Premier League title hopefuls Arsenal and Manchester City will meet in the final of the EFL Cup 2025/26, bringing to an end seven potential rounds of matches in the main competition.
Teams in the Championship, League One and League Two started the EFL Cup season, followed by a maximum of six rounds involving top-flight sides.
Liverpool are the most successful team in EFL Cup history with 10 titles, followed by City with eight and Manchester United with six.
101GreatGoals.com has all the fixtures and results from the 2025/26 EFL Cup, round dates and how to watch on TV and live stream.
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EFL Cup final 2026 date: When is the Carabao Cup final?
The match will take place at the national stadium on March 22, 2026.
When does the EFL Cup final start? League Cup final kick off time
As was the case in 2025, the EFL Cup final will start this year at 16:30 GMT (11:30 ET / 08:30 PT).
How to watch the EFL Cup final: TV channel, live online stream
Live coverage in the UK will be on ITV1 and Sky Sports.
Fans can stream the action via ITV’s website, the ITVX app and the Sky GO app, which are available on a vast variety of devices for viewing on the go.
EFL Cup semi-final resuls 2025/26
Tuesday, January 13
Newcastle 0-2 Manchester City
Wednesday, January 14
Chelsea 2-3 Arsenal
Tuesday, February 3
Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (4-2 on aggregate)
Wednesday, February 4
Man City 3-1 Newcastle (5-1 on aggregate)
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 fourth round results 2025/26
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 & 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 & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-2 Cardiff City
Fulham 1-0 Cambridge United
Lincoln City 1-2 Chelsea
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Wolves 2-0 Everton
Wrexham 2-0 Reading
Liverpool 2-1 Southampton
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
Everton 2-0 Mansfield Town
Grimsby Town 2-2 (12-11p) Manchester United
Fulham 2-0 Bristol City
Oxford United 0-6 Brighton
Tuesday, August 26
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 County
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 round one fixtures, results 2025/26
Tuesday, August 12
Barrow 0-1 Preston North End
Grimsby Town 3-1 Shrewsbury Town
Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale
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
Stoke City 0-0 (4-3p) Walsall
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
Coventry City 1-0 Luton Town
Bristol City 2-0 MK Dons
Bromley 1-1 (5-4p) Ipswich Town
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United
Leyton Orient 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Watford 1-2 Norwich City
Charlton Athletic 3-1 Stevenage
Oxford United 1-0 Colchester United
Newport County 0-1 Millwall
Cardiff City 2-1 Swindon Town
Gillingham 1-1 (2-4p) AFC Wimbledon
Northampton Town 0-1 Southampton
Plymouth Argyle 3-2 QPR
Swansea City 3-1 Crawley Town
Portsmouth 1-2 Reading
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 fixtures, results
Tuesday, July 29
Barnet 2-2 (2-4p) Newport County
Tuesday, August 5
Accrington Stanley 3-1 Oldham Athletic
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 took place 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 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
EFL Cup: When do Premier League teams join the Carabao Cup?
The nine Premier League teams involved in European competition will join the EFL Cup third round in September.
The 11 other clubs will join a 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 to watch 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 games across the EFL, EFL Cup and Bristol Street Motors Trophy.
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.
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