Carabao Cup: 9 Fixtures goes Straight to Penalties

Title sides Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest both survived alarms among a large group of Carabao Cup first-round connections to be settled on punishments.

Middlesbrough was held 3-3 more than an hour and a half by League Two Notts County in a momentous diversion at the Riverside Stadium, however, won 4-3 on spot-kicks.

Boro trailed three times in typical time, however, two objectives from Ashley Fletcher and another from Enes Mahmutovic counterbalanced a Jon Stead twofold and Tom Crawford strike. With additional time never again played at this phase of the opposition, Andy Lonergan at that point made two spares in the shoot-out.

Timberland decreased to 10 men after the main half sending off of goalkeeper Jordan Smith, seemed to take off at the City Ground until the point that Matty Cash made it 1-1 against Bury with a stoppage-time equalizer. The Shakers had driven since Eoghan O'Connell's second-minute strike. Backwoods won 10-9 on punishments.

Bristol City went out to bring down division resistance, falling 1-0 to League One Plymouth at Ashton Gate. Yann Songo's asserted the main objective.

Blackburn had no such stresses as they whipped Carlisle 5-1. Adam Armstrong and Bradley Dack both got on the scoresheet twice for Rovers with Kasey Palmer likewise on target.

Aston Villa was made to buckle down for their 1-0 triumph over League Two Yeovil at Huish Park. Alex Fisher missed a punishment for the Glovers before Conor Hourihane asserted Villa's 77th-minute champ.

West Brom likewise discovered things a long way from clear against League One Luton yet, in the end, came through at The Hawthorns with a 62nd-minute objective from Oliver Burke.

Leeds won 2-1 in their everything Championship conflict with Bolton at Elland Road. Patrick Bamford and Saiz Samuel struck before Erhun Otzumer answered.

Perusing saw off Birmingham 2-0 in another Championship meeting, Yakou Meite and John Swift netting their goals.


Here are the full Carabao Cup results:

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bury (Forest win 10-9 on pens)

Blackpool 3-1 Barnsley

Carlisle United 1-5 Blackburn Rovers

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town (Fleetwood win 4-3 on pens)

Grimsby Town 0-2 Rochdale

Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

Macclesfield Town 1-1 Bradford City (Macclesfield win 4-2 on pens)

Mansfield Town 6-1 Accrington Stanley

Middlesbrough 3-3 Notts County (Boro win 4-3 on pens)


Oldham Athletic 0-2 Derby County

Port Vale 0-4 Lincoln City

Preston North End 3-1 Morcambe

Rotherham United 3-1 Wigan Athletic

Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

Sheffield United 1-1 Hull City (Hull win 5-4 on pens)


Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United lost on pens
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Burton Albion

Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall

Bristol City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town

Cambridge United 1-4 Newport County

Cheltenham Town 2-2 Colchester United (Cheltenham win 6-5 on pens)