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Mansfield Town v Sheffield United : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

One Call Stadium, Mansfield

Sunday afternoon sees Nigel Clough’s Mansfield Town and Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United go head to head in a League Cup clash at the One Call Stadium. We've got predictions, tips, and odds and head-to-head stats across every market, all with the aim of helping you find a winning bet on this League Cup clash.

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Mansfield Town's next match is v Peterborough at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August
Sheffield United's next match is v Swansea at 15:00 on Saturday 22nd August

The last English League Cup meeting between Mansfield and Sheff Utd was on Sunday 9th August 2026

English League Cup

August 9th 2026

Mansfield 0	3 Sheff Utd

	4' P. Bamford
	71' M. McGuinness
	89' C. O'Hare

	MAN SHU
Shots On	2 4
Shots Off	4 9
Corners	5 3
Possession	50% 50%
Fouls	15 13
Yellow/red cards	2/0 1/0

Mansfield	Sheff Utd

S. McLaughlin (N. Moriah-Welsh 74') R. Sweeney (E. Hewitt 60') J. Russell L. Akins H. Lewis F. Blake-Tracy A. Oshilaja R. Hendry (L. Thompson 60') L. Reed D. McGoldrick (M. Smith 74') T. Roberts (R. Oates 46')	M. Cooper J. Tanganga (O. Arblaster 70') J. Rothwell C. O'Hare T. Cannon (R. Donovan 29') T. Chong M. McGuinness (H. Burrows 46') R. Norrington-Davies (M. Doherty 84') F. Seriki S. Peck (R. One 70') P. Bamford

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

Our predictive algorithm suggests there's a 77% probability of Mansfield and Sheff Utd serving up at least two goals in this League Cup match. Recent form statistics and head-to-head (H2H) records are included in the calculation , and it seems the bookies like the look of it as a tip too. This over 1.5 goals tip is available at a best price of 1.25.

An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 51% chance of Sheff Utd coming away with a win.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Mansfield 26%	14/5 19%	3/1
Draw 24%	13/5 5%	13/5
Sheff Utd 50%	17/20 14%	17/20
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1 7%	5/1
Sheff Utd 1-0 10%	7/1 7%	6/1
Sheff Utd 2-1 10%	15/2	13/2
Sheff Utd 2-0 8%	17/2 13%	7/1
Mansfield 1-0 7%	12/1 20%	9/1
Mansfield 2-1 7%	12/1 24%	10/1
Draw 0-0 6%	11/1 8%	10/1
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1 12%	11/1
Sheff Utd 3-1 5%	14/1 15%	11/1
Sheff Utd 3-0 5%	16/1 25%	12/1
Mansfield 2-0 4%	20/1 19%	16/1
Sheff Utd 3-2 3%	22/1	18/1
Mansfield 3-1 3%	28/1 17%	25/1
Sheff Utd 4-1 2%	28/1 26%	22/1
Mansfield 3-2 2%	33/1 17%	25/1
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	8/11 3%	4/5
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	43/40 3%	10/11
Home 1st Goal 44%	11/8 13%	6/4
Away 1st Goal 53%	4/6 8%	8/13
No 1st Goal 3%	11/1 8%	9/1
BTTS - Yes 56%	7/10 3%	8/11
BTTS - No 44%	21/20 3%	1/1
BTTS - Home Win 14%	6/1 21%	6/1
BTTS - Draw 18%	7/2 10%	10/3
BTTS - Away Win 24%	11/4 7%	13/5
Home/draw 50%	10/11 15%	10/11
Away/draw 74%	1/4 6%	2/9
Home/away 76%	2/7 3%	2/7
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	2/9	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	3/1	13/5
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	7/4 8%	2/1
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	2/5 2%	7/20
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	9/2	19/4
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/7	1/8
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	10/1	10/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/20	1/33
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/25 1%	1/33
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	12/1 8%	10/1
Home DNB 43%	7/4 20%	19/10
Away DNB 67%	2/5 9%	4/11
Mansfield win to nil 13%	6/1 22%	-
Sheff Utd win to nil 25%	12/5 24%	-
Mansfield / Mansfield 13%	11/2 22%	5/1
Mansfield / Sheff Utd 4%	20/1 10%	18/1
Mansfield / Draw 6%	14/1 12%	11/1
Draw / Mansfield 9%	15/2 18%	15/2
Draw / Sheff Utd 16%	4/1 11%	19/5
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2 8%	17/4
Sheff Utd / Mansfield 3%	33/1	25/1
Sheff Utd / Sheff Utd 27%	2/1 15%	7/4
Sheff Utd / Draw 6%	12/1 13%	11/1

Win / draw / win form

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Mansfield	5 - 4	Cardiff
A	Mansfield	0 - 0	Peterborough
A	Mansfield	4 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Mansfield	1 - 0	Stockport
H	Mansfield	2 - 2	Luton
A	Mansfield	0 - 0	L Orient
A	Mansfield	1 - 2	Wigan
H	Mansfield	0 - 0	Burton
A	Mansfield	2 - 0	Doncaster
H	Mansfield	4 - 1	Northampton
A	Mansfield	1 - 1	Bradford
H	Mansfield	2 - 2	Barnsley
H	Mansfield	1 - 0	Reading
H	Mansfield	1 - 2	Arsenal
A	Mansfield	0 - 0	Rotherham
H	Mansfield	2 - 2	AFC Wim
H	Mansfield	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Mansfield	0 - 1	Blackpool
A	Mansfield	2 - 1	Burnley
H	Mansfield	1 - 2	Peterborough

