2025–26 Premier League Cup

The 2025–26 Premier League Cup was the twelfth edition of the competition. 32 academies participated this season 4 fewer than last time after expanding to 36 last season. 7 academies that participated last season did not return this year. Huddersfield Town did not return after 5 consecutive seasons in the competition, Brighton & Hove Albion did not return after a 3-year stint, Chelsea, Fleetwood Town, and Leeds United did not return after 2 consecutive seasons, and finally Everton, and Southampton did not return after playing last year. In terms of teams returning to the competition only 2 returned after a long absence, Millwall returned for the first time since the competition was a knockout only in 2015–16, and Stoke City returned after a 2-season absence. There was one newcomer to the competition, Leyton Orient who participated for the first time.

CountryEngland
Wales

Teams32

ChampionsBurnley (1st Title)

Runners-upSunderland (1st Runner up)

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2025–26 Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Burnley (1st Title)
Runners-up	Sunderland (1st Runner up)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	111
Goals scored	411 (3.7 per match)
Attendance	18,761 (169 per match)
Top goal scorer	Marshall Francis (Sheffield United) (6 Goals)
← 2024–25 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 14 May 2026.

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Participants

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

Bromley

Group stage

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Reading (A)	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7	15
AFC Bournemouth (A)	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	11
Hull City (E)	6	2	0	4	12	12	0	6
Birmingham City (E)	6	0	2	4	5	17	−12	2

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Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 2026. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

2 September 2025	Hull City	5–1	Birmingham City	Kingston Upon Hull
19:00 BST	Belloumi 42', 47' Moore 56' Brown 64', 84'	Report	Da Silva 29'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 310 Referee: Garreth Rhodes

12 September 2025	Reading	2–1	AFC Bournemouth	Aldershot
19:00 BST	Okine-Peters 64' Duah 90+1'	Report	Day 71'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 106 Referee: Paul Tierney

10 October 2025	AFC Bournemouth	4–1	Hull City	Bournemouth
19:00 BST	Dacosta 18' (pen.) Stevens 34' Sills 72' Mottoh 74'	Report	Parker 36'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 149 Referee: Harry Wager

16 October 2025	Birmingham City	0–3	Reading	Tiddington
19:00 BST		Report	Patton 24' (pen.) Hicks 38', 83'	Stadium: DCS Stadium Attendance: 80 Referee: Scott Jackson

21 November 2025	Hull City	0–2	Reading	North Ferriby
19:00 GMT		Report	Okine-Peters 21' Leach 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Grange Lane Attendance: 82 Referee: Dean Watson

24 November 2025	Birmingham City	2–2	AFC Bournemouth	Stratford upon Avon
19:00 GMT	Mazwi 56' Maddox 73'	Report	Dacosta Gonzalez 42' Stevens 53'	Stadium: Knights Lane Attendance: 73 Referee: George Laflin

1 December 2025	Birmingham City	0–3	Hull City	Tiddington
19:00 GMT		Report	Henia-Kamau 72' Ocaya 74' Parker 82'	Stadium: Knights Lane Attendance: 100 Referee: Kavan Hurn

5 December 2025	Hull City	3–4	AFC Bournemouth	North Ferriby
19:00 GMT	McCarthy 72' Parker 76' Vaughan 90+4'	Report	Howard 15' (o.g.) William 33' Dacosta González 45+1', 90'	Stadium: Knights Lane Attendance: 62 Referee: Scott Jackson

13 December 2025	Reading	2–0	Birmingham City	Reading
13:00 GMT	Patton 39' (pen.) Hicks 42'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 173 Referee: Declan Bourne

19 December 2025	Reading	1–0	Hull City	Aldershot
19:00 GMT	Devine 33' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 127 Referee: Will Briers

22 December 2025	AFC Bournemouth	2–2	Birmingham City	Totton
19:00 GMT	Dacosta Gonzalez 38' Ndimukum 89'	Report	Briscoe 23' Wynne 30'	Stadium: Testwood Stadium Attendance: 231 Referee: Lewis Sandoe

22 January 2026	AFC Bournemouth	2–0	Reading	Bournemouth
19:00 GMT	Nyarko 50', 66'	Report		Stadium: AFC Bournemouth Performance Centre Attendance: 47 Referee: Alan Young
Note: match was originally going to be played on 1 December 2025 but was postponed due to a frozen pitch, then was postponed again on 6 January 2026 due to yet an other frozen pitch.

