League Cup 2026-27: Fixtures, scores, third round draw as Premier League giants enter tournament

The 2026-27 League Cup has reached the second round, where the Premier League teams who are not competing in Europe this season will enter the competition. MORE — League Cup third round draw details All-Premier League ties are at a minimum this week, although Nottingham Forest and Leeds United tangled just days after they met in Week 1 of the Premier League season. Leeds won 2-0. MORE — League Cup history: Finals, winners Elsewhere, Newcastle will host West Brom, Spurs welcome Charlton Athletic, and David Moyes goes back to an old haunt when Everton visit Preston North End. Will we see any big upsets as the race to unseat 2025-26 champions Manchester City continues in the United Kingdom? 2026-27 League Cup third round draw Games will be staged across the weeks of September 7 and September 14. Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough Manchester United vs Brighton Manchester City vs Norwich City Sunderland vs Hull City Ipswich Town vs Arsenal Coventry City vs Aston Villa Bournemouth vs Lincoln City Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur Chelsea or Luton Town vs Leeds United Millwall vs Newcastle United Fleetwood Town vs Sheffield United Everton vs Wolves Leyton Orient vs Bradford City Reading vs Brentford Peterborough United vs Barnsely West Ham vs Fulham or AFC Wimbledon 2026-27 League Cup second round fixtures All times ET 25 August 2026 Cardiff City 1-5 Norwich City Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Middlesbrough Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United Watford 1-5 Peterborough Cambridge United 0-1 Millwall Barnsley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolves Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Coventry City Stevenage 0-3 Reading Walsall 0-0 (5-6 pens) Leyton Orient Blackpool 1-4 L incoln City Stoke City 1-1 (4-5 pens) Hull City Fleetwood Town 4-0 Shrewsbury Town Southampton 1-4 West Ham Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City Birmingham City 1-6 Brentford Nottingham Forest 0-2 Leeds United 26 August 2026 Newcastle United 3-2 West Brom Bradford City 0-0 (4-2 pens) Burnley Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Charlton Athletic Preston North End 0-4 Everton 27 August 2026 Chelsea vs Luton Town — 2:30pm Fulham vs AFC Wimbledon — 3pm How to watch the League Cup: Dates, Stream links Preliminary round: Week of July 27 First round: Week of August 3 Second round: Week of August 24 Third round: Weeks of September 7, 14 Fourth round: Week of October 26 Quarterfinals: Week of December 14 Semifinals: Two legs, Weeks of January 11 and February 1 Final: March 21, 2027 at Wembley Stadium The League Cup is streamed in the United States on Paramount+ . 2026-27 League Cup first round results 6 August 2026 Bristol City 0-1 Walsall 7 August 2026 Wolves 3-0 Port Vale Middlesbrough 1-0 Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Stevenage 8 August 2026 Cambridge United 2-1 Barnet Queens Park Rangers 1-1 (0-2 pens) Millwall AFC Wimbledon 1-1 (5-4 pens) Newport County Bristol Rovers 0-1 Peterborough United Bromley 1-1 (4-5 pens) Reading Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town Gillingham 0-3 Luton Town Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town Leyton Orient 2-0 Oxford United Norwich City 4-1 MK Dons Swansea City 0-1 Birmingham City Watford 1-0 Crawley Town West Ham United 3-1 Portsmouth Cheltenham Town 1-3 Charlton Athletic Colchester United 0-2 Southampton Barnsley 1-1 (6-5 pens) Wigan Athletic Bradford City 3-0 Rochdale Burnley 1-1 (4-3 pens) Notts County Burton Albion 1-2 Blackburn Rovers Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Accrington Stanley Derby County 1-2 Lincoln City Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield Grimsby Town 1-3 Blackpool Preston North End 1-1 (4-3 pens) Huddersfield Town Salford City 1-1 (3-4 pens) Shrewsbury Town Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bolton Wanderers Stockport County 1-1 (4-5 pens) Doncaster Rovers Stoke City 2-0 Oldham Athletic Rotherham United 1-4 West Bromwich Albion 9 August 2026 Mansfield Town 0-3 Sheffield United 10 August 2026 Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Exeter City 2026-27 League Cup preliminary round results 1 August 2026 Tranmere Rovers 2-2 (1-2 pens) Rochdale 3 August 2026 York City 0-2 Crawley Town