Louis Reed’s brace at his ex-club sees Mansfield beat Sheffield United in FA Cup

Two goals from Louis Reed against his former club helped Mansfield to a shock 4-3 victory 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 for the visitors early on with a couple of efforts which were saved by Adam Davies.

The United keeper had no chance, however, when a corner was cleared only 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’ for a 20th-minute equaliser.

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

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

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

Substitute Bamford pulled a goal back in the 61st minute, stabbing in from close range after the ball was headed into his path following a corner.

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

The hosts had a penalty appeal waved away late on when Bamford went down under a challenge inside the area.