Group B

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sheffield United (Q)	6	6	0	0	14	7	+7	18
Stoke City (Q)	6	1	3	2	10	12	−2	6
Derby County (E)	6	1	2	3	15	12	+3	5
Bristol City (E)	6	1	1	4	10	18	−8	4

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Updated to match(es) played on 6 January 2026. Source: ^[1]
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

12 September 2025	Sheffield United	2–1	Derby County	York
19:00 BST	Asante-Boakye 24' Giggs 81'	Report	McAndrew 55' (pen.)	Stadium: York Community Stadium Attendance: 79 Referee: James Bancroft

13 September 2025	Bristol City	1–1	Stoke City	Failand
15:30 BST	Derrick 11'	Report	Fawunmi 61'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 75 Referee: William Davis

20 October 2025	Derby County	8–2	Bristol City	Matlock
19:00 BST	Eames 3' Allen 7', 25' Wilson 10', 15' Osong 31' Oguntolu 63', 75'	Report	Sheppard 34' (pen.) Phillips 45+7'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 151 or 150 Referee: Richard Holmes

28 October 2025	Stoke City	1–2	Sheffield United	Newcastle-under-Lyme
19:00 GMT	Enabulele 30'	Report	Aston 41' Francis 57'	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium Attendance: 134 Referee: Lewis Dawson

21 November 2025	Derby County	2–2	Stoke City	Matlock
19:00 GMT	Osong 2' Oguntolu 30'	Report	Otegbayo 33' Enabulele 38'	Stadium: Causeway Lane Attendance: 203 Referee: Paul Johnson

30 November 2025	Stoke City	3–2	Bristol City	Newcastle-under-Lyme
14:00 GMT	Fawunmi 66', 90+1' Yeboah 80' (o.g.)	Report	Skinner 59', 90+3'	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium Attendance: 55 Referee: Dean Watson

5 December 2025	Sheffield United	2–1	Bristol City	York
19:00 GMT	Marsh 5' Francis 68'	Report	Hooper 48'	Stadium: York Community Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Garreth Rhodes
Note: match was originally going to be played 21 November 2025 but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

15 December 2025	Sheffield United	4–2	Stoke City	York
19:00 GMT	Hampson 20' Marsh 33', 67', 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Willox 28' Sachdev 61'	Stadium: York Community Stadium Attendance: 65 Referee: Richard Aspinall

16 December 2025	Bristol City	3–2	Derby County	Failand
19:00 GMT	Skinner 11' Sheppard 63' Yeboah 67'	Report	Eames 34' Oguntolu 84'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 128 Referee: Greg Rollason

21 December 2025	Stoke City	1–1	Derby County	Newcastle-under-Lyme
14:00 GMT	Curley 90+8'	Report	Oguntolu 69'	Stadium: Lyme Valley Stadium Attendance: 187 Referee: Melissa Burgin

22 December 2025	Bristol City	1–2	Sheffield United	Failand
19:00 GMT	Yeboah 23'	Report	Francis 39', 89'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 90 Referee: Matthew Scholes

6 January 2026	Derby County	1–2	Sheffield United	Derby
19:00 GMT	Wilson 50'	Report	Francis 27', 77'	Stadium: Derby County Football Academy Attendance: 75 Referee: Matthew McQuillan
Note: match was originally going to be played 28 November 2025 but was postponed

Group C

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ipswich Town (A)	6	4	1	1	12	4	+8	13
Charlton Athletic (A)	6	3	1	2	9	14	−5	10
Leicester City (E)	6	2	0	4	11	9	+2	6
Preston North End (E)	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5

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Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2026. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

23 September 2025	Preston North End	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Chorley
19:00 BST	Gryba 55'	Report	Sol-Loza 79' Rylah 90+2'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Niall Smith

