EFL announce latest 2026/27 Carabao Cup Third Round dates, times and TV selections

The EFL announce the latest 2026/27 Carabao Cup Third Round dates, times and TV selections with ties to be played in two weeks time.

The Carabao Cup have since confirmed that Chelsea v Leeds has been selected for the 9th of September, 8pm kick off, with Liverpool v Tottenham to be shown on Sky Sports and ITV on Wednesday the 16th of September at 8pm.

The remaining ties will all be available to watch on Sky Sports+, with all Third Round ties to take place on across two match weeks, beginning on Tuesday the Wednesday the 9th of September.

Round Three schedule confirmed! 👊#EFL | #CarabaoCup pic.twitter.com/Ny8zJB0shG

— Carabao Cup (@Carabao_Cup) August 28, 2026

You can view the full schedule below…

Tuesday 8 September – Crystal Palace v Middlesbrough – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 8 September – Sunderland v Hull City – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 8 September – AFC Bournemouth v Lincoln City – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 8 September – Leyton Orient v Bradford City – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 8 September – Millwall v Newcastle United – 20:00 – Sky Sports Main Event

Wednesday 9 September – Everton v Wolverhampton Wanderers – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Wednesday 9 September – Chelsea v Leeds United – 20:00 – Sky Sports Main Event

Tuesday 15 September – Peterborough United v Barnsley – 19:30 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 15 September – West Ham United v Fulham – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 15 September – Reading v Brentford – 20:00 – Sky Sports+

Tuesday 15 September – Ipswich Town v Arsenal – 20:00 – Sky Sports Football

Wednesday 16 September – Fleetwood Town v Sheffield United – 19:45 – Sky Sports+

Wednesday 16 September – Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion – 20:00 – Sky Sports+

Wednesday 16 September – Coventry City v Aston Villa – 20:00 – Sky Sports+

Wednesday 16 September – Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur – 20:00 – Sky Sports Football + ITV

Thursday 17 September – Manchester City v Norwich City – 19:30 – Sky Sports+

CARABAO CUP SECOND ROUND RESULTS:

Doncaster Rovers (3) 1–3 Middlesbrough (2)
Barnsley (3) 3–2 Crewe Alexandra (4)
Blackburn Rovers (2) 1–2 Sheffield United (2)
Blackpool (3) 1–4 Lincoln City (2)
Fleetwood Town (4) 4–0 Shrewsbury Town (4)
Sheffield Wednesday (3) 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)
Stoke City (2) 1–1 (4–5 p) Hull City (1)
Nottingham Forest (1) 0–2 Leeds United (1)
Bradford City (3) 0-0 (4-2p) Burnley (2)
Newcastle United (1) 3-2 West Bromwich Albion (2)
Preston North End (2) 0-4 Everton (1)
Cardiff City (2) 1−2 Norwich City (2)
Cambridge United (3) 0–1 Millwall (2)
Ipswich Town (1) 3–1 Leicester City (3)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 2–4 Coventry City (1)
Southampton (2) 1–4 West Ham United (2)
Stevenage (3) 0–3 Reading (3)
Walsall (4) 0–0 (5–6 p) Leyton Orient (3)
Watford (2) 1–5 Peterborough United (3)
Birmingham City (2) 1–6 Brentford (1)
Tottenham Hotspur (1) 5-1 Charlton Athletic (2)
Chelsea (1) v Luton Town (3)
Fulham (1) v AFC Wimbledon (3)

CARABAO CUP FIRST ROUND RESULTS:

