Match report: Newport County 0-2 West Ham
Stuart James made the trip to Rodney Parade to see Jack Wilshere get amongst the goals for West Ham.
Match report: Crewe 1-6 Aston Villa
Jamie Jackson was at Gresty Road to see Crewe Alexandra swatted aside by rampant Villa.
Carabao Cup results
- Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brighton
- Burton Albion 4-0 Morecambe
- Cardiff City 0-3 Luton Town
- Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich City
- Crewe Alexandra 1-6 Aston Villa
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester United*
- Fulham 0-1 Southampton
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Macclesfield (abandoned)
- Leeds United 2-2 Stoke City*
- Newport County 0-2 West Ham
- Nottingham Forest 2-0 Derby County
- *Oxford United 2-2 Millwall
- Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Reading
- *Preston 2-2 Hull City
- Rochdale 2-1 Carlisle United
- Sheffield United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Southend United 1-4 MK Dons
- Watford 3-0 Coventry City
- * Though on penalties
Oxford and Preston also through on penalties: Having been on the verge of elimination in added time, Oxford have advanced to the third round. Preston have prevailed at Deepdale in their all Championship tie against Hull City.
REDEMPTION!!! KIND OF!!! After a rough couple of weeks, Jack Butland takes and scores Stoke’s final penalty, before Leeds hit the post with their final effort. Stoke go through!
Crystal Palace are out!!! Andros Townsend missed the Premier League’s first penalty against Colchester United and the League Two side went on to win the shoot-out 5-4.
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Bury latest: As the penalty shoot-outs to decide the four drawn ties go on, here’s David Conn with the latest on the disaster that has befallen Bury today. He reveals that the appalling state of the club’s finances led to the modern and analytical potential buyers pulling abruptly out of the deal to buy and save the club. Read on ...
Full time: Crawley 1-0 Norwich City For just the second time in their history, go into the third round of the League Cup after knocking out Norwich City from the Premier League. It is a measure of just how seriously Norwich were taking this competition that Daniel Farke made 11 changes from the side that lost against Chelsea on Saturday. He won’t be bothered about going out of this competition, but hats off to Gabriele Cioffi’s League Two side, who could only beat the team that lined up against them.
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Carabao Cup results
- Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brighton
- Burton Albion 4-0 Morecambe
- Cardiff City 0-3 Luton Town
- Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich City
- Crewe Alexandra 1-6 Aston Villa
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester United
- Fulham 0-1 Southampton
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Macclesfield (abandoned)
- Leeds United 2-2 Stoke City
- Newport County 0-2 West Ham
- Nottingham Forest 2-0 Derby County
- Oxford United 2-2 Millwall
- Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Reading
- Preston 2-2 Hull City
- Rochdale 2-1 Carlisle United
- Sheffield United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Southend United 1-4 MK Dons
- Watford 3-0 Coventry City
- Matches in bold going to penalties
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Preston 2-2 Hull City: Jarrod Bowen scores in the fifth minute of added time to level proceedings at Deepdale.
Oxford 2-2 Millwall: James Henry scores a penalty against his old club in the fourth minute of added time to take the tie to penalties.
THE REF AT GRIMSBY v MACCLESFIELD IS CALLED DARREN DRYSDALE!
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) August 27, 2019
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Plymouth 2-4 Reading: With Plymouth pushing forward looking for an equaliser, Reading attack on the break and Yakou Meite scores his second in four minutes to win the tie for Reading.
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Brighton: Glenn Murray sweeps home from the edge of the six-yard box to give Brighton a late lead.
Plymouth 2-3 Reading: A Yakou Meite penalty in the 87th minute puts Reading ahead and means we may not need penalties at Home Park.
Oxford 1-2 Millwall: Mark Sykes keeps Oxford United in with a shout against Millwall with three minutes to go.
Crewe 1-6 Aston Villa: Stop it, Jack Grealish. They’re already dead!
Crewe 1-5 Aston Villa: Ryan Wintle scores past Jed Steer into the bottom left-hand corner to round off a nice solo move for Crewe.
