Carabao Cup review: Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest avoid first round scares
An overview of a busy first round in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, with 34 ties taking place...
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Championship sides Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest both survived scares among a host of Carabao Cup first-round ties to be settled on penalties.
Middlesbrough were held 3-3 over 90 minutes by League Two Notts County in an eventful game at the Riverside Stadium but prevailed 4-3 on spot-kicks.
Boro trailed three times in normal time but two goals from Ashley Fletcher and another from Enes Mahmutovic cancelled out a Jon Stead double and Tom Crawford strike. With extra time no longer played at this stage of the competition, Andy Lonergan then made two saves in the shoot-out.
Aitor Karanka's Nottingham Forest, reduced to 10 men after the first-half sending off of goalkeeper Jordan Smith, looked to be heading out at the City Ground until Matty Cash made it 1-1 against Bury with a stoppage-time equaliser. The Shakers had led since Eoghan O'Connell's second-minute strike. Forest won 10-9 on penalties.
Bristol City did go out to lower division opposition, falling 1-0 to League One Plymouth at Ashton Gate. Yann Songo'o claimed the only goal.
Frank Lampard's Derby eased into the second round with a comfortable 2-0 win at Oldham.
A goal in each half from Sam Graham (own goal) and Mason Mount (pictured, above) respectively was enough to beat the League Two Latics as Lampard's side bounced back from Saturday's 4-1 hammering by Leeds in the Sky Bet Championship.
Blackburn had no such worries as they thrashed Carlisle 5-1. Adam Armstrong and Bradley Dack both got on the scoresheet twice for Rovers with Kasey Palmer also on target.
Aston Villa were made to work hard for their 1-0 victory over League Two Yeovil at Huish Park. Alex Fisher missed a penalty for the Glovers before Conor Hourihane claimed Villa's 77th-minute winner.
West Brom also found things far from straightforward against League One Luton but eventually came through at The Hawthorns with a 62nd-minute goal from Oliver Burke.
Leeds prevailed 2-1 in their all-Championship clash with Bolton at Elland Road. Patrick Bamford and Saiz Samuel struck before Erhun Otzumer replied.
Reading saw off Birmingham 2-0 in another Championship meeting, Yakou Meite and John Swift netting their goals.
Carabao Cup winner odds (via Sky Bet)
- Manchester City - 9/2
- Manchester United - 5/1
- Chelsea - 6/1
- Liverpool - 7/1
- Arsenal - 15/2
- Tottenham - 15/2
Carabao Cup results
- Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bury (Forest win 10-9 on penalties)
- Blackpool 3-1 Barnsley
- Bristol City 0-1 Plymouth
- Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town
- Cambridge United 1-4 Newport County
- Carlisle 1-5 Blackburn Rovers
- Cheltenham Town 2-2 Colchester United (Cheltenham win 6-5 on penalties)
- Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town (Fleetwood win 4-3 on penalties)
- Exeter City 1-1 Ipswich Town (Exeter win 4-2 on penalties)
- Grimsby Town 0-2 Rochdale
- Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
- Macclesfield 1-1 Bradford City (Macclesfield win 4-2 on penalties)
- Mansfield 6-1 Accrington Stanley
- Middlesbrough 3-3 Notts County (Boro win 4-3 on penalties)
- Millwall 0-0 Gillingham (Millwall win 3-1 on penalties)
- MK Dons 3-0 Charlton Athletic
- Norwich City 3-1 Stevenage
- Oldham Athletic 0-2 Derby County
- Oxford United 2-0 Coventry City
- Port Vale 0-4 Lincoln City
- Portsmouth 1-2 AFC Wimbledon
- Preston North End 3-1 Morecambe
- QPR 2-0 Peterborough
- Rotherham United 3-1 Wigan Athletic
- Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
- Sheffield United 1-1 Hull City (Hull win 5-4 on penalties)
- Shrewsbury 1-2 Burton
- Southend United 2-4 Brentford
- Swindon Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
- Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall
- Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Northampton (Wycombe win 7-6 on penalties)
- Yeovil 0-1 Aston Villa
- Reading 2-0 Birmingham City
- West Brom 1-0 Luton Town
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Carabao Cup first round: Opta match facts
- Cheltenham Town midfielder Ryan Broom scored the earliest goal of the evening after just 43 seconds against Colchester.
- Bradley Dack has been directly involved in 16 goals in his last 14 games for Blackburn in all competitions (9 goals, 7 assists) including two goals and two assists against Carlisle this evening.
- Tyler Walker is the first player to score two penalties in a League Cup match since Dwight Gayle for Crystal Palace against Charlton in September 2015.
- Samuel Sáiz has scored five goals and assisted one more in his three League Cup appearances at Elland Road.
- Carlisle manager John Sheridan hasn’t won any of his last ten League Cup ties, a run stretching back to the 2008-09 season. He last progressed in a League Cup tie in the first round in 2008-09, with his Oldham side winning 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw at Rochdale.
- Fleetwood have reached the second round of the League Cup for the first time since their promotion to the Football League in 2012 having been eliminated at the first-round stage in each of the last six editions.
- MK Dons have progressed from their last nine League Cup first round ties, last losing at this stage in 2009-10 against Swindon Town.
- AFC Wimbledon’s 2-1 victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park was their first ever League Cup victory in what was their eighth game in the competition.
- Brentford have conceded in 27 consecutive League Cup games with their last clean sheet in the competition coming back in August 2001 in a 1-0 victory against Norwich.
- Wigan have conceded 3+ goals in back to back games for the first time since December 2016.
- Joe Pigott has scored in five of his last seven starts in all competitions for AFC Wimbledon (5 goals).
- Cambridge United have now conceded in 10 consecutive home games in all competitions conceding 16 goals in their last four games.
- Mansfield Town's 6-1 victory over Accrington Stanley is their biggest winning margin in a League Cup match versus a side from a higher division.
- There were eight penalty shootouts in the League Cup tonight (8), double the amount in the entire competition in 2017-18 (4).
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