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FA Youth Cup 2025/26Match Finished

Manchester City U18 vs Arsenal U18

16 Jan 2026 · 19:00 GMT · Round of 32

Manchester City U18

HOME
5:2HT 4–1

Arsenal U18

AWAY
⚽ Kaden Braithwaite 27′⚽ Samba 37′⚽ Christian Dunbar-McDonald 41′⚽ Samba 43′⚽ Xavier Parker 90′
⚽ Ceadach O'Neill 45′ (Penalty)⚽ Brando Bailey-Joseph 85′
Venue not suppliedReferee: Not suppliedRecorded clock 90′ + 8′
01
THE MATCH AT A GLANCE

Match overview

THE SCORELINE

Manchester City U18 win 5–2

Match Finished in the round of 32 of the FA Youth Cup. 7 goal events recorded in the supplied feed.

90 MINUTES5 – 2
HALF-TIME4 – 1
MATCH COVERAGE

Know what’s in the report

LineupsNot supplied
Match eventsAvailable
Team statisticsNot supplied
Expected goalsNot supplied
Player ratingsNot supplied
02
HOW THE TEAMS COMPARE

Team statistics

Manchester City U18Arsenal U18

Detailed statistics aren’t available for this match

The provider has not supplied possession, shots, passing or xG. These will appear when they are included in an updated import.

03
THE PLAYERS BEHIND THE RESULT

Lineups & substitutions

Manchester City U18

Formation not supplied

Coach Oliver Reiß

Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

Starting XI—

Player list not supplied.

    Substitutes—

    Player list not supplied.

      Arsenal U18

      Formation not supplied

      Coach Adam Stephen Birchall

      Pitch positions not supplied. The list preserves the provider’s team selection.

      Starting XI—

      Player list not supplied.

        Substitutes—

        Player list not supplied.

          04
          FOLLOW THE MATCH

          Events & commentary

          Event commentary from recorded goals, cards, substitutions and VAR decisions. This is not a full play-by-play feed.

          1. Normal GoalManchester City U18

            Kaden Braithwaite

          2. Normal GoalManchester City U18

            Samba

          3. Normal GoalManchester City U18

            Christian Dunbar-McDonald

          4. Normal GoalManchester City U18

            Samba

          5. PenaltyArsenal U18

            Ceadach O'Neill

          6. Normal GoalArsenal U18

            Brando Bailey-Joseph

          7. Normal GoalManchester City U18

            Xavier Parker

          05
          INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

          Player performance

          No individual performance data supplied

          Ratings, minutes, shots, passes, tackles, duels and goalkeeper saves need a detailed player feed. Explore profiles and recorded involvement through the lineups above.

          06
          THE BIGGER PICTURE

          Recent form & meetings

          Previous matches in this 2025/26 cup import only, before this fixture. Newest first. W/D/L reflects the score before any penalty shootout.

          Manchester City U18

          No earlier results in this import.

          Arsenal U18

          No earlier results in this import.

          Previous meetings Within this cup import

          No earlier meetings between these teams in the imported records.

          Source & coverage
          API-Football · Retrieved 10 Oct 2026. Saved snapshot, not a live feed. Missing values are not treated as zero. Player ages are calculated at kick-off from supplied birth dates.

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