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- Bristol Rovers 1-1 Brighton
- Burton Albion 4-0 Morecambe
- Cardiff City 0-3 Luton Town
- Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich City
- Crewe Alexandra 1-5 Aston Villa
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester United
- Fulham 0-1 Southampton
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Macclesfield (match abandoned)
- Leeds United 2-2 Stoke City
- Newport County 0-2 West Ham
- Nottingham Forest 2-0 Derby County
- Oxford United 0-2 Millwall
- Plymouth Argyle 2-2 Reading
- Preston 2-1 Hull City
- Rochdale 2-1 Carlisle United
- Sheffield United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Southend United 1-3 MK Dons
- Watford 3-0 Coventry City
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Derby County: Joao Carvalho gets on the scoresheet at the City Ground.
Leeds United 2-2 Stoke City: Having been two goals up, Stoke’s misery continues. Leeds have just equalised through Helder Costa, who headed home from the edge of the six-yard box to score his first goal for Leeds.
Southend 1-3 MK Dons: Hiram Boatang riffs on Southend’s Roots Hall pain.
Crewe 0-5 Aston Villa: Frederic Guilbert sees no harm in stealing the pennies from a dead man’s eyes and adds No5 for Villa.
An absolute glut of goals to report: Cardiff City 0-3 Luton Town, Crewe 0-4 Aston Villa, Burton 4-0 Morecambe, Plymouth 2-2 Reading, Rochdale 2-1 Carlisle, Sheffield United 2-1 Blackburn.
Josh Barrett has just scored his second for Reading - an absolute purler from distance into the top corner, while Liam Boyce has wrapped up his hat-trick for Burton Albion against Morecambe.
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Leeds United 1-2 Stoke City: Currently enduring the worst spell of his career, the Jack Butland horror show continues. Having been dropped from the Stoke side that lost against the same opposition in the Championship on Saturday after a string of poor performances, the Stoke goalkeeper is recalled tonight only to make rather a mess of a clearance and Leeds capitalise through Eddie Nketiah.
Carabao Cup second round latest
- Bristol Rovers 1-1 Brighton
- Burton Albion 3-0 Morecambe
- Cardiff City 0-2 Luton Town
- Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich City
- Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Aston Villa
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester United
- Fulham 0-1 Southampton
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Macclesfield (match abandoned at HT)
- Leeds United 1-2 Stoke City
- Newport County 0-2 West Ham
- Nottingham Forest 2-0 Derby County
- Oxford United 0-2 Millwall
- Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Reading
- Preston 2-1 Hull City
- Rochdale 2-0 Carlisle United
- Sheffield United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Southend United 0-2 MK Dons
- Watford 2-0 Coventry City
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Brighton: Tom Nichols equalises for the Gas against Brighton in the 64th minute.
Cardiff City 0-2 Luton Town: Alan Sheehan turns the screw on Cardiff City in this all Championship tie.
Cardiff City 0-2 West Ham: Pablo Fornals scores his first goal for West Ham. A low cross evades several players as it trundles across the edge of the six yard box and he pokes home. They all count!
Grimsby v Macclesfield: The tie has been abandoned after a pitch inspection with the tie scoreless. There was torrential rain in the first half and after waiting 10 minutes after the second half was due to kick off, the referee has called it off because the pitch is waterlogged.
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Plymouth 2-1 Reading: Former Everton starlet Jose Baxter, puts Plymouth back in front against Reading at Home Park with a shot from outside the penalty area.
Fulham 0-1 Southampton: Republic of Ireland international Michael Obafemi puts his side ahead at Craven Cottage.
Watford 2-0 Coventry City: Some much-needed respite for beleaguered Watford manager looks very much ahoy, as Daryl Janmaat doubles Watford’s lead.
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Southend 1-1 MK Dons: Not content with having a name out of the top drawer, Brandon Goodship equalises for Southend at Roots Hall.
Oxford United 0-2 Millwall: Jon Dadi Bodvarsson scores his second of the game to edge Millwall closer to the third round.
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Brighton: Aaron Connolly scores from close range after a shot from distance took a lucky deflection into his path.
Burton 3-0 Morecambe: Ryan Edwards scores his first goal for Burton to give them what looks like an unassailable lead against Morecambe.
Bury FC Crisis: Last minute deadline day proposed deals being lobbed in - to save a 134 year old club from financial ruin and expulsion from the Football League. (Note: this is the time of English football's greatest ever £boom ...). https://t.co/Mas5AMbV59
— David Conn (@david_conn) August 27, 2019
Carabao Cup second round half-times
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Brighton
- Burton Albion 2-0 Morecambe
- Cardiff City 0-1 Luton Town
- Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich City
- Crewe Alexandra 0-3 Aston Villa
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester United
- Fulham 0-0 Southampton
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Macclesfield Town
- Leeds United 0-2 Stoke City
- Newport County 0-1 West Ham
- Nottingham Forest 2-0 Derby County
- Oxford United 0-1 Millwall
- Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Reading
- Preston 2-1 Hull City
- Rochdale 2-0 Carlisle United
- Sheffield United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Southend United 0-2 MK Dons
- Watford 1-0 Coventry City
Sheffield United 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: Oliver Norwood puts Sheffield United 2-0 up, capitalising on an excellent assist from Ravel Morrison.
