3
13
SHOTS
8
5
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
368
Accurate Passes
344
450
Passes
453
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
6
17
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.3
54
Long Balls
71
18
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
15
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
14
Interceptions
4
25
Effective Clearances
24
25
Clearances
24

Head to Head

LEE leads series 3-2

Lineups

NFO · 3-4-3

  1. 26Matz SelsG
  2. 31Nikola MilenkovicCD
  3. 23Jair PaulaCD-L
  4. 2Ousmane DiomandeCD-R
  5. 8Nicolás DomínguezCM-L
  6. 21Xaver SchlagerCM-R
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 34Ola AinaRM
  9. 9Chris WoodF
  10. 15Arnaud KalimuendoCF-L
  11. 11Igor JesusCF-R

LEE · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1James TraffordG
  2. 30Nico ElvediCD
  3. 5Tarik MuharemovicCD-L
  4. 6Joe RodonCD-R
  5. 22Ao TanakaCM-L
  6. 4Ethan AmpaduCM-R
  7. 24James JustinLM
  8. 7Daniel JamesRM
  9. 14Lukas NmechaF
  10. 19Noah OkaforCF-L
  11. 8Sean LongstaffCF-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Ao Tanaka (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 46' Xaver Schlager (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Leeds United 1. Daniel James (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Sean Longstaff.
  4. 60' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Murillo replaces Ousmane Diomande.
  5. 60' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Dan Ndoye replaces Igor Jesus.
  6. 60' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Callum Hudson-Odoi replaces Arnaud Kalimuendo.
  7. 61' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Luca Netz replaces Ola Aina.
  8. 67' Sean Longstaff (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 67' Substitution, Leeds United. Harry Wilson replaces Sean Longstaff.
  10. 67' Substitution, Leeds United. Brenden Aaronson replaces Noah Okafor.
  11. 68' Substitution, Leeds United. Anton Stach replaces Ao Tanaka.
  12. 71' Substitution, Leeds United. Jayden Bogle replaces Daniel James.
  13. 73' Jair Cunha (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 75' Goal! Nottingham Forest 0, Leeds United 2. James Justin (Leeds United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  15. 77' Delay in match because of an injury Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest).
  16. 77'
  17. 78' Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  18. 78'
  19. 79' Murillo (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 79' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Omari Hutchinson replaces Neco Williams because of an injury.
  21. 83' Substitution, Leeds United. Dominic Calvert-Lewin replaces Lukas Nmecha.
  22. 84' Nicolás Domínguez (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  23. 86' Ethan Ampadu (Leeds United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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