Full action with 18 games included on Tuesday’s (27/8) schedule, in Round 2 of the English League Cup!
The teams of the Premier League celebrated comfortable qualifications, while in the only surprise of the evening, the Barrow fourth-tier side knocked out Championship side Derby County on penalties after they drew 0–0 in regular time.
OR Middlesbrough suffered a painful elimination, knowing the very heavy 5-0 home defeat by the Stokewhile the Barnsley of the third category excluded the Sheffield Unitedcelebrating the 1-0 win. OR Everton comfortably overcame (3-0) the obstacle of Doncaster, while with an imposing four they qualified Brighton (4-0 Crawley), Leicester (4-0 Tranmere) and Crystal Palace (4-0 Norwich).
From the rest of the results, her double (0-1) stood out Leyton Orient (3rd division team) at the home of Millwall, which competes in the Championship, while a comfortable qualification was also celebrated by Fulham by Marco Silva, beating Birmingham 2-0.
The results of Tuesday (27/8) in the 2nd round of the English League Cup:
Middlesbrough-Stoke 0-5
Barnsley-Sheffield United 1-0
Barrow-Derby County 0-0 (3-2 on penalties)
Blackburn-Blackpool 1-2
Brighton-Crawley 4-0
Coventry-Oxford United 1-0
Everton-Doncaster 3-0
Fleetwood-Rotherham 2-1
Grimsby-Sheffield Wednesday 1-5
Harrogate-Preston 0-5
Leicester-Tranmere 4-0
Millwall-Leyton Orient 0-1
QPR-Luton 1-1 (4-1 on penalties)
Shrewsbury-Bolton 0-2
Walsall-Huddersfield 3-2
Birmingham-Fulham 0-2
Warford-Plymouth 2-0
Crystal Palace-Norwich 4-0
The schedule for Wednesday (28/8):
Wolves-Burnley (21:30)
Wimbledon-Ipswich (21:45)
Cardiff-Southampton
Colchester-Bradford
Swansea-Wycombe
West Ham-Bournemouth
Nottingham Forest-Newcastle (22:00)
Source: Sport Fm
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