Crewe 0-3 Aston Villa: Conor Hourihane heads home his second of the night to put the tie beyond Crewe of League Two.
Burton 2-0 Morecambe: Liam Boyce scores his second of the night in one of the more glamourous ties of the evening.
Cardiff 0-1 Luton Town: Luton lead through a Junior Hoilett own goal.
Newport County 0-1 West Ham: Jack Wilshere scores his first goal since January 2018, capitalising on a defensive blunder to score a nice individual goal.
Leeds 0-2 Stoke City: Sam Vokes fires home, getting on the end of a pull-back from the byline after good work from Tyrese Campbell.
Leeds 0-1 Stoke City: Stoke City manager Nathan Jones is a man under pressure after a dreadful start to the season, but has Danny Bath to thank for putting his side ahead tonight.
Southend 0-2 MK Dons: Callum Brittain spanks one into the top corner to double MK Dons’ lead at Southend. Still without a point in League One, the Shrimpers will probably see elimination from this competition as a merciful release.
Watford 1-0 Coventry: Ismaila Sarr takes advantage of some atrocious marking to latch on to a wonderful through ball from Isaac Success and fire into the bottom into the bottom left-hand corner.
Rochdale 2-0 Carlisle: Matt Done doubles Rochdale’s lead against Carlisle.
Burton 1-0 Morecambe: Liam Boyce opens the scoring at the Pirelli Stadium Princess Way.
Southend 0-1 MK Dons: Rhys Healey has done a goal.
Plymouth 1-1 Reading: Josh Barrett scores from a tight angle to equalise for Reading.
Preston 2-1 Hull City: Norn Iron international Josh Magennis scores from the spot to get Hull back into this all Championship tie.
Nottingham Forest 2-0 Derby: Joe Lolley heads past Ben Hamer after attacking Albert Adomah’s cross from the left.
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Steve Dale says he’s passed three bids to the EFL.
— Mike Minay (@MikeMinay) August 27, 2019
One from former Gateshead owner Joseph Cala, another from a Swiss firm and the final one via Ivan Lewis MP. #BuryFC
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Sheffield United 1-0 Blackburn: Having given away a penalty from which Blackburn failed to score, Richard Stearman gives his side the lead with a diving header.
Oxford 0-1 Millwall: Jon Dadi Bodvarsson scores his first goal for Millwall since signing from Reading in the summer. He fires a low drive into the bottom corner after a jinking run.
Preston 2-0 Hull City: Josh Harrop reacts quickest to prod the ball into an empty net after latching on to a rebound from Hull City goalkeeper Matt Ingram
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Derby County: Albert Adomah stabs the ball home at the far post. Joe Lolley stroked the ball into the penalty area from a corner, it was flicked towards Adomah and he made no mistake.
Crewe 0-2 Aston Villa: Having had a goal disallowed, Crewe now go two behind, after Conor Hourihane slots home on 24 minutes.
Plymouth 1-0 Reading: Ryan Taylor scores a scrappy opener to put his League Two side one up against Championship opposition.
Preston 1-0 Hull City: Paul Huntington gets above his mind to get on the end of a Josh Harrop free-kick and head his side in front at Deepdale.
Crawley Town 1-0 Norwich City: League Two side Crawley have gone ahead against Norwich City, with Beryly Lubula putting them ahead after 17 minutes. Norwich manager Daniel Farke has rotated his squad, fielding an entirely different team to that that which was beaten by Chelsea at the weekend.
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Bury latest: The Guardian’s North of England correspondent Josh Halliday has spent much of today at Gigg Lane, where Bury’s league membership and very existence looks in grave doubt. Here’s his take, along with the latest on some late new bids.
Carabao Cup - second round latest
After 15 minutes of action, the goals are just flying in on a hi-octane white-knuckle ride of League Cup action.
