In the EFL Cup second roundup Aston Villa, Leeds, Wolves, and Norwich were all big winners. Here are an EFL Cup roundup results where teams won comfortably against lower league opposition to advance in the competition. In other football matches, Everton, Brentford, Brighton, and Watford also won.
The second round of the EFL Cup concludes on Wednesday, with Burnley defeating Newcastle on 4-3 penalties, Southampton smashed Newport with 0-8 scores, and Arsenal thrashed West Brom with 0-6 goals. Losing narrowly to Watford, Crystal Palace was the only top-flight team to be eliminated in the night’s only all-Premier League match.
With teenager Cameron Archer scoring a hat-trick, Aston Villa thrashed League Two side Barrow on the road. Anwar El-Ghazi, who also had two assists, scored twice more, and Frederic Guilbert also found the back of the net.
Norwich City, who were smashed by Manchester City in the last match, were the other 6-0 Premier League winners destroying Bournemouth at Carrow Road. Christos Tzolis from the Canaries and Josh Sargent from the United States both scored twice.
To secure a 3-0 victory over Crewe Leeds had to wait until late in the game with goals from Kalvin Phillips and Jack Harrison coming in the final 12 minutes. Wolves thrashed Nottingham Forest, who is currently 24th in the Championship, but they also had to wait until the second half for all four goals, which came from Romain Saiss, Daniel Podence, Trincao, and Morgan Gibbs-White.
All clubs participating in European competitions this season – Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester, West Ham, and Tottenham – will join the second-round winners in the third round. Know football fixtures of EFP Cup third round.
EFL Cup roundup results
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 Green
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
Newcastle 0-0 Burnley (3-4 penalties)
Newport County 0-8 Southampton
West Brom 0-6 Burnley
