The EFL Cup 2025/26 options seven potential rounds of matches in the principle 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 crew in EFL Cup historical past with 10 titles, adopted by Manchester Metropolis with eight and Manchester United with six.
101GreatGoals.com has all the most recent fixtures and outcomes from the 2025/26 EFL Cup, spherical dates and easy methods to watch on TV and stay stream.
When are the EFL Cup semi-finals 2025/26?
The fixtures are going down 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 might 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
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 embrace entry to all 12 stay Sky Sports activities channels and Sky Sports activities+, which affords stay streams and a devoted channel.
Followers can watch on-line and on the transfer with the SkyGO app, which is out there on an enormous vary of units together with good TVs, gaming consoles, set-top bins and cellular units.
Viewers on ITV can stream the motion by way of 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
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Tuesday, September 16
Brentford 1-1 (4-2p) Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Grimsby Town
Crystal Palace 1-1 (4-2p) Millwall
Wednesday, September 17
Swansea City 3-2 Nottingham Forest
EFL Cup second spherical fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Wednesday, August 27
Grimsby Town 2-2 (12-11p) Manchester United
Tuesday, August 26
Burton Albion 0-1 Lincoln City
Accrington Stanley 0-2 Doncaster Rovers
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stockport County
Sunderland 1-1 (5-6p) Huddersfield Town
Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 (3-0p) Leeds United
Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic
Swansea City 1-1 (5-3p) Plymouth Argyle
Bromley 1-1 (4-5p) Wycombe Wanderers
Cardiff City 3-0 Cheltenham Town
EFL Cup spherical one fixtures, outcomes 2025/26
Tuesday, August 12
Grimsby Town 3-1 Shrewsbury Town
Salford City 0-0 (2-3p) Rotherham
Harrogate Town 1-3 Lincoln City
Stockport County 3-1 Crewe Alexandra
Wrexham 3-3 (5-3p) Hull Metropolis
Accrington 2-1 Peterborough United
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Bradford City
Middlesbrough 0-4 Doncaster Rovers
West Brom 1-1 (2-3p) Derby County
Chesterfield 0-2 Mansfield Town
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Notts County
Bromley 1-1 (5-4p) Ipswich Town
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United
Leyton Orient 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Charlton Athletic 3-1 Stevenage
Oxford United 1-0 Colchester United
Gillingham 1-1 (2-4p) AFC Wimbledon
Northampton Town 0-1 Southampton
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 throughout the second week of the EFL season. A brand new preliminary spherical additionally passed off 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, throughout the week of August 25.
EFL Cup TV channel: watch the Carabao Cup
All EFL Cup matches shall be obtainable to look at on Sky Sports activities or Sky Sports activities+ as a part of a deal between the league and the broadcaster to point out greater than 1,000 of the 1,891 video games throughout the EFL, EFL Cup and Bristol Avenue 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 until they qualify by way of one other route for European competitors.
Newcastle have been an instance of the rule in motion in 2024/25, as an alternative qualifying for the Champions League by way of their league place.
That meant their Convention League play-off place went to the next-highest ranked crew who had not certified for European competitors by way of their league place.
Do EFL Cup ties go to additional time, replays and penalties?
Ought to they end degree after 90 minutes, EFL Cup ties go straight to penalties till the semi-finals, which happen over two legs.
If the scoreline is degree after the second leg, additional time and – if crucial – 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 way of Virgil van Dijk’s 118th-minute winner.
