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Arsenal to play at Fleetwood’s Highbury Stadium in Carabao Cup
Arsenal are set to play Fleetwood Town at Highbury Stadium in a Carabao Cup clash.
The match is in Fleetwood, in northwest England, and not at Arsenal’s former Highbury ground in London.
Arsenal played at the London stadium from 1913 until it closed in 2006, and the site is now a housing complex.
Fleetwood’s ground opened in 1939 and holds a little over 5,300 people, far fewer than the Emirates Stadium, which can hold almost 61,000.
Fleetwood are in League Two, England’s fourth tier, and have reached the Carabao Cup’s fourth round for the first time.
The clubs have never played each other, so the cup tie is a first meeting between them.
Fleetwood Town beat Arsenal 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.
The fourth-round match was played at Fleetwood’s Highbury Stadium on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
Play was stopped for around eight minutes after a drone was spotted above the ground.
Fleetwood took the lead through Loupalo-Bi in the 20th minute, and Viktor Gyökeres equalised for Arsenal in the 49th.
Arsenal’s Max Dowman was sent off, and Fleetwood goalkeeper Jay Lynch saved Bruno Guimarães’ penalty in the shootout.
- Who
- Fleetwood Town and Arsenal.
- What
- Fleetwood won 5-3 on penalties after the fourth-round Carabao Cup match finished 1-1.
- When
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
- Where
- Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood, England.
- Why
- The teams were playing a fourth-round match in the Carabao Cup.
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Referee Michael Salisbury stopped play after spotting a drone above the ground.
Loupalo-Bi put Fleetwood ahead.
Viktor Gyökeres scored to make it 1-1.
The match remained 1-1, sending the teams to a penalty shootout.
Fleetwood won the shootout 5-3, with Jay Lynch saving Bruno Guimarães’ penalty.
- Final score
- Fleetwood Town 1-1 Arsenal; Fleetwood won 5-3 on penalties
- Competition stage
- Carabao Cup fourth round
- Venue
- Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
- Drone delay
- Around eight minutes
- Fleetwood’s first
- First time Fleetwood had reached the Carabao Cup fourth round
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My voice has gone! The whole team was magnificent, every one of them. We took heart from Grimsby beating Manchester United last season, it felt comparable. It means so much to the whole town.
I smashed it in and then ran like fuck.
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The eyes of the world lie on Highbury tomorrow night. ♥️