Manchester City have lifted their ninth League Cup trophy – now just one behind the all-time competition leaders Liverpool (10). Indeed, the Citizens have won the tournament in seven of the last 13 seasons.
Manchester City have won the League Cup for the fifth time under Pep Guardiola, the most of any manager in the competition’s history, overtaking Brian Clough, Alex Ferguson, and José Mourinho all on four.
Arsenal have lost each of their last four League Cup finals – now the outright longest run of finals without taking home the trophy by any side in the competition’s history.
Arsenal lost for the first time in their last seven meetings with Manchester City in all competitions (W2 D4). This was their 10^th defeat to the Citizens under Mikel Arteta – the first side the Spaniard has lost to 10+ times as a manager.
This was Manchester City’s 15^th win at the new Wembley Stadium as a neutral venue in all competitions since it opened in 2007 – now the most such victories of any side in that time at the national stadium, overtaking Chelsea’s 14.
Arsenal’s 38.1% possession in this match was their lowest of any game in all competitions this season, with their 258 successful passes their third-fewest in 2025-26.
There were only 20 shots in this match between Arsenal and Man City (10 each), the fewest in a major domestic cup final (FA/League Cup) in England since the 2021 FA Cup final between Chelsea and Leicester (19), and fewest in the League Cup final specifically since 2019 between Chelsea and Man City (also 20).
Aged 21 years and one day, Manchester City’s Nico O'Reilly was the third-youngest player to score a brace in a League Cup final, after Wayne Rooney for Man Utd v Wigan in 2006 (20y 125d) and Ronnie Whelan for Liverpool v Spurs in 1982 (20y 169d).
Manchester City’s Nico O’Reilly was only the second player to score both goals in a 2-0 win for his side in the League Cup final, after Martin Chivers for Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa in 1971.
Arsenal goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga has played in three League Cup finals without winning any (2019 and 2022 for Chelsea, 2026 for Arsenal). It’s the joint-most finals played by any player in the competition’s history without ever being on the cup winning side, along with Les Sealey and Roy Keane.
Manchester City’s Jérémy Doku won 12 duels, completed six dribbles, and won possession seven times – the first player to record figures so high for each of those metrics in an FA Cup/League Cup final since Chelsea’s Eden Hazard in the 2019 League Cup final (8 dribbles completed, 14 duels won, 8 possession won).

Carabao Cup Final post-match stats

Carabao Cup Final post-match stats