| League Cup Round 2 2nd Leg | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 1 | Arsenal | 3 | 1 | Swansea City | D 2 | Highbury | 26,399 | agg 4-2 |
| Hollins (p), Sunderland, Walford | Lineups | Charles | | | | |
| D 3 | Barnsley | 4 | 2 | Mansfield Town | D 4 | Oakwell | 10,566 | aet agg 4-2 |
| Riley, Glavin 3 (1p) | Lineups | Parkinson (p), McClelland | | | | |
| D 2 | Bristol City | 0 | 0 | Birmingham City | D 1 | Ashton Gate | 6,958 | agg 1-2 |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 4 | Bury | 1 | 0 | Newcastle United | D 2 | Gigg Lane | 4,348 | aet agg 3-3 agr |
| Bradley | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 1 | Carlisle United | D 3 | The Valley | 5,160 | agg 4-2 |
| Walsh 2 | Lineups | Hamilton | | | | |
| D 1 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 | Manchester United | D 1 | Highfield Road | 18,705 | agg 2-0 |
| Blair | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 1 | Bolton Wanderers | D 2 | Selhurst Park | 14,764 | agg 5-1 |
| Allen, Francis | Lineups | Kidd | | | | |
| D 3 | Gillingham | 1 | 2 | Blackburn Rovers | D 2 | Priestfield Stadium | 6,315 | aet agg 1-2 |
| Bruce | Lineups | McKenzie, Stonehouse (p) | | | | |
| D 1 | Ipswich Town | 3 | 0 | Middlesbrough | D 1 | Portman Road | 14,780 | agg 4-3 |
| Osman, Mariner 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Liverpool | 4 | 0 | Bradford City | D 4 | Anfield Road | 21,107 | agg 4-1 |
| Dalglish 2, Kennedy R, Johnson | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Luton Town | 1 | 1 | Reading | D 3 | Kenilworth Road | 5,707 | agg 3-1 |
| Saxby | Lineups | Hetzke | | | | |
| D 2 | Notts County | 2 | 0 | Newport County | D 3 | Meadow Lane | 4,714 | agg 3-1 |
| O'Brien (p), Christie | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Portsmouth | 1 | 0 | Oldham Athletic | D 2 | Fratton Park | 18,548 | aet agg 3-3 agr |
| Laidlaw | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1 | Wimbledon | D 4 | Hillsborough | 15,151 | agg 4-3 |
| Owen, Grant, Curran | Lineups | Cork | | | | |
| D 3 | Swindon Town | 2 | 0 | Lincoln City | D 4 | County Ground | 4,907 | agg 3-1 |
| Mayes 2 | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Watford | 7 | 1 | Southampton | D 1 | Vicarage Road | 15,992 | aet agg 7-5 |
| Poskett 2, Train, Patching, Bolton (p), Jenkins, Callaghan | Lineups | Sims OG | | | | |
| D 2 | West Ham United | 4 | 0 | Burnley | D 3 | Upton Park | 15,216 | agg 6-0 |
| Stewart (p), Goddard, Wood OG, Pike | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 1 | Cambridge United | D 2 | Molineux | 19,939 | agg 1-3 |
| | Lineups | Streete | | | | |
