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AFTV's confident Fleetwood predictions meet a penalty-shootout exit

Melissa Zad predicts an "astounding victory" before the watchalong turns into an account of Arsenal's League Cup elimination.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 270,642 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (21,548).

Fleetwood 1-1 Arsenal (5-3 Pens)| League Cup Last 16 | Matchday Live

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4:51Harrison and Melissa predict a comfortable Arsenal win before Lorrie raises concerns about the forwards' finishing.
18:32An unauthorized drone interrupts the match, shifting the studio discussion to safety and security.
35:34Dowman misses a chance, drawing groans from the panel.
37:09Fleetwood score, prompting debate about Salmon's defending and Meslier's goalkeeping.
56:45The panel questions Arsenal's lack of shots on target as the first half winds down.

Melissa Zad makes her prediction before kickoff: "I think there is going to be an astounding victory for Arsenal." Beside her on AFTV, Harrison Solomon is similarly confident about the squad's quality. Fleetwood Town have a rather different evening in store for them.

Arsenal's eventual penalty-shootout exit has drawn roughly 270,000 first-day views to the independent fan channel's watchalong, more than twelve times its usual start for a longer video. This is a studio discussion alongside the match, not a broadcast of the game itself, with Marty hosting Melissa, Harrison and Lorrie Lyle.

The early confidence has caveats. Lorrie questions Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyökeres' finishing, while Harrison makes the case for Max Dowman to start in the Premier League. Then an unauthorized drone interrupts play, leaving the panel discussing security rather than soccer.

Once play resumes, Dowman misses a chance and Fleetwood take the lead. The discussion quickly becomes specific: Melissa points to Marly Salmon being pushed off the ball, while Lorrie criticizes goalkeeper Illan Meslier. By the end of the first half, Harrison's assessment is blunt: "This is poor from Arsenal. Really poor."

The aftermath extends beyond the stream. A Lee Judges reaction Short is also running well above AFTV's usual Shorts audience, while follow-up discussions question Havertz's performance and Arteta's midfield experiment. In the watchalong comments, viewers are supplying timestamps for the penalty miss and revisiting the panel's earlier confidence.

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The facts

Channel: AFTV
Subscribers: 1,840,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 3,156,882
Channel views, pace per day: 898,129 (on a normal day: 289,456)
Video published: October 27, 2026
Video views so far: 271,252 (2 days online)
Video views, pace per day: 5,129

The numbers

The full watchalong drew an unusually large first-day audience for AFTV. The separate Lee Judges reaction also stood out against the channel's usual Shorts.

the video's first day

usual first day here

21,548

this video

270,642

subscribers

1,840,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,879,725,658

views per day

898,129