Northern section
Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 3–0 Port Vale (4)
Middlesbrough (2) 1–0 Wrexham (2)
Barnsley (3) 1–1(6–5 p) Wigan Athletic (3)
Bradford City (3) 2–0 Rochdale (4)
Burnley (2) 1–1(4–3 p) Notts County (3)
Burton Albion (3) 1–2 Blackburn Rovers (2)
Crewe Alexandra (4) 2–1 Accrington Stanley (4)
Derby County (2) 1–2 Lincoln City (2)
Fleetwood Town (4) 1–0 Chesterfield (4)
Grimsby Town (4) 1–3 Blackpool (3)
Preston North End (2) 1–1 (4–3 p) Huddersfield Town (3)
Salford City (4) 1–1 (3–4 p) Shrewsbury Town (4)
Sheffield Wednesday (3) 1–0 Bolton Wanderers (2)
Stockport County (3) 1–1 (4–5 p) Doncaster Rovers (3)
Stoke City (2) 2–0 Oldham Athletic (4)
Rotherham United (4) 1–4 West Bromwich Albion (2)
Mansfield Town (3) 0–3 Sheffield United (2)

Southern section
Bristol City (2) 0–1 Walsall (4)
Wycombe Wanderers (3) 1–2 Stevenage (3)
Cambridge United (3) 2–1 Barnet (4)
Queens Park Rangers (2) 1–1 (0–2 p) Millwall (2)
AFC Wimbledon (3) 1–1 (5–4 p) Newport County (4)
Bristol Rovers (4) 0–1 Peterborough United (3)
Bromley (3) 1–1 (4–5 p) Reading (3)
Cardiff City (2) 3–2 Swindon Town (4)
Gillingham (4) 0–3 Luton Town (3)
Leicester City (3) 1–0 Northampton Town (4)
Leyton Orient (3) 2–0 Oxford United (3)
Norwich City (2) 4–1 Milton Keynes Dons (3)
Swansea City (2) 0–1 Birmingham City (2)
Watford (2) 1–0 Crawley Town (4)
West Ham United (2) 3–1 Portsmouth (2)
Cheltenham Town (4) 1–3 Charlton Athletic (2)
Colchester United (4) 0–2 Southampton (2)
Plymouth Argyle (3) 2-0 Exeter City (4)

PRELIMINARY ROUND:

Tranmere Rovers (4) 2–2 (1–2 p) Rochdale (4)
York City (4) 0–2 Crawley Town (4)

LIST OF LEAGUE CUP FINALS

Final played over 2 legs between 1961 and 1966

1961
Rotherham United 2 ASTON VILLA 0
ASTON VILLA 3 Rotherham United 0 aet, VILLA won 3-2 on aggregate

1962
Rochdale 0 NORWICH CITY 3
NORWICH CITY 1 Rochdale 0
NORWICH won 4-0 on aggregate

1963
BIRMINGHAM CITY 3 Aston Villa 1
Aston Villa 0 BIRMINGHAM CITY 0
BIRMINGHAM won 3-1 on aggregate

1964
Stoke City 1 LEICESTER CITY 1
LEICESTER CITY 3 Stoke City 2
LEICESTER won 4-3 on aggregate

1965 CHELSEA 3 Leicester City 2

Leicester City 0 Chelsea 0
CHELSEA won 3-2 on aggregate

1966
West Ham United 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION 1
WEST BROMWICH ALBION 4 West Ham United 1
WBA won 5-3 on aggregate

Final played as single game at Wembley 1967-2000 and since 2008; at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2001-2007

