Norwich kept their nerve to reach the second round of the Carabao Cup with an thrilling 4-3 victory over plucky Stevenage.The visitors twice came back to level before the break at Carrow Road but the Championship side took control in the second half to seal a deserved success.After a low-key start between sides both showing seven changes from the weekend, the tie burst into life with two goals i...Full Story »

Goals by Dan Agyei, Diallang Jaiyesimi, Brandon Cooper and Charlie Kelman earned Leyton Orient a 4-1 victory over Newport in their first-round Carabao Cup clash.Orient scored after just 43 seconds when Agyei collected a pass from Jayden Sweeney before steering the ball past County’s debutant keeper Jacob Carney and into the net off the inside of the far post.There were nine added minutes t...Full Story »

Rotherham had to produce a rallying performance to see off Crewe 2-1 in their Carabao Cup first-round tie.Steve Evans’ Millers had fallen behind in the second half to a Matus Holicek goal but Sam Nombe equalised and substitute Hakeem Odoffin won it for the hosts in the 86th minute.Rotherham missed a host of first half chances with Jonson Clarke-Harris close on two occasions to netting for ...Full Story »

Mark McGuinness and Rubin Colwill scored second-half goals to send Cardiff into the second round of the Carabao Cup with a 2-0 win over Bristol Rovers.McGuinness, the subject of interest from Luton, finally broke the deadlock at Cardiff City Stadium in the 68th minute when his header from Ollie Tanner’s corner just crossed the line before being cleared by Jake Garrett.Tanner’s introd...Full Story »

League Two Fleetwood celebrated a shock 2-1 Carabao Cup comeback victory at home to Championship West Brom on Tuesday night.The Baggies took an early lead through a cheeky Modou Faal finish, but the English third-tier side completed a fine turnaround in the first half thanks to impressive goals from both Ryan Graydon and Ronan Coughlan.The visitors had much more of the ball in the early stages a...Full Story »

League Two Harrogate produced an EFL Cup first-round upset as they won 2-1 at League One Lincoln.Second-half goals from Sam Folarin and James Daly were enough for ex-Imp Simon Weaver’s men, with substitute Jovon Makama grabbing a late penalty for Lincoln.An uninspired first half saw both teams cancel each other out, although Daly fired a shot narrowly over while he then created a great cha...Full Story »

Blackpool scored four second-half goals to reach the Carabao Cup second round with a resounding 4-0 win over 10-man Burton at the Pirelli Stadium.Albion had to play almost 80 minutes with 10 men after Ryan Sweeney saw red for blocking Ashley Fletcher’s goalbound effort on the line with his hand. Fletcher, though, failed to capitalise, seeing his penalty saved by Max Crocombe in the Burton ...Full Story »

League One Huddersfield ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at home to League Two Morecambe to book their place in the second round of the Carabao Cup.Both sides made eight changes to their weekend selections and Jaheim Headley, one of Huddersfield’s, opened the scoring just 30 seconds in, chesting home the rebound after Harry Burgoyne saved Lasse Sorensen’s shot.Sorensen was the provide...Full Story »

Rangers’ Champions League aspirations ended for another season with a 2-0 defeat by Dynamo Kyiv at Hampden Park where they ended up with 10 men.Following a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their third qualifier in Poland last week, the match struggled to spark into life until the 51st minute when new signing Jefte, making his first start for the Light Blues, was sent off by referee Marco ...Full Story »

Substitute Ellis Simms struck a 65th-minute winner as Coventry progressed to the second round of the Carabao Cup with a narrow 1-0 win over Championship rivals Bristol City at Ashton Gate.The striker had only been on the pitch for a matter of seconds when latching onto Kasey Palmer’s through ball and drilling a low shot past Bristol goalkeeper Stefan Bajic from 12 yards to the delight of n...Full Story »