Tuesdays Carabao Cup review

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Carabao Cup review: Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest avoid first round scares (August 14 2018)

An overview of a busy first round in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday, with 34 ties taking place..

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.
Mason Mount celebrates with his teammates after scoring for Derby in the Carabao Cup

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 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

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).