1967 Queen’s Park Rangers 3 West Bromwich Albion 2

1968 Leeds United 1 Arsenal 0

1969 Swindon Town 3 Arsenal 1 (aet)

1970 Manchester City 2 West Bromwich Albion 1 (aet)

1971 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Aston Villa 0

1972 Stoke City 2 Chelsea 1

1973 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Norwich City 0

1974 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Manchester City 1

1975 Aston Villa 1 Norwich City 0

1976 Manchester City 2 Newcastle United 1

1977 Aston Villa 3 Everton 2 (aet, after 0-0, 1-1 draws)

1978 Nottingham Forest 1 Liverpool 0 (after 0-0 draw)

1979 Nottingham Forest 3 Southampton 2

1980 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Nottingham Forest 0

1981 Liverpool 2 West Ham United 1 (after 1-1 draw)

1982 Liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (aet)

1983 Liverpool 2 Manchester United 1 (aet)

1984 Liverpool 1 Everton 0 (after 0-0 draw)

1985 Norwich City 1 Sunderland 0

1986 Oxford United 3 Queen’s Park Rangers 0

1987 Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1

1988 Luton Town 3 Arsenal 2

1989 Nottingham Forest 3 Luton Town 1

1990 Nottingham Forest 1 Oldham Athletic 0

1991 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Manchester United 0

1992 Manchester United 1 Nottingham Forest 0

1993 Arsenal 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1

1994 Aston Villa 3 Manchester United 1

1995 Liverpool 2 Bolton Wanderers 1

1996 Aston Villa 3 Leeds United 0

1997 Leicester City 1 Middlesbrough 0 (aet, after 1-1 draw)

1998 Chelsea 2 Middlesbrough 0 (aet)

1999 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Leicester City 0

2000 Leicester City 2 Tranmere Rovers 1

2001 Liverpool 1 Birmingham City 1 (aet, 5-4 pen)

2002 Blackburn Rovers 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1

2003 Liverpool 2 Manchester United 0

2004 Middlesbrough 2 Bolton Wanderers 1

2005 Chelsea 3 Liverpool 2 (aet)

2006 Manchester United 4 Wigan Athletic 0

2007 Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1

2008 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Chelsea 1

2009 Manchester United 0 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (aet, 4-1 pen)

2010 Manchester United 2 Aston Villa 1

2011 Birmingham City 2 Arsenal 1

2012 Liverpool 2 Cardiff City 2 (aet, 3-2 pen)

2013 Swansea City 5 Bradford City 0

2014 Manchester City 3 Sunderland 1

2015 Chelsea 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0

2016 Manchester City 1 Liverpool 1 (aet, 3-1 pen)

2017 Manchester United 3 Southampton 2

2018 Manchester City 3 Arsenal 0

2019 Manchester City 0 Chelsea 0 (aet, 4-3 pen)

2020 Manchester City 2 Aston Villa 1

2021 Manchester City 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0

2022 Liverpool 0 Chelsea 0 (aet, 11-10 pen)

2023 Manchester United 2 Newcastle United 0

2024 Liverpool 1 Chelsea 0 (aet)

2025 Newcastle United 2 Liverpool 1

2026 Arsenal 0 Manchester City 2

Competition known as Milk Cup from 1982-83 to 1985-86
Competition known as Littlewoods Challenge Cup from 1986-87 to 1989-90
Competition known as Rumbelows Cup from 1990-91 to 1992-93
Competition known as Coca-Cola Cup from 1993-94 to 1997-98
Competition known as Worthington Cup from 1998-99 to 2002-03
Competition known as Carling Cup from 2003-04 to 2011-12
Competition known as Capital One Cup from 2012-13 to 2015-16
Competition known as EFL Cup in 2016-17
Competition known as Carabao Cup from 2017-18

Winners
10 – Liverpool
9 – Man City
6 – Man Utd
5 – Aston Villa, Chelsea
4 – Nott’m Forest, Tottenham
3 – Leicester City
2 – Wolves, Norwich City, Arsenal, Birmingham
1 – West Brom, QPR, Leeds, Swindon, Stoke, Oxford, Luton, Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn, Middlesbrough, Swansea, Newcastle

Finalists
15 – Liverpool
10 – Man Utd, Chelsea
10 – Aston Villa, Man City, Tottenham
9 – Arsenal
6 – Nottingham Forest
5 – Leicester City
4 – Norwich City
3 – West Brom, Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Newcastle
2 – Stoke, Wolves, West Ham, Everton, QPR, Luton Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Bolton, Sunderland, Southampton
1 – Rotherham, Rochdale, Swindon, Oxford, Oldham, Tranmere, Blackburn, Wigan, Cardiff, Swansea, Bradford