2015-16 Capital One Cup

Underscoring the relative importance of this tournament, we missed the entry of all but the 7 Premier League teams playing in Europe. That includes West Ham who have already been eliminated from the Europa League.

Tuesday's results:
Birmingham City 2-0 Gillingham
Burton Albion 1-2 Middlesbrough
Bury 1-4 Leicester City
Crystal Palace 4-1 Shrewsbury Town
Doncaster Rovers 1-4 Ipswich Town
Fulham 3-0 Sheffield United
Hartlepool United 0-4 Bournemouth
Hull 1-0 Rochdale
Luton Town 1-1 Stoke (Stoke advances on penalties 7-6)
Newcastle 4-1 Northampton Town
Peterborough United 1-4 Charlton Athletic
Portsmouth 1-2 Reading
Preston North End 1-0 Watford
QPR 1-2 Carlisle United
Rotherham United 1-2 Norwich
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Oxford United
Sunderland 6-3 Exeter City
Swansea 3-0 York City
Walsall 2-1 B&H Albion
Wolves 2-1 Barnet
Aston Villa 5-3 Notts County aet
MK Dons 2-1 Cardiff City aet
West Brom 0-0 Port Vale (West Brom advances on penalties 5-3)

Today
Barnsley v. Everton

Third round draw to be played the week of 9/21
Middlesbrough v. Wolves
Norwich v. West Brom
Hull v. Swansea
Leicester v. West Ham
Aston Villa v. Birmingham City
Spurs v. Arsenal
Man U v. Ipswich Town
Liverpool v Carlisle United
Crystal Palace v. Charlton Athletic
Fulham v. Stoke
Sunderland v. Man City
Newcastle v. Sheffield Wednesday
Reading v/ Barnsley/Everton
Preston North End v. Bournemouth
Walsall v. Chelsea
MK Dons v. Southampton

We have a North London Derby, a South London Derby and the Second City Derby. Carlisle United, in League Two are the lowest level team left. Walsall play in League One. Barring a Barnsley win today, all other teams come from the Prem or Championship.

Tuesday's matches:
Aston Villa v. Birmingham City - This is the first Second City Derby since January 2011, Birmingham City's last season in the Prem
Fulham v. Stoke
Hull v. Swansea
Leicester v. West Ham
Middlesbrough v. Wolves
Preston North End v. Man City
Reading v. Everton

Wednesday's matches:
Crystal Palace v. Charlton Athletic
MK Dons v. Southampton
Newcastle United v. Sheffield Wednesday
Norwich v. West Brom
Spurs v. Arsenal
Walsall v. Chelsea
Liverpool v. Carlisle United
Man U v. Ipswich Town

The results:
Middlesbrough 3-0 Wolves
Hull 1-0 Swansea
Leicester 2-1 West Ham (aet)
Aston Villa 1-0 Birmingham City
Fulham 0-1 Stoke
Sunderland 1-4 Man City
Preston North End 2-2 Bournemouth - Bournemouth advances on penalties 3-2
Reading 1-2 Everton
Norwich 3-0 West Brom
Spurs 1-2 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 4-1 Charlton Athletic
Newcastle 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday
Walsall 1-4 Chelsea
MK Dons 0-6 Southampton
Man U 3-0 Ipswich Town
Liverpool 1-1 Carlisle United - Liverpool advances on penalties 3-2

Fourth Round matches, to be played the week of 10/26:
Man City v. Crystal Palace
Liverpool v. Bournemouth
Man U v. Middlesbrough
Everton v. Norwich
Southampton v. Aston Villa
Sheffield Wednesday v. Arsenal
Hull v. Leicester
Stoke v. Chelsea

In other words, a regular weekend in the Prem. There are only 3 lower level teams left and they're all from the Championship.

Fourth Round complete:

Everton 1-1 Norwich - Everton win 4-3 on penalties
Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Arsenal
Hull 1-1 Leicester - Hull win 5-4 on penalties
Stoke 1-1 Chelsea - Stoke win 5-4 on penalties
Man City 5-1 Crystal Palace
Liverpool 1-0 Bournemouth
Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa
Man U 0-0 Middlesbrough - Middlesbrough win 3-1 on penalties

Quarterfinals draw, to be played the week of 11/30

Middlesbrough v. Everton
Southampton v. Liverpool
Stoke v. Sheffield Wednesday
Man City v. Hull

We missed the quarterfinals:

Middlesbrough 0-2 Everton
Stoke 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday
Man City 4-1 Hull
Southampton 1-6 Liverpool

Semi-finals to be played January 5-6 and 26-27
Stoke v. Liverpool
Everton v. Man City

The Final has been set.

Liverpool advance 6-5 on penalties. They won at Stoke 1-0 but Stoke got a goal at Anfield to tie the aggregate.

Man City advance 4-3 on aggregate. Everton won at Goodison, 2-1 and led today 1-0 but goals by Fernandinho, DeBruyne (who left with a knee injury in the 90th minute) and Aguero turned it around and ruined the potential Merseyside Derby final.

Liverpool 1 - 1 Man City AET

Man City win 3-1 on Pens.