Sheffield Wednesday heavily rotated their squad for the cup competition as they fielded eight academy players in their starting lineup. Around 6000 travelling Grimsby fans turned up at Hillsborough and were jubilant after the full-time whistle. They heavily outnumbered the home fans as the Owls supporters continued with their boycott plans in protest against owner Dejphon Chansiri.
Sheffield Wednesday have got off to a nightmare start to their 2025-26 بطولة campaign, collecting just one point from their opening five games. Their only win of the new season came against Leeds متحد in the Carabao Cup second round as they beat the الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز outfit on penalties.
في مكان آخر، كريستال بالاس survived a scare to beat ميلوول 4-2 on penalties, while برينتفورد also won a shootout to knock أستون فيلا out of the tournament. In Villa’s clash, مانشستر يونايتد flop Jadon Sancho finally got to make his debut for the club as he featured in the starting lineup, alongside Harvey Elliott.
Grimsby will return to action this Saturday as they take on Barnet in a الدوري الثاني clash away from home. They will learn their opponents in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup when the draw is made on Wednesday night.
