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The 2025/26 EFL Cup includes seven potential rounds of matches in the main competition for Championship, League One and League Two teams and a maximum of six for Premier League clubs.
Newcastle won the EFL Cup for the first time in 2024/25, beating Premier League Champions Liverpool in the final at Wembley Stadium.
The Reds are the most successful team in EFL Cup history with 10 titles, followed by Manchester City with eight and Manchester United with six.
101GreatGoals.com has all the latest EFL Cup 2025/26 fixtures and results, round dates and how to watch on TV and live.
When are the 2025/26 EFL Cup semi-finals?
The meetings will take place from January 13 to February 4, 2026.
EFL Cup Semi-Finals 2025/26
All matches are shown live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Ultra and start at 8:00 p.m. GMT / 3:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT, with matches also on ITV and STV marked with an asterisk.
Tuesday January 13
Newcastle v Manchester City*
Wednesday January 14
Chelsea vs. Arsenal
Tuesday February 3
Arsenal v Chelsea*
Wednesday February 4
Man City vs Newcastle
How to watch the EFL Cup semi-finals: TV, live stream
Via Now the TVSky Sports costs £14.99 for a one-day subscription, £26 per month for a six-month subscription or £34.99 per month without a contract.
Sky Sports subscriptions include access to all 12 live Sky Sports channels and Sky Sports+, which offers live broadcasts and a dedicated channel.
Fans can watch online and on the go using the SkyGO app, available on a wide range of devices including smart TVs, games consoles, set-top boxes and mobile devices.
Viewers on ITV can stream the action via the ITVX app.
EFL Cup Quarter-Final Results
Tuesday December 16
Cardiff City 1-3 Chelsea
Wednesday December 17
Manchester City 2-0 Brentford
Newcastle 2-1 Fulham
Tuesday December 23
Arsenal 1-1 (8-7p) Crystal Palace
EFL Cup 2025/26 Fourth Round Results
Tuesday October 28
Grimsby Town 0-5 Brentford
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Fulham (4-5 pens)
Wrexham 1-2 Cardiff City
Wednesday October 29
Arsenal 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Liverpool 0-3 Crystal Palace
Swansea City 1-3 Manchester City
Wolves 3-4 Chelsea
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
EFL Cup Third Round Fixtures, Results 2025/26
Wednesday September 24
Huddersfield Town 0-2 Manchester City
Newcastle 4-1 Bradford City
Tottenham 3-0 Doncaster Rovers
Port Vale 0-2 Arsenal
Tuesday September 23
Barnsley 0-6 Brighton and Hove Albion
Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City
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 Round Fixtures, Results 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 First Round Fixtures, Results 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 City
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 Town
Bolton Wanderers 3-3 (2-4p) Sheffield Wednesday
Cheltenham Town 2-0 Exeter
Huddersfield Town 2-2 (3-2p) Leicester City
Birmingham City 2-1 Sheffield United
Tuesday August 19
Tranmere Rovers 1-1 (4-5p) Burton Albion
EFL Cup preliminary round schedule, results
Tuesday July 29
Barnet 2-2 (2-4p) Newport County
Tuesday August 5
Accrington Stanley 3-1 Oldham Athletic
EFL Cup 2025/26 Dates: What are the dates for the Carabao Cup rounds?
The first round began in the second week of the EFL season. A new preliminary round also took place at the end of July between the two clubs promoted from the National League last season and the teams which finished 21st and 22nd in Ligue 2.
There will be split weeks in the third round for clubs in Champions League and Europa League.
EFL Cup Second Round
August 25, 2025
EFL Cup Third Round
September 15 and 22, 2025
EFL Cup fourth round
October 27, 2025
EFL Cup Fifth Round
December 15, 2025
EFL Cup Semi-Final First Leg
January 12, 2026
EFL Cup semi-final second leg
February 2, 2026
EFL Cup Final
Sunday March 22, 2026
EFL Cup: When do Premier League teams join the Carabao Cup?
All nine Premier League teams involved in the European competition will join the third round of the EFL Cup in September.
The other 11 clubs will join one round earlier, during the week of August 25.
EFL Cup TV Channel: How to watch the Carabao Cup
All EFL Cup matches will be available on Sky Sports or Sky Sports+ as part of a deal between the league and the broadcaster to show more than 1,000 of the 1,891 EFL, EFL Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy matches.
Do EFL Cup winners qualify for Europe?
The winners of the EFL Cup receive a place in the UEFA Conference League play-off stage unless they qualify through another route for the European competition.
Newcastle were an example of the rule in action in 2024/25, instead qualifying for the Champions League thanks to their league position.
This meant that their Conference League play-off place went to the higher-placed team who had not qualified for the European competition via their league position.
Do EFL Cup ties result in extra time, replays and penalties?
If they finish level after 90 minutes, the EFL Cup matches will go straight to penalties until the semi-finals, which will be played over two legs.
If the score is tied after the second leg, overtime and – if necessary – penalties are used to decide between the teams.
The final is a one-off match at Wembley Stadium, with extra time and penalties if necessary.
Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties in the 2021/22 final and won the same match after extra time in 2023/24 thanks to Virgil van Dijk’s winning goal in the 118th minute.
