EFL Cup 2025/26: Full fixtures, results, schedule, channels

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.