Ieri sera si sono giocate le partite del primo turno di EFL Cup (denominata anche Carabao Cup per motivi di sponsorizzazione).

Non ci sono state particolari sorprese in questo primo turno, con i club di Championship che sono passati quasi tutti. Tra le big, avanti l’Aston Villa ed il West Bromwich Albion che hanno vinto per 1-0 le rispettive sfide contro Yeovil Town (club di Football League Two) e Luton Town (club appartenente alla Football League One).

Accedono al turno successivo anche il Leeds di Bielsa (vittoria per 2-1 sul Bolton) ed il Derby County dell’ex Chelsea Frank Lampard (2-0 sul campo dell’Oldham Athletic, club di Football League Two). Di seguito tutti i risultati ed i marcatori di questo primo turno.

Martedì 14 Agosto

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bury (10-9 d.c.r.) 2′ O’Connell (B), 90’+3 Cash (N)

Blackpool FC 3-1 Barnsley FC 19′ Moncur (BR), 50′ Notthingham (BL), 56′ Pritchard (BL), 80′ Gnanduillet (BL)

Bristol City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle 27′ Songo’o

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town 32′ Bennett (B), 84′ Clarke (B), 88′ Connolly (C)

Cambridge United 1-4 Newport County 18′, 22′ Amond (N), 49′ Matt (N), 86′ Semenyo (N), 90′ Azeez (C, rig.)

Carlisle United 1-5 Blackburn Rovers 2′, 54′ Armstrong (B), 6′, 34′ Dack (B), 22′ Hope (C), 40′ Palmer (B)

Cheltenham Town 2-2 Colchester United (6-5 d.c.r.) 1′ Broom (CT), 71′ Thomas (CT, rig.), 79′ Szmodics (CU), 80′ Norris (CU)

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town (3-4 d.c.r.) 32′ Wintle (C), 52′ Holt (F)

Exeter City 1-1 Ipswich Town (4-2 d.c.r.) 37′ Jackson (I), 64′ Brown (E)

Grimsby Town 0-2 Rochdale FC 39′, 79′ Rathbone

Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers 27′ Bemford (L), 35′ Samuel (L), 52′ Oztumer (B)

Macclesfield Town 1-1 Bradford City (4-2 d.c.r.) 60′ Kelleher (M), 62′ Colville (B)

Mansfield Town 6-1 Accrington Stanley 6′ Finley (A), 9′ (rig), 13′ (rig.), 45’+2 Walker (M), 16′ Khan (M), 66′ Rose (M), 90’+4 Hamilton (M)

Middlesbrough 3-3 Notts County (4-3 d.c.r.) 20′ Crawford (N), 27′, 74′ Fletcher (M), 34′, 63′ Stead (N), 44′ Mahmutovic (M)

Milwall FC 0-0 Gillingham FC (3-1 d.c.r.)

Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 Charlton Athletic 7′ Asonganyi, 16′ Watson, 71′ Philips (aut.)

Norwich FC 3-1 Stevenage FC 27′ Stiepermann (N), 40′ Ball (S), 83′ Zimmermann (N), 89′ Pukki (N)

Oldham Athletic 0-2 Derby County 36′ Graham (aut.), 70′ Mount

Oxford United 2-0 Coventry City 39′ Browne, 50′ Whyte

Port Vale 0-4 Lincoln City 5′ Shackell, 48′ Green (rig.), 80′ O’Connor, 82′ Akinde 

Portsmouth FC 1-2 AFC Wimbledon 49′ Burgess (P), 76′ Pigott (W), 88′ Walkes (W, aut.)

Preston North End 3-1 Morecambe FC 14′ Barker (P), 33′ Moult (P), 45’+2 Mandeville (M), 58′ Burke (P)

Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Peterborough United 3′ Freeman, 6′ Wszolek

Rotherham United 3-1 Wigan Athletic 37′, 64′ Proctor (R), 42′ Ajaiy (R), 74′ Vaughan (W)

Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers 36′ Wilks (D), 56′ Andrew (D), 90’+2 Humphrys (S)

Sheffield United 1-1 Hull City (4-5 d.c.r.) 18′ Toral (H), 75′ Sharp (S)

Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Burton Albion 27′ Whalley (S), 45′ Templeton (B), 64′ Akins (B, rig.)

Southend United 2-4 Brentford FC 42′ Forss (B), 62′ Robinson (S), 64′ Jeanvier (B), 67′ Benrahma (B), 72′ McCoulsky (S), 85′ Mokotjo (B)

Swindon Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers 60′ Campbell

Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall FC 29′ Ferrier (W), 64′ Ginnelly (W), 68′ Ismail (W), 80′ Cole (T)

Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Northampton Town (7-6 d.c.r.) 50′ Williams (W), 82′ Hoskins (N)

Yeovil Town 0-1 Aston Villa 77′ Hourihane

Reading FC 2-0 Birmingham City 11′ Meite, 72′ Swift

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Luton Town 62′ Burke