Mansfield Town vs Sheffield United - prediction, team news, lineups

Sheffield United volition marque the abbreviated travel to the One Call Stadium connected Sunday to instrumentality connected Mansfield Town successful the archetypal circular of the EFL Cup.

Both teams volition play their archetypal competitory crippled of the play with the hosts gearing up for the League One play and their visitors approaching a 3rd consecutive run successful the Championship.

Match preview

Mansfield Town volition footwear disconnected their 2026-27 play connected Sunday with the hopes of pulling disconnected an upset and advancing successful the EFL Cup.

The Stags progressed past section rivals Chesterfield astatine this signifier past year, earlier bowing retired against Everton, portion besides enjoying a memorable tally to the FA Cup 5th circular with wins implicit Harrogate Town, Accrington Stanley, top-flight Burnley and Sunday's visitors distant from home.

Indeed, Nigel Clough's men got 1 implicit connected his aged broadside astatine Bramall Lane successful January, with Louis Reed scoring a brace alongside goals from Lucas Akins and Rhys Oates successful a 4-3 triumph.

On the league beforehand meanwhile, the Stags achieved a creditable tenth-placed decorativeness successful their 2nd consecutive third-tier campaign, ending connected 65 points having won 3 and drawn 1 of their past 4 outings earlier experiencing a engaged summertime with respective notable arrivals and departures.

Now connected the backmost of a 3-1 location decision to Derby County to reason pre-season, aft wins implicit Alfreton Town and Retford United and a nonaccomplishment to Barrow, Mansfield Town volition anticipation to get up and moving connected Sunday with different cupful triumph implicit their visitors.

They get successful Nottinghamshire successful hunt of a winning commencement of their ain earlier kicking disconnected the caller Championship word adjacent week.

Sheffield United caput into 2026-27 connected the backmost of an underwhelming Championship campaign, having failed to travel up the anterior year's third-placed decorativeness and playoff semi-final decision successful their bid to instrumentality to the Premier League.

Instead, the Blades turned backmost to Chris Wilder aboriginal successful the word and salvaged a 13th-placed decorativeness successful the 2nd tier connected 60 points, with lone basement squad Sheffield Wednesday suffering much than their 22 defeats, portion their FA Cup bid ended aboriginal astatine the hands of Mansfield and their EFL Cup first-round necktie ended successful decision astatine Birmingham City.

Wilder's men are present connected the backmost of a engaged pre-season schedule, winning 4 friendlies and drafting 2 arsenic they got the amended of Levante, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United earlier visiting VfL Bochum past play and drafting 0-0.

They present caput into the caller term, with frustrations increasing astir summertime transportation business, and volition anticipation to get up and moving with a triumph to avenge past season's location nonaccomplishment and publication their EFL Cup second-round spot.

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Team News

Mansfield Town caput into 2026-27 without striker Will Evans, who scored 22 goals implicit 2 seasons for the club, aft his departure to Plymouth Argyle was confirmed connected Friday.

Aaron Lewis, Dom Dwyer and Victor Adeboyejo person besides near the club, portion Clough has strengthened with the signings of Michael Smith, Liam Thompson and David McGoldrick.

Jon Russell has made his indebtedness determination from Barnsley imperishable and should commencement successful midfield, portion seasoned guardant McGoldrick besides arrives from Barnsley and whitethorn pb the enactment against the squad helium helped occurrence to the Premier League successful 2018-19.

Sheffield United should beryllium astatine afloat spot for their cupful necktie up of the commencement of the Championship play adjacent week, though they whitethorn travel successful without prima midfielder Gustavo Hamer, who is the taxable of links with a instrumentality to caller Premier League broadside Coventry City.

Their lone caller incomings truthful acold this summertime person been defender Matt Doherty and loanee winger Romelle Donovan, who featured heavy successful pre-season and should commencement connected the right-hand side.

Jamal Baptiste volition apt spouse skipper Japhet Tanganga astatine the back, portion Tom Cannon, Tyrese Campbell, Patrick Bamford, Callum O'Hare and Ryan One are among those competing with Donovan for attacking spots.

Mansfield Town imaginable starting lineup:

Lewis; Knoyle, Oshilaja, Sweeney, Blake-Tracy; Akins, Reed, Russell, Thompson; McGoldrick, Smith

Sheffield United imaginable starting lineup:

Cooper; Seriki, Baptiste, Tanganga, McCallum; Arblaster, Peck; Donovan, O'Hare, Cannon; Bamford

We say: Mansfield Town 1-3 Sheffield United

Mansfield Town got the amended of Sheffield United distant past play and whitethorn fancy their chances astatine location to a Blades squad yet to genuinely strengthen, but we inactive spot the visitors' prime shining done and backmost them to progress.

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