Source · EFL official match centre g2685172 (starting XI, subs, bench and team stats, checked 2026-09-16, coyg-content/cup-match.mjs) · English Wikipedia "2026–27 Arsenal F.C. season" (score, scorers, referee, attendance) · both sources agree on the 2–4 score

What we couldn't confirm for this match

• Formation — the EFL only groups the XI as GK/DEF/MID/ST and gives no positional order, so this match is shown as a list instead of a pitch
• No. 89 (Salmon) · No. 44 (Ibrahim) · No. 45 (Julienne) — academy players who made their debuts in the cup, so they aren't in football-data's 24-man first-team squad. Only shirt numbers and surnames are confirmed; dates of birth and nationalities are not
• Arsenal cards — the EFL record has no card count. On screen Arsenal had no cards; the two opposition bookings (McAteer 34', Núñez 87') are missing because our table doesn't record opposition cards