Aston Villa, Leeds, Wolves and Norwich have been large winners in Tuesday evening’s EFL Cup second spherical fixtures, all successful comfortably in opposition to decrease league opposition to progress within the competitors.
Everton, Brentford, Brighton and Watford have been additionally victorious. There have been no big killings and Crystal Palace, who misplaced narrowly to Watford in the one all-Premier League tie of the evening, have been the only real top-flight staff to be eradicated.
A heavily-rotated Aston Villa thrashed League Two facet Barrow on the street, with teenage striker Cameron Archer netting a hat-trick. Two different objectives got here from Anwar El-Ghazi, who additionally bagged two assists, whereas Frederic Guilbert moreover discovered the web.
Norwich have been the opposite 6-0 winners from the Premier League, taking Bournemouth aside at Carrow Highway solely days after being smashed themselves by Manchester Metropolis. Canaries debutant Christos Tzolis and USA worldwide Josh Sargent every scored twice.
Leeds needed to wait till late on to safe their 3-0 win in opposition to Crewe, with the objectives from Kalvin Phillips and Jack Harrison all coming within the ultimate 12 minutes.
Wolves battered a somewhat hopeless Nottingham Forest, who presently prop up the Championship in twenty fourth place, but in addition waited till the second half for all 4 objectives, which got here from Romain Saiss, Daniel Podence, Trincao and Morgan Gibbs-White.
Everton, who performed the ultimate half hour in opposition to Huddersfield with ten gamers after Moise Kean was despatched off, received 2-1 courtesy of Andros Townsend’s 79th-minute winner. Brentford saved up their strong begin to the season by seeing off Forest Inexperienced 3-1, whereas Brighton received 2-0 in opposition to Cardiff.
Ashley Fletcher’s late objective for Watford was the distinction because the Hornets beat Crystal Palace at Vicarage Highway, which suggests Patrick Vieira remains to be ready for a primary win as Eagles boss.
Oldham 0-0 Accrington (5-4 on penalties)
Barrow 0-6 Aston Villa
Blackpool 2-3 Sunderland
Huddersfield 1-2 Everton
Leeds 3-0 Crewe
Morecambe 2-4 Preston
Sheffield United 2-1 Derby
Shrewsbury 0-2 Rochdale
Stoke 2-0 Doncaster
Wigan 0-0 Bolton (5-4 on penalties)
Nottingham Forest 0-4 Wolves
Norwich 6-0 Bournemouth
Swansea 4-1 Plymouth
Birmingham 0-2 Fulham
Brentford 3-1 Forest Inexperienced
Cardiff 0-2 Brighton
Gillingham 1-1 Cheltenham (5-4 on penalties)
Millwall 3-1 Cambridge
Northampton 0-1 AFC Wimbledon
QPR 2-0 Oxford
Stevenage 2-2 Wycombe
Watford 1-0 Crystal Palace
The EFL Cup second spherical concludes on Wednesday when Newcastle host Burnley, Southampton journey to Newport and Arsenal go to West Brom.
The second spherical winners will probably be joined within the third spherical by all golf equipment concerned in European competitions this season, having obtained byes as is the norm – Manchester Metropolis, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester, West Ham and Tottenham.
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