| League Cup Rd 1 |
Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| L 1 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 3 | Sunderland | L 1 | Crown Ground | 2,343 | |
| Bishop (p) | Lineups | McNulty, McGeady, Wyke | | | | |
| L 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 2 | 2 | Milton Keynes Dons | L 1 | Kingsmeadow | 2,191 | 2-4p |
| Wagstaff, O'Neill | Lineups | McGrandles, Kasumu | | | | |
| Ch | Barnsley | 0 | 3 | Carlisle United | L 2 | Oakwell | 5,208 | |
| | Lineups | McKirdy, Bridge (p), Thomas | | | | |
| Ch | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 2 | Oldham Athletic | L 2 | Ewood Park | 5,215 | |
| Dack, Rothwell, Downing | Lineups | Nepomuceno, Maouche | | | | |
| L 1 | Blackpool | 2 | 2 | Macclesfield Town | L 2 | Bloomfield Road | 3,715 | 2-4p |
| Turton, Gnanduillet (p) | Lineups | Bushiri Og, Gomis | | | | |
| L 2 | Bradford City | 0 | 4 | Preston North End | Ch | Valley Parade | 3,456 | |
| | Lineups | Green, Barkhuizen 2, Harrop | | | | |
| Ch | Brentford | 1 | 1 | Cambridge United | L 2 | Griffin Park | 5,215 | 4-5p |
| Forss | Lineups | Richards | | | | |
| L 1 | Bristol Rovers | 3 | 0 | Cheltenham Town | L 2 | The Memorial Stadium | 2,909 | |
| Smith 2, Clarke-Harris | Lineups | | | | | |
| Ch | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | Forest Green Rovers | L 2 | The Valley | 2,693 | 3-5p |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| L 2 | Colchester United | 3 | 0 | Swindon Town | L 2 | Community Stadium | 1,595 | |
| Eastman, Senior, Comley | Lineups | | | | | |
| L 1 | Coventry City | 4 | 1 | Exeter City | L 2 | St Andrew's, Birmingham | 1,155 | |
| Hiwula 2, Godden, Bakayoko | Lineups | Sweeney | | | | |
| L 1 | Gillingham | 2 | 2 | Newport County | L 2 | Priestfield Stadium | 1,996 | 1-4p |
| Hanlan (p), Ndjoli (p) | Lineups | Abrahams, Amond (p) | | | | |
| L 2 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 | Doncaster Rovers | L 1 | Blundell Park | 2,470 | |
| Cook | Lineups | | | | | |
| Ch | Huddersfield Town | 0 | 1 | Lincoln City | L 1 | Kirklees Stadium | 6,908 | |
| | Lineups | Anderson | | | | |
| Ch | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | Ipswich Town | L 1 | Kenilworth Road | 5,435 | |
| Jones, Lee (p), Shinnie | Lineups | Dobra | | | | |
| L 2 | Mansfield Town | 2 | 2 | Morecambe | L 2 | Field Mill | 1,884 | 5-6p |
| Pearce, Sterling-James | Lineups | Old 2 | | | | |
| Ch | Middlesbrough | 2 | 2 | Crewe Alexandra | L 2 | Riverside Stadium | 7,897 | 2-4p |
| Fletcher, Bola | Lineups | Porter, Kirk | | | | |
| Ch | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | Fleetwood Town | L 1 | City Ground | 7,432 | |
| Silva | Lineups | | | | | |
| L 1 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 | Peterborough United | L 1 | Kassam Stadium | 2,798 | |
| Brannagan | Lineups | | | | | |
| L 2 | Plymouth Argyle | 2 | 0 | Leyton Orient | L 2 | Home Park | 5,573 | |
| McFadzean, Telford | Lineups | | | | | |
| L 2 | Port Vale | 1 | 2 | Burton Albion | L 1 | Vale Park | 2,252 | |
| Cullen (p) | Lineups | Boyce, Fraser | | | | |
| Ch | Queens Park Rangers | 3 | 3 | Bristol City | Ch | Loftus Road | 5,795 | 5-4p |
| Wells, Chair, Manning (p) | Lineups | Diedhiou, Hunt, Walsh | | | | |
| L 1 | Rochdale | 5 | 2 | Bolton Wanderers | L 1 | Spotland | 3,362 | |
| Henderson (p), Pyke, Camps 2, Rathbone | Lineups | Darcy, Politic | | | | |
| L 2 | Salford City | 0 | 3 | Leeds United | Ch | Huish Park | 4,518 | |
| | Lineups | Nketiah, Berardi, Klich | | | | |
| L 2 | Scunthorpe United | 0 | 1 | Derby County | Ch | Glanford Park | 3,679 | |
| | Lineups | Buchanan | | | | |
| Ch | Sheffield Wednesday | P | P | Bury | L 1 | Hillsborough | |
* |
| | Lineups | | | | | |
| L 1 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | 4 | Rotherham United | L 1 | New Meadow | 2,813 | |
| | Lineups | Crooks, Vassell, Ladapo, Wood | | | | |
| L 2 | Stevenage | 1 | 2 | Southend United | L 1 | Broadhall Way | 1,315 | |
| Parrett | Lineups | Kelman 2 | | | | |
| Ch | Swansea City | 3 | 1 | Northampton Town | L 2 | Swansea Stadium | 8,058 | |
| Ayew 2, Byers | Lineups | Warburton | | | | |
| L 1 | Tranmere Rovers | 0 | 3 | Hull City | Ch | Prenton Park | 3,421 | |
| | Lineups | Toral, Milinkovic, Tafazolli | | | | |
| L 2 | Walsall | 2 | 3 | Crawley Town | L 2 | Bescot Stadium | 2,451 | |
| Lavery 2 (1p) | Lineups | Morais, Dallison, Nadesan | | | | |
| Ch | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 2 | Millwall | Ch | The Hawthorns | 10,704 | |
| Austin | Lineups | Bradshaw, O'Brien | | | | |
| Ch | Wigan Athletic | 0 | 1 | Stoke City | Ch | Wigan Athletic Stadium | 3,821 | |
| | Lineups | Vokes | | | | |
| L 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1 | 1 | Reading | Ch | Adams Park | 4,802 | 2-4p |
| Samuel | Lineups | Puscas | | | | |
| Notes |
| * Match postponed after Bury missing a Football League deadline to proved evidence of financial viability. Bury expelled from the League Cup |
