2018 EFL Trophy final

The 2018 EFL Trophy Final was a football match that took place on 8 April 2018 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 2017–18 EFL Trophy, the 34th edition of the EFL Trophy, a competition for the 48 clubs in EFL League One and EFL League Two, and 16 under-21 sides from Premier League and EFL Championship clubs. It was contested by Lincoln City, from League Two, and Shrewsbury Town, from League One. Lincoln City won the game 1–0, with the goal scored by Elliott Whitehouse. It was Lincoln's first cup win in any competition.^{[1] [2]}

2018 EFL Trophy Final

Match programme cover
Event	2017–18 EFL Trophy
Lincoln City Shrewsbury Town 1 0
Date	8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Gavin Ward
Attendance	41,261
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Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Lincoln City		Round	Shrewsbury Town
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Mansfield Town	3–1 (A)	Match 1	Coventry City	3–2 (A)
Everton U21s	2–1 (H)	Match 2	West Bromwich Albion U21s	3–0 (H)
Notts County	2–1 (H)	Match 3	Walsall	0–1 (H)
Group G (Northern Section) winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Lincoln City (Q) 3 9 2 Mansfield Town (Q) 3 6 3 Notts County (E) 3 3 4 Everton U21s (E) 3 0 Source: EFL.com (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated		Final standings	Group E (Northern Section) runners-up Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Walsall (Q) 3 7 2 Shrewsbury Town (Q) 3 6 3 Coventry City (E) 3 5 4 West Bromwich Albion U21s (E) 3 0 Source: EFL.com (E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Opponent	Result	Knockout phase	Opponent	Result
Accrington Stanley	3–2 (H)	Round 2	Port Vale	2–1 (A)
Rochdale	1–0 (A)	Round 3	Blackpool	0–0 (H) (4–2 p)
Peterborough United	4–2 (H)	Round 4	Oldham Athletic	2–1 (H)
Chelsea U21s	1–1 (H) (4–2 p)	Semi-finals	Yeovil Town	1–0 (H)

Match

Details

Lincoln City	1–0	Shrewsbury Town
Whitehouse 16'	Report

8 April 2018 (2018-04-08)

15:00 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 41,261

Referee: Gavin Ward

Lincoln City

Shrewsbury Town

GK 22 Ryan Allsop RB 23 Neal Eardley CB 16 Michael Bostwick CB 5 Luke Waterfall LB 3 Sam Habergham DM 30 Alex Woodyard CM 4 Elliott Whitehouse CM 19 Lee Frecklington  83' RW 10 Matt Green  90+5' LW 24 Danny Rowe  64' CF 9 Matt Rhead  10'  63' Substitutes: GK 1 Paul Farman DF 2 Sean Long  90+5' MF 12 Ellis Chapman MF 26 Harry Anderson  64' MF 32 Cameron Stewart MF 36 Declan O'Hare FW 8 Ollie Palmer  63' Manager: Danny Cowley

GK 1 Dean Henderson RB 13 James Bolton CB 22 Aristote Nsiala  49' CB 5 Mat Sadler LB 6 Omar Beckles DM 16 Bryn Morris  67' RM 7 Shaun Whalley  86' CM 20 Jon Nolan  84' CM 4 Ben Godfrey LM 10 Nathan Thomas  75' CF 9 Carlton Morris Substitutes: GK 15 Craig MacGillivray DF 3 Max Lowe MF 21 Abo Eisa MF 23 Alex Rodman  67' FW 11 Arthur Gnahoua  86' FW 14 Lenell John-Lewis FW 45 Stefan Payne  75' Manager: Paul Hurst