Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo refused to clear up why Diogo Jota was left out after his side crashed out of the Carabao Cup.Jacob Brown’s first goal for Stoke earned the Championship side a 1-0 second-round win at Molineux.Wolves’ record buy Fabio Silva blew a wonderful chance for a debut goal when he shot wide from six yards with 15 minutes left.Jota was a surprise omission having...Full Story »

Northern Ireland goalkeeper Trevor Carson was 10-man Motherwell’s penalty shoot-out hero as they survived a major scare in Coleraine to progress in the Europa League.Carson saved three penalties out of three to secure Motherwell’s first shoot-out win since 1999 following a 2-2 draw in the second qualifying round.First-half goals from strikers Callum Lang and Tony Watt had put Motherw...Full Story »

Ryan Hedges scored direct from a corner as Aberdeen beat Viking 2-0  in their Europa League qualifier at the Viking Stadion.In the one-legged tie in Norway both sides had chances in a wide-open first half before Ross McCrorie fired in a drive to put the visitors ahead just before the break.Aberdeen’s lead was fragile but Hedges, who scored a hat-trick in the 6-0 win over NSI Runavik i...Full Story »

Alireza Jahanbakhsh scored one and made another as a fully-changed Brighton side eased into the Carabao Cup third round by thumping Portsmouth 4-0.Iran international Jahanbakhsh teed up the first-half opener for Alexis Mac Allister, before thumping home to double the Seagulls’ advantage early in the second period.Bernardo and Viktor Gyokeres joined Mac Allister in claiming their first Albi...Full Story »

Stoke dumped Wolves out of the Carabao Cup after Jacob Brown showed up £35million man Fabio Silva.The Stoke winger climbed off the bench to score his first goal for the Potters to snatch a 1-0 second-round win over the Premier League outfit.Brown cost £2million from Barnsley last week and showed Wolves’ record buy Silva how to finish.We''re through to round three! 🙌#SCF...Full Story »

Marcelo Bielsa took full responsibility for Leeds’ poor display after they crashed out of the Carabao Cup to Hull 9-8 on penalties.Hull forward Mallik Wilks’ deflected shot early in the first half appeared to have sunk his former club, but Ezgjan Alioski made it 1-1 deep in stoppage time by slamming home an equaliser Bielsa’s side did not deserve.The Tigers held their nerve in ...Full Story »

Hull clinched a deserved upset at Leeds in the Carabao Cup second round after winning a penalty shootout 9-8.Tigers defender Alfie Jones scored the decisive penalty after Leeds had been fortunate to force a 1-1 draw through Ezgjan Alioski’s stoppage-time equaliser.Hull had deservedly led through forward Mallik Wilks, who appeared to have sunk his former club with a deflected early first-ha...Full Story »

Brentford shrugged off a mini coronavirus crisis to dump Premier League Southampton out of the Carabao Cup with a surprise 2-0 success at St Mary’s.Quickfire first-half goals from Bees pair Christian Norgaard and Josh Dasilva upset a full-strength Saints side.The Sky Bet Championship club’s plans for the second-round tie had been considerably disrupted by an unnamed player testing po...Full Story »

Aleksandar Mitrovic scored the only goal of the game to put Fulham through to the third round of the Carabao Cup in a 1-0 victory over Ipswich at Portman Road.Named as stand-in captain on his 26th birthday, the Serbian capped off the day with a powerful header past goalkeeper David Cornell to give his side a crucial first-half lead.The goal was also Mitrovic’s 50th for the club on his 102n...Full Story »

West Brom breezed past Harrogate 3-0 to book their spot in the Carabao Cup third round.Rekeem Harper, Hal Robson-Kanu and Callum Robinson struck as the Baggies avoided an upset on a routine win against their Sky Bet League Two visitors.Gutsy Town battled well but were ultimately undone by three moments of quality from their Premier League hosts.Simon Weaver’s side made a vibrant start, det...Full Story »

Burnley will be without the experienced trio of Jack Cork, Ashley Barnes and Ben Mee for their Carabao Cup second round tie at home to Sheffield United.Barnes, who has not played since January because of a groin problem, is close to a return but he will not feature until probably next week.Mee has not played a competitive match since the end of June because of a thigh strain and he too is being ...Full Story »

Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce admitted the Premier League side were fortunate to squeeze past Sky Bet Championship Blackburn and into the Carabao Cup third round.The Magpies head coach made 10 changes to the side which had won so impressively at West Ham in the league on Saturday and saw his under-studies labour to a hard-fought 1-0 win at St James’ Park courtesy of a debut goal from Ry...Full Story »

David Moyes hopes Sebastien Haller can find his goalscoring form after West Ham’s record signing fired them to a 3-0 Carabao Cup win over Charlton.Haller scored twice in the space of four first-half minutes and Felipe Anderson added a late third as the Hammers eased into round three.“Probably the only disappointment is we should have won more comfortably,” said boss Moyes.&ldqu...Full Story »

Lincoln manager Michael Appleton is relishing the prospect of a home third-round Carabobo Cup third-round tie against Liverpool next week.The Imps thrashed Bradford City 5-0 in the second round at Valley Parade to book the date with the Premier League champions.Lincoln made the best possible start, racing into a 2-0 lead against their League Two opponents after six minutes.The first goal came af...Full Story »

Ryan Fraser fired Newcastle into the third round of the Carabao Cup with a goal on his debut as the Premier League side edged past Sky Bet Championship Blackburn 1-0.Fraser’s 35th-minute strike was all that separated the sides on a night when the visitors more than made a game of it against a Magpies side featuring 10 changes from the weekend, but crucially could not find a way past goalke...Full Story »

Derby manager Phillip Cocu thought his team were ‘handed’ a rough deal when an added-time penalty gave Preston a 2-1 win at Pride Park.Lee Buchanan was adjudged to have handled a cross at the end of the Carabao Cup second round tie but Cocu insisted it struck the left-back in the face.Preston had been the better side in the first half with Sean Maguire wasting a good chance before Ja...Full Story »

Coventry manager Mark Robins felt game management and a lack of ruthlessness cost them dearly after their Carabao Cup penalty shoot-out defeat to Gillingham.Max Biamou looked as though he had sent the Sky Blues through to the third round but Jordan Graham’s penalty deep in added time rescued the tie for the hosts.Gillingham then went on to win the shootout with Michael Rose – who had...Full Story »

Fleetwood clinched a battling 2-1 victory over Port Vale to reach the third round of the Carabao Cup for the first time.Goals from Paddy Madden and Josh Morris did the damage as the League One outfit avoided an upset at the Highbury Stadium to book their place in the draw for the next round.Defeat for Vale saw their longest unbeaten run for 19 years ended having previously gone 11 games without ...Full Story »

Patrick Schmidt and Jordan Williams were on target as Barnsley set up a Carabao Cup trip to Chelsea following a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough in an all-Championship second-round tie at the Riverside Stadium.First-half goals from Schmidt and Williams settled things on Teesside, with the Tykes comprehensively outplaying their opponents, who finished four places above them in the Sky Bet Champions...Full Story »

Millwall reached the Carabao Cup third round for just the second time since 2011 after Matt Smith rounded off a comfortable 3-1 victory over Cheltenham.The striker tapped home on the hour to wrap up the contest and set up a tie with either Burnley or Sheffield United, to be played at The Den next week.Ryan Leonard fired home superbly to give the hosts an early lead, with Connor Mahoney capping o...Full Story »