7 October 2025	Preston North End	2–0	Leicester City	Chorley
19:00 BST	Frøkjær-Jensen 16' Adedeji 37'	Report		Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 140 Referee: Steven Copeland

17 October 2025	Leicester City	3–4	Charlton Athletic	Seagrave
19:00 BST	Amartey 36' Evans 56', 66'	Report	Brown 68' Casey 71' Sol-Loza 74' Rylah 87'	Stadium: Leicester City F.C. Training Ground Attendance: 141 Referee: Harry Warner

28 October 2025	Ipswich Town	2–2	Preston North End	Needham Market
19:00 GMT	Mauge 12', 16'	Report	Brindle 61' (pen.) Wilson 83'	Stadium: Bloomfields Attendance: 150 or 70 Referee: Lewis Smith

18 November 2025	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Ipswich Town	Charlton
19:00 GMT	Casey 3' Lock 90+1'	Report 1 Report 2	Laqeretabua 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 111 Referee: Lewis Sandoe

21 November 2025	Leicester City	0–2	Ipswich Town	Seagrave
19:00 GMT		Report	Fletcher 15' Nelson 67'	Stadium: Leicester City F.C. Training Ground Attendance: 183 Referee: Aji Ajibola

1 December 2025	Ipswich Town	1–0	Leicester City	Ipswich
19:00 GMT	Fletcher 17'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 455 Referee: Paul Johnson

2 December 2025	Charlton Athletic	1–1	Preston North End	Dartford
19:00 GMT	Lock 46'	Report	Pasiek 65'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 117 Referee: George Laflin

16 December 2025	Charlton Athletic	0–5	Leicester City	Dartford
19:00 GMT		Report	Evans 7' Khela 16' Carr 61' Ali 85' Daniels 89'	Stadium: Princes Park Referee: Harrison Blair

19 December 2025	Leicester City	3–0	Preston North End	Seagrave
19:00 GMT	Richards 56' Otchere 66' Omobolaji 83'	Report		Stadium: Seagrave Training Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Joe Woolmer

22 December 2025	Ipswich Town	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Ipswich
19:00 GMT	Pitts 4' Baggott 17' Humphreys 71'	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 245 Referee: Jason Richardson

12 January 2026	Preston North End	0–3	Ipswich Town	Chorley
19:00 GMT		Report	Mauge 19', 82' Ayinde 34'	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 125 Referee: Gareth Thomas
Note: Match was originally going to be played 15 December 2025 but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Group D

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Watford (A)	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10
Blackburn Rovers (A)	6	2	2	2	10	8	+2	8
Leyton Orient (E)	6	2	2	2	11	12	−1	8
Coventry City (E)	6	1	3	2	7	10	−3	6

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Updated to match(es) played on 14 January 2026. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

9 September 2025	Leyton Orient	3–2	Watford	Leyton
19:00 BST	Perkins 17' (pen.) Gordon 62' Hambury 86'	Report	Okosun 51' Nabizada 77' (pen.)	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 164 Referee: Wayne Cartmel

10 September 2025	Coventry City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Leamington Spa
19:00 BST	Shepherd 4'	Report	Sergeant 90+2'	Stadium: New Windmill Ground Attendance: 138 Referee: William Davis

8 October 2025	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Leyton Orient	Leyland
19:00 BST	Doherty 27' Boggan 54' Powell 60'	Report	Sterling 44'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 114 Referee: Aaron Jackson

17 October 2025	Watford	4–1	Coventry City	Kings Langley
19:00 BST	Massiah-Edwards 19' Sanghrajka 35' Vancea 56' Nabizada 87'	Report	Dausch 45+1'	Stadium: Gaywood Park Attendance: 148 Referee: Adam Merchant

5 November 2025	Leyton Orient	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Leyton
19:00 GMT	Carter 90+4'	Report	Joseph 82'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 118 Referee: Lewis Sandoe

21 November 2025	Watford	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Kings Langley
19:00 GMT	Okosun 45+7' Massiah-Edwards 58'	Report	Powell 65'	Stadium: Gaywood Park Attendance: 115 Referee: Ross Martin