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Derby
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 3	Preston
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 3	Blackburn
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	Watford
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Hull
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Bristol C
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 3	Swansea
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Wrexham
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Birmingham
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Norwich
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 1	West Brom
A	Sheff Utd	2 - 0	QPR
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	Coventry
H	Sheff Utd	2 - 1	Sheff Wed
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Sheff Utd	1 - 2	M'Boro
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Oxford Utd
A	Sheff Utd	1 - 1	Millwall
H	Sheff Utd	3 - 1	Ipswich
A	Sheff Utd	0 - 1	Southampton

Goal Statistics

Sheffield United have been consistent in attack of late, finding the net in 5 consecutive League Cup outings. Their PG of 1.7 against Mansfield Town on Sunday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Mansfield	Sheff Utd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.7 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 31% 1 36% 2 21% 3 8% 4+ There is a 67% probability that Mansfield will score no more than 1 goal	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Sheff Utd will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away games
20 home / away games	1.6 average goals scored	1.4 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Cup - 2026/2027 season

MAN

SHU

19%

better

view stats

Games scored	14		18
Failed to score	6		2
Scored first	9		11
Goals scored	29		30
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.5
Avg. shots per game	10		10
Avg. shots per goal	7		6
Conversion rate for	15		16
Avg. XG for	1.4		1.5
KickOff rating		+19%

19%

better

MAN

SHU

view stats

Games conceded	13		17
Clean sheets	7		3
Conceded first	7		9
Goals conceded	23		27
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	9		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		7
Conversion rate against	13%		14%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.4
KickOff rating		+19%

The line-ups for the League Cup match between Mansfield v Sheff Utd will show here when available.

Mansfield League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	0	0	1
H Lewis			L Reed

Line-up	Appserances	cards
H Lewis GLK	1	-
F Blake-Tracy DEF	1	-
A Oshilaja DEF	1	-
R Sweeney DEF	1	-
L Akins MID	1	-
L Reed MID	1	1 -
R Hendry MID	1	-
S McLaughlin MID	1	-
J Russell FWD	1	-
T Roberts FWD	1	-
D McGoldrick FWD	1	-
Subs
L Roberts GLK		-
K Knoyle DEF		-
E Hewitt DEF	1	-
G Maris MID		-
N Moriah-Welsh MID	1	-
L Thompson MID	1	1 -
R Oates FWD	1	-
M Smith FWD	1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
0	2	0	0
	F Blake-Tracy

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
F Blake-Tracy DEF		2
L Reed MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
53	3	9
A Oshilaja	L Reed	A Oshilaja

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
A Oshilaja DEF	53	1	9
F Blake-Tracy DEF	50	1	6
S McLaughlin MID	44		5
L Reed MID	42	3	5
R Sweeney DEF	39	2	8
R Hendry MID	31	1	2
L Akins MID	30		2
J Russell FWD	28	3	7
H Lewis GLK	27
D McGoldrick FWD	21	1	3
Subs
L Thompson MID	12		2
T Roberts FWD	8	1	2
Subs
E Hewitt DEF	5	2	4
N Moriah-Welsh MID	4
R Oates FWD	4		3
M Smith FWD	4	1	5

Sheff Utd League Cup squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
1	1	1	1
M Cooper	M McGuinness	S. Peck	F Seriki

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Cooper GLK	1			-
F Seriki DEF	1			1 -
J Tanganga DEF	1			-
M McGuinness DEF	1	1		-
R Norrington-Davies DEF	1			-
T Chong MID	1			-
S. Peck MID	1		1	-
J Rothwell MID	1		1	-
C O'Hare MID	1	1		-
T Cannon FWD	1			-
P Bamford FWD	1	1		-
Subs
A Davies GLK				-
H Burrows DEF	1			-
M Doherty DEF	1			-
J. Baptiste DEF				-
J Riedewald MID				-
R Donovan MID	1			-
O Arblaster MID	1			-
T Campbell FWD				-
R One FWD	1		1	-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	1	1	1
M McGuinness	M McGuinness	S. Peck	T Chong

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M McGuinness DEF	1	1
C O'Hare MID	1	1
P Bamford FWD	1	1
T Chong MID				1
S. Peck MID			1
J Rothwell MID			1	1
T Cannon FWD		1
Subs
R Donovan MID				1
R One FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
66	3	8
S. Peck	S. Peck	J Tanganga

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
S. Peck MID	66	3	7
F Seriki DEF	47	2	5
J Rothwell MID	39	1	2
C O'Hare MID	38	3	8
M Cooper GLK	33
J Tanganga DEF	30		8
M McGuinness DEF	26	2	6
P Bamford FWD	24	1	2
Subs
H Burrows DEF	24		1
T Cannon FWD	22	1	3
R Norrington-Davies DEF	18	2	2
T Chong MID	12	1	1
Subs
O Arblaster MID	12	3	4
R Donovan MID	10	1	3
R One FWD	7	1	2
M Doherty DEF	2

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Mansfield Town v Sheffield United : League Cup match betting preview, prediction and odds

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