| League Cup Round 2 1st Leg | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Birmingham City | 2 | 1 | Bristol City | D 2 | St Andrew's | 12,163 | |
| Ainscow, Gemmill (p) | Lineups | Ritchie | | | | |
| D 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 3 | Crystal Palace | D 1 | Burnden Park | 9,913 | |
| | Lineups | Murphy 2, Flanagan | | | | |
| D 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3 | 1 | Tranmere Rovers | D 4 | Goldstone Ground | 10,055 | |
| Foster, Robinson, Ward | Lineups | Evans | | | | |
| D 3 | Burnley | 0 | 2 | West Ham United | D 2 | Turf Moor | 6,818 | |
| | Lineups | Goddard, Cross | | | | |
| D 2 | Cambridge United | 3 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | D 1 | Abbey Stadium | 7,234 | |
| Reilly 2, Finney | Lineups | Daniel (p) | | | | |
| D 3 | Carlisle United | 1 | 2 | Charlton Athletic | D 3 | Brunton Park | 2,673 | |
| Hamilton | Lineups | Robinson, Walker | | | | |
| D 3 | Chesterfield | 3 | 1 | Oxford United | D 3 | Saltergate Recreation Ground | 4,836 | |
| Crawford, Bonnyman (p), Moss | Lineups | Lythgoe | | | | |
| D 1 | Everton | 3 | 0 | Blackpool | D 3 | Goodison Park | 20,156 | |
| Eastoe, Latchford, McBride | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Mansfield Town | 0 | 0 | Barnsley | D 3 | Field Mill | 6,294 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Middlesbrough | 3 | 1 | Ipswich Town | D 1 | Ayresome Park | 14,459 | |
| Shearer 2, Proctor | Lineups | Wark | | | | |
| D 3 | Newport County | 1 | 1 | Notts County | D 2 | Somerton Park | 6,708 | |
| Vaughan | Lineups | Hunt | | | | |
| D 2 | Oldham Athletic | 3 | 2 | Portsmouth | D 3 | Boundary Park | 5,251 | |
| Keegan, Kowenicki, Stainrod | Lineups | Garner, Laidlaw (p) | | | | |
| D 2 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 | Wigan Athletic | D 4 | Deepdale | 8,073 | |
| McGee | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | 0 | Derby County | D 2 | Loftus Road | 11,244 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Shrewsbury Town | 1 | 1 | Norwich City | D 1 | Gay Meadow | 5,536 | |
| Biggins | Lineups | Fashanu | | | | |
| D 1 | Southampton | 4 | 0 | Watford | D 2 | The Dell | 16,659 | |
| George 2, Holmes 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | Arsenal | D 1 | Vetch Field | 17,036 | |
| James L | Lineups | Stapleton | | | | |
| D 1 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | Leicester City | D 1 | The Hawthorns | 13,810 | |
| Barnes | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Wimbledon | 2 | 1 | Sheffield Wednesday | D 2 | Plough Lane | 3,549 | |
| Cunningham, Leslie | Lineups | Owen | | | | |
