CARABAO CUP ROUND-UP: Barnsley nick winner against Sunderland

CARABAO CUP ROUND-UP: Barnsley will meet Leeds next after nicking a last-minute winner against Sunderland, Bristol City cruise to comforting victory against Coventry and Blackburn impress during 4-0 hammering

  • The first round of the Carabao Cup has ended with some huge early upsets
  • Barnsley beat Sunderland, while Blackburn cruised to comfortable 4-0 victory
  • Big second round ties will see Barnsley visit Leeds and Stockport host Leicester 

Josh Benson scored a last-gasp winner as Barnsley stunned Championship Middlesbrough in the Carabao Cup to book a second-round trip to Leeds.

Benson netted with an injury-time rebound at the Riverside after Liam Roberts had saved his initial effort.

The League One side will now play their Yorkshire rivals Leeds at Elland Road after the draw for the next round, when a number of top-flight sides enter the competition, was made after the game.

Barnsley’s Josh Benson celebrates after scoring the club’s first goal against Middlesborough

Other notable ties will see League newboys Stockport host Leicester and Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa travel to Bolton. Wolves host Preston, Fleetwood take on Everton and Newcastle visit Tranmere.

Promoted Nottingham Forest will play at Grimsby while Norwich will host Bournemouth and Crystal Palace will head to Oxford. 

Fulham face an intriguing tie at Crawley, Southampton travel to Cambridge, Brighton visit Forest Green and Brentford are away at Colchester.

Coventry endured a frustrating trip to Bristol after being forced to switch their first-round tie against Bristol City to the Pirelli Stadium due to pitch problems at the CBS Arena.

Andreas Weimann of Bristol City scored once in his side’s 4-1 win over Coventry on Tuesday

The Sky Blues slumped to a 4-1 loss at the hands of the Robins, who took a firm grip with three goals inside the first half-hour.

Kal Naismith opened the scoring before Tommy Conway struck twice. Jamie Allen pulled one back with a fine volley but in-form Andreas Weimann wrapped up the win late on for Bristol City, who will travel to Wycombe next.

Championship Blackburn will face former manager Mark Hughes’ Bradford after making easy work of League Two Hartlepool at Ewood Park. 

Rovers won 4-0 with goals from Scott Wharton, Bradley Dack, Tyrhys Dolan and Dilan Markanday.

Tyrhys Dolan got on the scoresheet for Blackburn during their 4-0 rout over Hartlepool

Oliver Rathbone and Chiedozie Ogbene struck as Championship Rotherham beat their League One hosts Port Vale 2-1 to set up a home clash with Morecambe.

Rathbone’s opener came in bizarre circumstances as Aidan Stone’s attempted clearance rebounded off him after the goalkeeper had been forced to rush back to deal with a poor backpass.

Ogbene doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time and the Millers held on despite Mal Benning’s late reply.

Peterborough edged their all-League One clash with Plymouth 2-0 at Home Park. Ricky Jade-Jones grabbed their opener in the 28th minute before Joseph Taylor made victory safe in the closing moments. The win set up a trip to Stevenage.

The other ties in the second round are: Newport v Portsmouth, Watford v MK Dons, Walsall v Charlton, Gillingham v Exeter, Derby v West Brom or Sheffield United, Barrow v Lincoln and Shrewsbury v Burnley.

The line-up will be completed when West Brom play Sheffield United on Thursday.




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