The EFL Cup 2025/26 options seven potential rounds of matches in the primary competitors for groups within the Championship, League One and League Two and a most of six for Premier League golf equipment.
Newcastle received the EFL Cup for the primary time in 2024/25, beating Premier League champions Liverpool within the last at Wembley Stadium.
The Reds are essentially the most profitable staff in EFL Cup historical past with 10 titles, adopted by Manchester Metropolis with eight and Manchester United with six.
101GreatGoals.com has all the newest fixtures and outcomes from the 2025/26 EFL Cup, spherical dates and the way to watch on TV and stay stream.
When are the EFL Cup semi-finals 2025/26?
The fixtures are happening between January 13 and February 4 2026.
EFL Cup semi-final fixtures 2025/26
All matches are being proven stay within the UK on Sky Sports activities Essential Occasion, Sky Sports activities Soccer and Sky Sports activities Extremely and begin at 20:00 GMT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT, with video games which can be additionally on ITV and STV denoted with an asterisk.
Tuesday, January 13
Newcastle vs Manchester Metropolis*
Wednesday, January 14
Chelsea vs Arsenal
Tuesday, February 3
Arsenal vs Chelsea*
Wednesday, February 4
Man Metropolis vs Newcastle
Tips on how to watch the EFL Cup semi-finals: TV, stay stream
Through Now TV, Sky Sports activities prices £14.99 for a day membership, £26 a month for a six-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.
Sky Sports activities memberships embody entry to all 12 stay Sky Sports activities channels and Sky Sports activities+, which gives stay streams and a devoted channel.
Followers can watch on-line and on the transfer with the SkyGO app, which is offered on an enormous vary of units together with sensible TVs, gaming consoles, set-top containers and cell units.
Viewers on ITV can stream the motion by the ITVX app.
EFL Cup quarter-final outcomes
Tuesday, December 16
Cardiff Metropolis 1-3 Chelsea
Wednesday, December 17
Manchester Metropolis 2-0 Brentford
Newcastle 2-1 Fulham
Tuesday, December 23
Arsenal 1-1 (8-7p) Crystal Palace
EFL Cup fourth spherical outcomes 2025/26
Tuesday, October 28
Grimsby City 0-5 Brentford
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Fulham (4-5 pens)
Wrexham 1-2 Cardiff Metropolis
Wednesday, October 29
Arsenal 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Liverpool 0-3 Crystal Palace
Swansea Metropolis 1-3 Manchester Metropolis
Wolves 3-4 Chelsea
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
EFL Cup third spherical fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Wednesday, September 24
Huddersfield City 0-2 Manchester Metropolis
Newcastle 4-1 Bradford Metropolis
Tottenham 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal
Tuesday, September 23
Barnsley 0-6 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-2 Cardiff Metropolis
Fulham 1-0 Cambridge United
Lincoln Metropolis 1-2 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Wolves 2-0 Everton
Wrexham 2-0 Studying
Liverpool 2-1 Southampton
Tuesday, September 16
Brentford 1-1 (4-2p) Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Grimsby City
Crystal Palace 1-1 (4-2p) Millwall
Wednesday, September 17
Swansea Metropolis 3-2 Nottingham Forest
EFL Cup second spherical fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Wednesday, August 27
Everton 2-0 Mansfield City
Grimsby City 2-2 (12-11p) Manchester United
Fulham 2-0 Bristol Metropolis
Oxford United 0-6 Brighton
Tuesday, August 26
Burton Albion 0-1 Lincoln Metropolis
Accrington Stanley 0-2 Doncaster Rovers
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stockport County
Stoke Metropolis 0-3 Bradford Metropolis
Burnley 2-1 Derby County
Sunderland 1-1 (5-6p) Huddersfield City
Birmingham Metropolis 0-1 Port Vale
Preston North Finish 2-3 Wrexham
Barnsley 2-1 Rotherham United
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 (3-0p) Leeds United
Studying 2-1 Wimbledon
Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic
Wolves 3-2 West Ham
Norwich Metropolis 0-3 Southampton
Bournemouth 0-2 Brentford
Millwall 2-1 Coventry Metropolis
Swansea Metropolis 1-1 (5-3p) Plymouth Argyle
Bromley 1-1 (4-5p) Wycombe Wanderers
