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EFL Cup Shockwaves: Wolves Deliver Stunning Blow to West Ham in Second Round Thriller

EFL Cup Shockwaves: Wolves Deliver Stunning Blow to West Ham in Second Round Thriller

What a wild night in the 2025/26 EFL Cup second round! Wolves, after a shaky start to their season, snagged their first victory by scoring two late goals to edge past West Ham in an electrifying clash at Molineux. Meanwhile, Brentford kept their winning momentum flowing, adding a solid away win at Bournemouth to their recent Premier League success. But the drama didn’t stop there—this round saw some shocking exits from Premier League sides like Leeds and Sunderland, while the underdogs from Cambridge United made waves with a stunning 3-1 upset over Championship opponents Charlton Athletic. There’s no shortage of twists and turns in this cup competition, and trust me, you’ll wanna dive into the full scoop and see exactly how it all unfolded. LEARN MORE

Wolves scored twice inside the final eight minutes to earn their first win of the 2025/26 season and beat West Ham at home in the EFL Cup in one of two all-Premier League ties on the first night of the second round.

Brentford claimed consecutive victories, following up their home defeat of Aston Villa in the top flight on Saturday by winning at Bournemouth.

Leeds United and Sunderland went out and League Two side Cambridge United contributed one of the shocks, winning 3-1 against Championship visitors Charlton Athletic.

101GreatGoals.com has the latest results and scores from the 2025/26 EFL Cup second round, including details of when the third round draw is.

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Wolves vs West Ham: Relief for hosts

No West Ham fan will need reminding that their league season has started with a 3-0 defeat at Sunderland and 5-1 thrashing at home by Chelsea, and their problems continued when Rodrigo Gomes fired in the rebound in the 43rd minute to give Wolves the lead at Molineux after Hwang Hee-chan’s penalty hit a post.

Two headers turned the scoreline around within 18 minutes of the restart, Tomas Soucek meeting Kyle Walker-Peters’ cross and Lucas Paqueta pouncing from Jarrod Bowen’s delivery.

With West Ham closing in on a result to reduce the pressure on manager Graham Potter, Jorgen Strand Larsen – the subject of a £50 million bid from Newcastle on Monday – struck from inside the box in the 82nd minute and headed in Jackson Tchatchoua’s cross two minutes later to make the result 3-2.

Wolves have lost 4-0 at home to Manchester City and 1-0 at Bournemouth in the league.

Bournemouth vs Brentford: Bees through

Brentford have scored four goals without reply since conceding three during the first half of their 3-1 defeat at Nottingham Forest on the opening day.

The unmarked Fabio Carvalho struck their opener in the 34th minute at Bournemouth after the Cherries failed to deal with Kristoffer Ajer’s header, and substitute Igor Thiago scored his second goal in three games to finish off a counter-attack 31 minutes later for the forward’s second goal in three games.

Ajer’s late clearance off the line maintained Brentford’s clean sheet as Keith Andrews won his first cup tie as a manager 2-0.

EFL Cup results: Leeds, Sunderland shocks

Leeds and Sunderland became the first Premier League clubs to exit against teams from lower divisions in this season’s competition.

Karl Darlow’s second-half own goal put beleaguered Championship hosts Sheffield Wednesday in front against the Whites, who equalised through Jayden Bogle but went out 3-0 in the shootout at Hillsborough, where home fans stayed away in protest at the club’s owners.

Chelsea loanee Leo Castledine’s volley gave League One team Huddersfield Town a ninth-minute advantage at the Stadium of Light, where another Blues player, Marc Guiu, equalised for Sunderland six minutes from time before The Terriers prevailed 6-5 in a shootout.

Burnley, who joined their league rivals in making wholesale changes, scored a 91st-minute winner through Oliver Sonne’s strike to win 2-1 at home to second-tier Derby County.

Full list of EFL Cup second round results

Burton Albion 0-1 Lincoln City

Accrington Stanley 0-2 Doncaster Rovers

Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stockport County

Stoke City 0-3 Bradford City

Burnley 2-1 Derby

Sunderland 1-1 (5-6p) Huddersfield Town

Birmingham City 0-1 Port Vale

Preston North End 2-3 Wrexham

Barnsley 2-1 Rotherham United

Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 (3-0p) Leeds United

Reading 2-1 Wimbledon

Cambridge United 3-1 Charlton Athletic

Wolves 3-2 West Ham

Norwich City 0-3 Southampton

Bournemouth 0-2 Brentford

Millwall 2-1 Coventry City

Swansea City 1-1 (5-3p) Plymouth Argyle

Bromley 1-1 (4-5p) Wycombe Wanderers

Cardiff City 3-0 Cheltenham Town

EFL Cup second round fixtures

All matches start at 19:45 BST / 14:45 ET / 11:45 PT unless stated otherwise.

Wednesday, August 27

Everton vs Mansfield Town

Grimsby Town vs Manchester United (20:00)

Fulham vs Bristol City

Oxford United vs Brighton & Hove Albion

When is the EFL Cup third round draw 2025/26?

The draw will take place during the build-up to Grimsby Town’s home tie against Manchester United on Wednesday, August 27.

Ball numbers will be published on this page on the day of the draw.

What time is the EFL Cup third round draw?

The draw will take place during Sky Sports’ build-up coverage to the game, which starts at 19:00 BST (14:00 ET / 11:00 PT).

Kick-off in the contest between the League Two club and the 20-time English champions is an hour later.

EFL Cup third round draw TV channel

Sky Sports are covering the match and broadcasting the draw beforehand on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football.

EFL Cup third round draw live stream

The draw will be available to live stream on a vast variety of devices via the Sky GO app.

Via Now TV, Sky Sports costs £14.99 for a day membership, £28 a month for a 12-month membership or £34.99 a month with no contract.

EFL Cup dates 2025/26: When are the Carabao Cup round dates?

Round one started during the second week of the EFL season. A new preliminary round also started in late July between the two clubs promoted from the National League last season and the teams who finished 21st and 22nd in League Two.

There will be split weeks in round three for clubs in the Champions League and Europa League.

EFL Cup preliminary round

Week commencing August 4, 2025

EFL Cup round one

August 11, 2025

EFL Cup round two

August 25, 2025

EFL Cup round three

September 15 and 22, 2025

EFL Cup round four

October 27, 2025

EFL Cup round five

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

A photo of Wembley Stadium football ground

Do the EFL Cup winners qualify for Europe?

The EFL Cup winners receive a place in the play-off stage of the UEFA Conference League unless they qualify through another route for European competition.

Newcastle were an example of the rule in action in 2024/25, instead qualifying for the Champions League through their league position.

That meant their Conference League play-off place went to the next-highest ranked team who had not qualified for European competition via their league position.

Do EFL Cup ties go to extra time, replays and penalties?

Should they finish level after 90 minutes, EFL Cup ties go straight to penalties until the semi-finals, which take place over two legs.

If the scoreline is level after the second leg, extra time and – if necessary – penalties are used to separate teams.

The final is a one-off match at Wembley Stadium, with extra time and penalties used if required.

Liverpool beat Chelsea 11-10 on penalties in the 2021/22 final and edged the same fixture after extra time in 2023/24 through Virgil van Dijk’s 118th-minute winner.

Newcastle beat Liverpool 2-1 in the 2024/25 final to win their first domestic trophy since 1955.

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