Mansfield surprise Sheffield United as Norwich, West Brom and Hull advance to FA Cup fourth round | Football news

Two goals from Louis Reed against his former club helped Mansfield to a shock 4-3 win at Sheffield United in the FA Cup.

Lucas Akins and Rhys Oates also scored for the League One club while United’s goals came from Gus Hamer, Patrick Bamford and a Nathan Moriah-Welsh own goal.

Oates threatened the visitors early on with a couple of efforts which were saved by Adam Davies. The Blades keeper had no chance, however, when a corner was only cleared as far as Reed, who brought the ball down and found the net with a superb strike to give Mansfield a 13th-minute lead.

Hamer beat Liam Roberts in the Mansfield goal with an equally impressive shot from just outside the ‘D’ to equalize in the 20th minute.

Mansfield regained the lead a minute before the break when Reed scored again with another fine shot following a corner which beat Davies with a deflection.

It was 3-1 to Mansfield five minutes after the break when Oates broke free on the right, advanced towards the touchline and cut the ball back to Akins, who fired into the net.

The impressive Oates added a fourth goal in the 57th minute, sending the ball past Ben Mee before advancing towards goal and firing confidently past Davies.

Substitute Bamford scored a goal in the 61st minute, stabbing in from close range after the ball headed his way following a corner.

The arrears were reduced further four minutes later when Moriah-Welsh, attempting to clear an Andre Brooks cross, saw the ball go into his own net under the bar.

The hosts saw a penalty appeal turned down late on when Bamford was challenged inside the box.

West Brom edge Swansea on penalties

Ollie Bostock kept his cool to score the winning penalty in a dramatic penalty shootout victory at Swansea to end West Brom’s run of 10 successive away defeats and see his side reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.

After setting up a goal for Jed Wallace early in the second overtime period to give his team a 2-1 lead, he hit the target after three successive misses to make it 6-5 in the penalty shootout after the teams were locked at 2-2 after overtime.

Eom Ji-sung broke the deadlock with a shot into the top corner in the 48th minute before Josh Maja responded for West Brom from a corner five minutes later.

Swansea substitute Malick Yalcouye hit a post in the first period of extra time before Wallace put the Baggies ahead in the 108th minute, only for Zeidane Inoussa to respond four minutes later to send the match to penalties.

James Morrison was in the dugout for the visitors as speculation continued over who will become Ryan Mason’s long-term successor and the Hawthorns’ eighth permanent manager since 2020.

Makama hat-trick helps Norwich beat Walsall

Jovon Makama led the way with a hat-trick as Championship-challenged Norwich advanced to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a dominant 5-1 victory over Walsall at Carrow Road.

The striker has scored 12 goals for the season while Matej Jurasek and Tony Springett scored their firsts for the club in a one-sided encounter with the League Two visitors barely laying a glove on their opponents.

Walsall pulled one back in spectacular fashion in the 67th minute when substitute Courtney Clarke cut in from the left and found the top corner from 30 yards.

Hull beat Blackburn on penalties

Goalkeeper Dillon Phillips was the hero as Hull beat Sky Bet Championship rivals Blackburn 4-3 on penalties to reach the fourth round of the FA Cup.

A dull, goalless draw where clear-cut chances were few and far between for over 120 minutes sent this tie to penalties, and Phillips saved Rovers’ first two attempts from Yuki Ohashi and Moussa Baradji.

Hull captain Lewie Coyle was thwarted by Blackburn goalkeeper Balazs Toth, but Kyle Joseph, Oli McBurnie, Charlie Hughes and David Akintola were all on course to send Hull through to the next round.