Cardiff Metropolis 3-0 Cheltenham City
EFL Cup spherical one fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Tuesday, August 12
Barrow 0-1 Preston North Finish
Grimsby City 3-1 Shrewsbury City
Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale
Salford Metropolis 0-0 (2-3p) Rotherham
Harrogate City 1-3 Lincoln Metropolis
Stockport County 3-1 Crewe Alexandra
Wrexham 3-3 (5-3p) Hull Metropolis
Stoke Metropolis 0-0 (4-3p) Walsall
Accrington 2-1 Peterborough United
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bradford Metropolis
Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers
West Brom 1-1 (2-3p) Derby County
Chesterfield 0-2 Mansfield City
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Notts County
Coventry Metropolis 1-0 Luton City
Bristol Metropolis 2-0 MK Dons
Bromley 1-1 (5-4p) Ipswich City
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United
Leyton Orient 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Watford 1-2 Norwich Metropolis
Charlton Athletic 3-1 Stevenage
Oxford United 1-0 Colchester United
Newport County 0-1 Millwall
Cardiff Metropolis 2-1 Swindon City
Gillingham 1-1 (2-4p) AFC Wimbledon
Northampton City 0-1 Southampton
Plymouth Argyle 3-2 QPR
Swansea Metropolis 3-1 Crawley City
Portsmouth 1-2 Studying
Wednesday, August 13
Barnsley 2-2 (5-4p) Fleetwood City
Bolton Wanderers 3-3 (2-4p) Sheffield Wednesday
Cheltenham City 2-0 Exeter
Huddersfield City 2-2 (3-2p) Leicester Metropolis
Birmingham Metropolis 2-1 Sheffield United
Tuesday, August 19
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 (4-5p) Burton Albion
EFL Cup preliminary spherical fixtures, outcomes
Tuesday, July 29
Barnet 2-2 (2-4p) Newport County
Tuesday, August 5
Accrington Stanley 3-1 Oldham Athletic
EFL Cup dates 2025/26: When are the Carabao Cup spherical dates?
Spherical one began in the course of the second week of the EFL season. A brand new preliminary spherical additionally befell in late July between the 2 golf equipment promoted from the Nationwide League final season and the groups who completed twenty first and twenty second in League Two.
There shall be cut up weeks in spherical three for golf equipment within the Champions League and Europa League.
EFL Cup spherical two
August 25, 2025
EFL Cup spherical three
September 15 and 22, 2025
EFL Cup spherical 4
October 27, 2025
EFL Cup spherical 5
December 15, 2025
EFL Cup semi-final first leg
January 12, 2026
EFL Cup semi-final second leg
February 2, 2026
EFL Cup last
Sunday, March 22, 2026
EFL Cup: When do Premier League groups be part of the Carabao Cup?
The 9 Premier League groups concerned in European competitors will be part of the EFL Cup third spherical in September.
The 11 different golf equipment will be part of a spherical earlier, in the course of the week of August 25.
EFL Cup TV channel: Tips on how to watch the Carabao Cup
All EFL Cup matches shall be out there to look at on Sky Sports activities or Sky Sports activities+ as a part of a deal between the league and the broadcaster to indicate greater than 1,000 of the 1,891 video games throughout the EFL, EFL Cup and Bristol Road Motors Trophy.
Do the EFL Cup winners qualify for Europe?
The EFL Cup winners obtain a spot within the play-off stage of the UEFA Convention League except they qualify by one other route for European competitors.
Newcastle had been an instance of the rule in motion in 2024/25, as an alternative qualifying for the Champions League by their league place.
That meant their Convention League play-off place went to the next-highest ranked staff who had not certified for European competitors through their league place.
Do EFL Cup ties go to additional time, replays and penalties?
Ought to they end stage after 90 minutes, EFL Cup ties go straight to penalties till the semi-finals, which happen over two legs.
If the scoreline is stage after the second leg, additional time and – if mandatory – penalties are used to separate groups.
The ultimate is a one-off match at Wembley Stadium, with additional time and penalties used if required.
Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties within the 2021/22 last and edged the identical fixture after additional time in 2023/24 by Virgil van Dijk’s 118th-minute winner.