- Bristol Rovers 0-0 Brighton
- Burton Albion 0-0 Morecambe
- Cardiff City 0-0 Luton Town
- Crawley Town 0-0 Norwich City
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Aston Villa
- Crystal Palace 0-0 Colchester United
- Fulham 0-0 Southampton
- Grimsby Town 0-0 Macclesfield Town
- Leeds United 0-0 Stoke City
- Newport County 0-0 West Ham
- Nottingham Forest 0-0 Derby County
- Oxford United 0-0 Millwall
- Plymouth Argyle 0-0 Reading
- Preston 0-0 Hull City
- Rochdale 1-0 Carlisle United
- Sheffield United 0-0 Blackburn Rovers
- Southend United 0-0 MK Dons
- Watford 0-0 Coventry City
Rochdale 1-0 Carlisle: Aaron Morley gives the League One side the lead over Carlisle from a division below at Spotland.
Sheffield United 0-0 Blackburn: Blackburn miss a penalty, with Adam Armstrong having his effort saved by Simon Moore after Bradley Dack was brought down in the box by Richard Stearman.
Fulham 0-0 Southampton: Fulham have gone close with a free-kick from outside the area, with Stefan Johansen rattling the cross-bar.
Crewe 0-1 Aston Villa: Ezri Konza has just headed Aston Villa in front from close range at Crewe, after the home side failed to clear a corner properly.
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Peeeeep! The first whistles of tonight’s 18 ties are blown and games the length and breadth of England and Wales kick off.
A quick reminder – if any of tonight’s ties end up level after 90 minutes, they’ll go straight to penalties. Extra time has been scrapped and for that we should all be grateful.
Oxford United v Millwall line-ups
Oxford Utd: Eastwood, Long, Moore, Mousinho, Berkoe, Baptiste, Hanson, Sykes, Hall, Mackie, Forde.
Subs: Cadden, Dickie, Woodburn, Stevens, Henry, Thorne, Goodrham.
Millwall: Steele, McCarthy, Hutchinson, Cooper, Ferguson, O’Brien, Molumby, Williams, Mitchell, Elliott, Bodvarsson.
Subs: Murray Wallace, Thompson, Smith, Romeo, Leonard, Mahoney, Bialkowski.
Grimsby v Macclesfield line-ups
Grimsby: McKeown, Hendrie, Ohman, Pollock, Gibson, Hewitt, Hessenthaler, Cook, Wright, Green, Vernam.
Subs: Hanson, Whitehouse, Cardwell, Ogbu, Ring, Russell, Starbuck.
Macclesfield: Evans, Fitzpatrick, Welch-Hayes, Horsfall, Cameron, Clarke, McCourt, Kirby, Rose, Osadebe, Blyth.
Subs: Vassell, Ironside, Archibald, Charles-Cook, O’Keeffe, Gomis, Ntambwe.
Rochdale v Carlisle line-ups
Rochdale: Sanchez, Matheson, O’Connell, Magloire, Done, Keohane, Morley, Ryan, Camps, Dooley, Andrew.
Subs: McLaughlin, Delaney, Lynch, Norrington-Davies, Rathbone, Henderson, Pyke.
Carlisle: Collin, Elliot, Webster, Knight-Percival, Iredale, Bridge, Jones, Scougall, Thomas, Olomola, Hope.
Subs: Carroll, Mellish, Gray, Branthwaite, Loft, Sorensen, McKirdy.
Nottingham Forest v Derby County line-ups
Nottm Forest: Samba, Cash, Tobias Figueiredo, Worrall, Yuri Ribeiro, Johnson, Bostock, Semedo, Lolley, Mir, Adomah.
Subs: Grabban, Joao Carvalho, Jenkinson, Ameobi, Tiago Silva, Chema, Muric.
Derby: Hamer, Holmes, Davies, Clarke, Buchanan, Shinnie, Evans, Whittaker, Sibley, Paterson, Bennett.
Subs: Keogh, Lawrence, Marriott, Roos, Knight, Bird, Mitchell-Lawson.
Cardiff v Luton line-ups
Cardiff: Day, Coxe, Nelson, Flint, Brown, Vaulks, Paterson, Whyte, Vassell, Hoilett, Bogle.
Subs: Bennett, Madine, Brian Murphy, Bodenham, Waite, Moore, d’Almeida.
Luton: Shea, Bree, Jones, Sheehan, Galloway, Mpanzu, Berry, Moncur, Brown, Lee, Jervis.
