| League Cup Round 2 1st Leg |
Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| D 2 | Blackpool | 0 | 4 | Portsmouth | D 1 | Bloomfield Road | 4,422 | |
| | Lineups | Clarke, McLoughlin 2, Murray | | | | |
| D 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 1 | Manchester United | PL | Goldstone Ground | 16,649 | |
| Edwards | Lineups | Wallace | | | | |
| PL | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | Scarborough | D 3 | Highfield Road | 5,993 | |
| Borrows (p), Ndlovu | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 3 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | Southampton | PL | Priestfield Stadium | 7,488 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 1 | Blackburn Rovers | PL | Kirkless Stadium | 11,071 | |
| Onuora | Lineups | Shearer | | | | |
| D 1 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | Peterborough United | D 1 | Filbert Street | 10,366 | |
| Lowe, Thompson | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Luton Town | 2 | 2 | Plymouth Argyle | D 2 | Kenilworth Road | 3,702 | |
| Claridge 2 | Lineups | Regis 2 | | | | |
| PL | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | Bristol Rovers | D 1 | Maine Road | 9,967 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Newcastle United | 0 | 0 | Middlesbrough | PL | St James' Park | 25,814 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Oxford United | 1 | 2 | Aston Villa | PL | Manor Ground | 8,837 | |
| Beauchamp | Lineups | McGrath, Teale | | | | |
| PL | Queens Park Rangers | 2 | 1 | Grimsby Town | D 1 | Loftus Road | 7,275 | |
| Ferdinand 2 | Lineups | Watson | | | | |
| D 2 | Rotherham United | 1 | 0 | Everton | PL | Millmoor | 7,736 | |
| Goater | Lineups | | | | | |
| PL | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 0 | Hartlepool United | D 2 | Hillsborough | 10,112 | |
| Watson, Bright, Wilson | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Southend United | 1 | 0 | Derby County | D 1 | Roots Hall | 2,492 | |
| Benjamin | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Stockport County | 2 | 3 | Nottingham Forest | PL | Edgeley Park | 7,964 | |
| Francis 2 | Lineups | Bannister, Clough, Orlygsson | | | | |
| D 3 | Torquay United | 0 | 6 | Swindon Town | D 1 | Plainmoor | 3,560 | |
| | Lineups | Ling, Maskell, Mitchell 2,Taylor, White | | | | |
| D 3 | Walsall | 0 | 3 | Chelsea | PL | Bescot Stadium | 5,510 | |
| | Lineups | Wise, Newton, Townsend | | | | |
| D 1 | West Ham United | 0 | 0 | Crewe Alexandra | D 3 | Upton Park | 6,981 | |
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