| League Cup Round 2 1st Leg | Venue |
Gate |
Notes |
| PL | Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | Peterborough United | D 2 | Villa Park | 19,602 | |
| Draper, Yorke 2 (2p), Johnson, Heald OG, Southgate | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Birmingham City | 3 | 1 | Grimsby Town | D 1 | St Andrew's | 7,446 | |
| Daish, Hunt, Claridge | Lineups | Woods | | | | |
| D 2 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 1 | West Ham United | PL | Twerton Park, Bath | 7,103 | |
| | Lineups | Moncur | | | | |
| PL | Coventry City | 2 | 0 | Hull City | D 2 | Highfield Road | 8,915 | |
| Richardson, Lamptey | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Leicester City | 2 | 0 | Burnley | D 2 | Filbert Street | 11,142 | |
| Robins, Joachim | Lineups | | | | | |
| PL | Liverpool | 2 | 0 | Sunderland | D 1 | Anfield Road | 25,579 | |
| McManaman, Fowler | Lineups | | | | | |
| PL | Manchester United | 0 | 3 | York City | D 2 | Old Trafford | 29,049 | |
| | Lineups | Barnes 2, Barras | | | | |
| PL | Middlesbrough | 2 | 1 | Rotherham United | D 2 | Ayresome Park | 13,280 | |
| Mustoe, Fjortoft | Lineups | Goater | | | | |
| D 1 | Millwall | 0 | 0 | Everton | PL | The Den | 12,053 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Norwich City | 6 | 1 | Torquay United | D 3 | Carrow Road | 7,542 | |
| Gore OG, Crook, Akinbiyi 2, Sheron 2 | Lineups | Hathaway | | | | |
| D 1 | Reading | 1 | 1 | West Bromwich Albion | D 1 | Elm Park | 6,948 | |
| Lovell | Lineups | Burgess | | | | |
| D 1 | Sheffield United | 2 | 1 | Bury | D 3 | Bramall Lane | 4,075 | |
| Veart, Whitehouse (p) | Lineups | Stant | | | | |
| D 1 | Stoke City | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | PL | Victoria Ground | 15,574 | |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 2 | Swindon Town | 2 | 3 | Blackburn Rovers | PL | County Ground | 14,740 | |
| Allison, Finney | Lineups | Sutton, Shearer 2 | | | | |
| PL | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 0 | Chester City | D 3 | White Hart Lane | 17,645 | |
| Armstrong 2, Sheringham, Rosenthal | Lineups | | | | | |
| D 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | 0 | Fulham | D 3 | Molineux | 20,381 | |
| Goodman, Wright | Lineups | | | | | |