Subs: Stech, Potts, McManaman, Shinnie, Bolton, Butterfield, Neufville.
Plymouth v Reading line-ups
Plymouth: Cooper, Wootton, Canavan, Josh Grant, Edwards, Tafari Moore, Baxter, Mayor, McFadzean, Taylor, Rudden.
Subs: Sawyer, Aimson, Conor Grant, Lolos, Randell, Palmer, Fletcher.
Reading: Walker, Howe, Osho, Odimayo, Obita, Loader, Rinomhota, Adam, Barrett, Olise, Meite.
Subs: Morrison, Baldock, Boye, Virginia, Medford-Smith, Coleman, Nevers.
Southend v MK Dons line-ups
Southend: Bishop, Blackman, Shaughnessy, Lennon, Demetriou, Milligan, Hamilton, Humphrys, Mantom, Cox, Goodship.
Subs: Oxley, Bwomono, Hyam, Ridgewell, Kiernan, Ndukwu, Kelman.
MK Dons: Moore, Walsh, Martin, Lewington, Brittain,
Gilbey, Poole, Kasumu, Healey, Bowery, Agard.
Subs: Nicholls, Williams, Cargill, Dickenson, Houghton, Boateng, Nombe.
Burton Albion v Morecambe line-ups
Burton Albion: O’Hara, Brayford, O’Toole, Wallace, Daniel, Edwards, Quinn, Fraser, Akins, Boyce, Sarkic.
Subs: Templeton, Bywater, Sbarra, Hutchinson, Nartey, Anderson, Buxton.
Morecambe: Halstead, Tanner, Sutton, Old, Conlan, Brewitt, Wildig, Oates, Alessandra, Ellison, Stockton.
Subs: Leitch-Smith, Jagne, Miller, Cranston, Roche, O’Sullivan, Tutte.
Leeds United v Stoke City line-ups
Leeds: Casilla, Berardi, Phillips, Davis, Shackleton, Bogusz, McCalmont, Douglas, Helder Costa, Nketiah, Clarke.
Subs: Forshaw, White, Bamford, Alioski, Harrison, Miazek, Gotts.
Stoke: Butland, Smith, Batth, Carter-Vickers, Martins Indi, Ward, Woods, Clucas, Ince, Vokes, Campbell.
Subs: Etebo, Davies, Hogan, Verlinden, Cousins, Duffy, Collins.
Referee: Oliver Langford (W Midlands)
Preston v Hull City line-ups
Preston: Ripley, Browne, Storey, Huntington, Ginnelly, Bayliss, Ledson, Potts, Harrop, Green, Barkhuizen.
Subs: Crowe, Rafferty, Stockley, Baxter, O’Reilly, Walker,
Bodin.
Hull: Ingram, McKenzie, Pennington, Tafazolli, Fleming, Toral, Batty, Da Silva Lopes, Bowler, Magennis, Dicko.
Subs: Long, De Wijs, Burke, Stewart, Eaves, Bowen, Lewis-Potter.
Watford v Coventry line-ups
Watford: Gomes, Foulquier, Kabasele, Mariappa, Janmaat, Sarr, Quina, Chalobah, Pereyra, Success, Welbeck
Subs: Bachmann, Prodl, Femenia, Cleverley, Dele-Bashiru, Deulofeu, Penaranda
Coventry: Wilson, Mason, Rose, Kelly, Hiwula, Hyam, O’Hare, Bakayoko, Dabo, Kastaneer, Eccles
Subs: Marosi, McFadzean, Jobello, Godden, Westbrooke, Shipley, McCallum
Newport County v West Ham
Newport: Townsend, Haynes, Howkins, O’Brien, McNamara, Willmott, Dolan, Sheehan, Amond, Whitely, Abrahams
Subs: King, Leadbitter, Bennett, Collins, Maloney, Ekpiteta, Inniss
West Ham: Roberto, Zabaleta, Balbuena, Diop, Cresswell, Sanchez, Wishere, Fornals, Snodgrass, Antonio, Ajeti
Subs: Fabianski, Johnson, Ogbonna, Coventry, Rice, Anderson, Haller
Crystal Palace v Colchester line-ups
Crystal Palace: Hennessey, Kelly, Dann, Woods, Riedewald, McCarthy, Camarasa, Townsend, Meyer, Wickham, Benteke
Subs: Henderson, Kouyate, Ayew, Zaha, Cahill, Tavares, Kirby
Colchester: Gerken, Jackson, Prosser, Senior, Norris, Comley, Eastman, Gambin, Stevenson, Clampin, Nouble
Subs: Ross, Brown, Kensdale, Chilvers, Poku, James, Cowan-Hall
Crawley Town v Norwich City line-ups
Crawley: Luyambula, Doherty, Dallison, Grego-Cox, Palmer, Ferguson, Sesay, Tunnicliffe, Bulman, Camara, Lubala
Subs: Morris, Morais, Francomb, Galach, Young, Nadesan, Nathaniel-George
