Leeds and Aston Villa reach Carabao Cup second round with narrow wins | OneFootball

Summer signing Patrick Bamford found the net as Leeds defeated fellow Championship side Bolton at Elland Road to reach the second round of the Carabao Cup.

The former Chelsea attacker, who joined from Middlesbrough, scored the opener on 27 minutes before Samuel Saiz doubled the advantage before half-time. Erhun Otzumer pulled one back for the visitors but Marcelo Bielsa’s men held on.

Aston Villa joined the Whites in the next round as they defeated League Two Yeovil Town 1-0 at Huish Park courtesy of Conor Hourihane’s 77th minute goal.

Last season’s semi-finalists Bristol City were the victim of a giant-killing as League One Plymouth claimed a 1-0 victory at Ashton Gate.

Middlesbrough, meanwhile, needed penalties to get the better of Kevin Nolan’s Notts County at the Riverside while Nottingham Forest also required a shootout to beat Bury with both goalkeepers even stepping up. It was goals galore at Mansfield as they hammered League Two champions Accrington Stanley 6-1.

Fleetwood, managed by Joey Barton, won their first League Cup tie in history with a shootout victory over Crewe.

On Thursday, League One side Sunderland host Championship Sheffield Wednesday.

Carabao Cup First Round results

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bury AET (Forest win 10-9 on penalties) Blackpool 3-1 Barnsley Bristol City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town Cambridge United 1-4 Newport County Carlisle United 1-5 Blackburn Rovers Cheltenham 2-2 Colchester (Cheltenham win 6-5 on penalties) Crewe 1-1 Fleetwood (Fleetwood win 4-3 on penalties) Exeter 1-1 Ipswich (Exeter win 4-2 on penalties) Grimsby Town 0-2 Rochdale Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers Macclesfield 1-1 Bradford AET (Macclesfield win 4-2 on penalties) Mansfield Town 6-1 Accrington Stanley Middlesbrough 3-3 Notts County AET (Boro win 4-3 on penalties) Millwall 0-0 Gillingham (Millwall win 3-1 on penalties) Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 Charlton Athletic Norwich 3-1 Stevenage Oldham Athletic 0-2 Derby County Oxford 2-0 Coventry Port Vale 0-4 Lincoln City Portsmouth 1-2 AFC Wimbledon Preston North End 3-1 Morecambe QPR 2-0 Peterborough United Rotherham 3-1 Wigan Scunthorpe 1-2 Doncaster Rovers Sheffield United 1-1 Hull City (Hull win 5-4 on penalties) Shrewsbury 1-2 Burton Albion Southend United 2-4 Brentford Swindon Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers Tranmere 1-3 Walsall Wycombe 1-1 Northampton (Wycombe win 7-6 on penalties) Yeovil Town 0-1 Aston Villa Reading 2-0 Birmingham West Brom 1-0 Luton