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Fleetwood Town Dump Arsenal Out of Carabao Cup in Stunning Upset

Premier League Champions Arsenal suffered an embarrassing 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to fourth division side Fleetwood Town to crash out of the 2026-27 League Cup.

By Taiwo Ibrahim, THEWILL
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  • Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town produced a remarkable upset, defeating Premier League champions Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to eliminate the Gunners from the 2026-27 Carabao Cup.

  • Mikel Arteta made nine changes to the team that beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League, but his rotated side failed to overcome the League One outfit in regulation time.

  • Dowman received a red card for retaliation in the 86th minute, leaving Arsenal to navigate the closing stages of the contest with 10 men before the tie proceeded to penalties.

  • Fleetwood converted all five penalties through Ronan Coughlan, Neal, Will Davies, Andy Cannon and Haughey, while Bruno Guimaraes missed Arsenal’s effort.

October 28, (THEWILL) – Premier League Champions Arsenal suffered an embarrassing 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to fourth division side Fleetwood Town to crash out of the 2026-27 League Cup.

Mikel Arteta made nine changes to the side that defeated Everton 2-0 in the Premier League.

The regulation time ended 1-1 before Fleetwood Town held on to brush aside Arsenal in the penalty shootout.

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Aaron Loupalo-Bi gave Arsenal the lead in the 21st, Gyokeres brought them back into the back in the game, five minutes after the restart.

Dowman was sent off for for retaliation in the 86th minute.

The tie went straight into a penalty shootout with Fleetwood Town scoring all their five efforts through Ronan Coughlan, Neal, Will Davies, Andy Cannon and Haughey past Arsenal’s reserve goalkeeper Lan Meslier.

Bruno Guimaraes missed his own kick to send the Gunners out of the competition.

Fleetwood have now qualified for the quarter-finals of the League Cup, they currently occupy the 18th position in the English fourth division League.

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Fleetwood Town eliminating Arsenal is the first time a fourth-tier side has knocked out the reigning English champions in a domestic cup since Wrexham beat Arsenal 34 years ago in the FA Cup (1992).

Arsenal are the first reigning Premier League champions to be knocked out of the League Cup by a fourth-tier side.

It’s only the second time Arsenal have been knocked out of the League Cup by a fourth-tier side, after Bradford in 2012/13. Both on penalties.

Taiwo Ibrahim, THEWILL

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