Norwich: Fahramann, Byram, Zimmermann, Klose, Heise, Amadou, McLean, Roberts, Srbeny, Vrancic, Idah
Subs: Krul, Aarons, Godfrey, Leitner, Lewis, Buendia, Stiepermann
Bristol Rovers v Brighton line-ups
Bristol Rovers: Jaakkola, Hare, Davies, Kilgour, Craig, Leahy, Upson, Clarke, Ogogo, Nichols, Adeboyejo
Subs: Van Stappershoef, Kelly, Little, Bennett, Rodman, Smith, Clarke-Harris
Brighton: Button, Balogun, Webster, Bong, Bernardo, Alzate, Mooy, Jahanbakhsh, Murray, Connolly, Gross
Subs: Steele, Davies, Cochrane, Sanders, Roberts, Baluta, Ahannach
Sheffield United v Blackburn line-ups
Sheffield United: Moore, McBurnie, Sharp, Morrison, Jagielka, Norwood, K. Freeman, Stearman, Bryan, Osborn, Bešić.
Subs: Stevens, Basham, Lundstram, L. Freeman, McGoldrick, Verrips, Mousset.
Blackburn: Leutwiler, Nyambe, Lenihan, Williams, Cunningham, Evans, Smallwood, Buckley, Dack, Rothwell, Armstrong
Subs: Walton, Grayson, Rankin-Costello, Chapman, Travis, Gallagher, Graham
Crewe v Aston Villa line-ups
Crewe: Richards, Ng, Wintle, Lancashire, Nolan, Porter, Kirk, Ainley, Lowery, Dale, Adebisi
Subs: Jaaskelainen, Powell, Jones, Green, Finney, Hunt, Anene
Aston Villa: Steer, Elmohamady, Konsa, Hause, Targett, Nakamba, Hourihane, Lansbury, Jota, El Ghazi, Davis
Subs: Nyland, Luiz, Grealish, Guilbert, Tshibola, Ramsey, Archer
Fulham v Southampton line-ups
Fulham: Rodak, Christie, McDonald, Le Marchand, Bryan, O’Riley, Onomah, Johansen, Kamara, De La Torre, Reid
Subs: Norman, Opoku, Odoi, Sessegnon, Davis, Francois, Taylor-Crossdale
Southampton: McCarthy, Cedric, Danso, Bednarek, Romeu, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Boufal, Djenepo, Redmond, Obafemi
Subs: Gunn, Stephens, Yoshida, Armstrong, Long, Valey, Ings
Bury latest: According to Sky Sports News, talks are ongoing about the future of Bury and there are three fresh offers for the club on the table. More on that as we get it.
Watford v Coventry City: Watford hand first starts to Danny Welbeck and Ismaila Sarr. League One side Coventry make six changes with Callum O’Hare, Gervane Kastaneer and Josh Eccles earning their first starts of the season.
Newport County v West Ham: While he isn’t a member of their squad, former Manchester City and Swansea striker Wilfried Bony has been training with the League Two side in a bid to keep himself in shape as he looks for a new club. Newport manager Mike Flynn has been singing the Ivorian’s praises.
Carabao Cup: Round Two
It’s the first of two nights of Carabao Cup second round action and we’ve 18 matches to stay across tonight. Newport County v West Ham is being televised live on Sky Sports, while Nottingham Forest v Derby County and – according to the competition’s official website – Crystal Palace v Colchester United are among the pick of the other “fascinating fixtures”.
We’ll keep you up to speed on what’s going on, while also monitoring the goings-on, or lack of them, at Bury FC and Bolton Wanderers. Both clubs have been plunged into crisis and are on the brink of expulsion from the league run by the organisers of this Cup competition.
It’s been a busy day at EFL HQ, where it seems the promotion of this competition has long been more of a priority than preventing the kind of poor ownership that leads to member clubs teetering on the brink of oblivion.
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