25 November 2025	Leyton Orient	4–3	Coventry City	Leyton
19:00 GMT	Archibald 10' Hambury 28' Nzang 80' Mohamud 89'	Report	Stidder 2' Siddall 40' Toluwaloju 48'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 120 Referee: Will Briers

3 December 2025	Watford	2–1	Leyton Orient	Kings Langley
19:00 GMT	Moulton 2', 90+9'	Report	Mohamud 75'	Stadium: Gaywood Park Attendance: 92 Referee: Matthew Scholes

10 December 2025	Coventry City	0–0	Watford	Leamington Spa
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: New Windmill Ground Attendance: 191 Referee: Harry Wager

16 December 2025	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Watford	Leyland
19:00 GMT	Joseph 18', 50' Doherty 43' Farkas 90+1'	Report	Shevchenko 19', 25'	Stadium: County Ground Referee: Declan Brown

7 January 2026	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Coventry City	Leyland
19:00 GMT		Report	Finney 45+3'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 120 Referee: William Davis
Note: Match was originally to be played 28 November 2025 but was postponed.

14 January 2026	Coventry City	1–1	Leyton Orient	Leamington Spa
19:00 GMT	Shepherd 54'	Report	O’Keefe 4'	Stadium: New Windmill Ground Referee: Niall Smith
Note: match was originally going to be played on 18 December 2025 but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Group E

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Bromwich Albion (A)	6	4	1	1	13	10	+3	13
Brentford (A)	6	4	0	2	16	5	+11	12
Exeter City (E)	6	2	1	3	4	7	−3	7
Luton Town (E)	6	1	0	5	8	19	−11	3

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Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

26 August 2025	Exeter City	1–0	Luton Town	Exeter
19:00 BST	Wilson 74'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 335 Referee: Adrian Quelch

30 September 2025	Exeter City	1–0	Brentford	Exeter
19:00 BST	Woodhouse 84'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 247 Referee: Matthew Russell

15 October 2025	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Exeter City	Perry Barr
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Alexander Stadium Attendance: 107 Referee: Matthew Scholes

21 October 2025	Luton Town	1–6	Brentford	Luton
19:00 BST	Evans 6'	Report	Maghoma 30' Carvalho 45+2', 77' Donovan 47' (pen.) Peart-Harris 49' (pen.) Konak 55'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 753 Referee: Tolu Sangowawa

18 November 2025	Luton Town	1–5	West Bromwich Albion	Luton
19:00 GMT	Brown 39'	Report	Nelson 20' Parker 55' Dupont 67' Blackshield 90+1' Francis-Caesar 90+5'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 487 Referee: Callum Walchester

24 November 2025	Brentford	3–0	Exeter City	Staines-upon-Thames
19:00 GMT	Stephenson 62' Pierre 78' Boni 85'	Report		Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Referee: Matthew Norton

28 November 2025	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Brentford	Perry Barr
19:00 GMT	Mandey 19'	Report		Stadium: Alexander Stadium Attendance: 127 Referee: Paul Marsden

3 December 2025	Luton Town	2–1	Exeter City	Enfield
19:00 GMT	Trustram 25' Odegah 45'	Report	Wilson 72'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Attendance: 110 Referee: Alan Dale

8 December 2025	Brentford	5–1	West Bromwich Albion	Staines-upon-Thames
19:00 GMT	Boni 37', 52' Morgan 39', 45+3' Pierre 79'	Report	Dupont 10'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Aji Ajibola

14 December 2025	Brentford	2–1	Luton Town	Staines-upon-Thames
13:00 GMT	Holland 4' Grey 57'	Report	Odegah 56'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Attendance: 127 Referee: Stephen Parkinson

16 December 2025	Exeter City	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Exeter
19:00 GMT	Williams 90+1'	Report	Mandey 19', 37'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 244 Referee: Lewis Sandoe

22 December 2025	West Bromwich Albion	4–3	Luton Town	Perry Barr
19:00 GMT	Nelson 7' Mandey 16', 79' Parker 29'	Report	Lorentzen-Jones 10' (pen.) Fox 44' Paternoster 89'	Stadium: Alexander Stadium Attendance: 107 Referee: Scott Jackson

Group F

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Burnley (A)	6	4	0	2	11	10	+1	12
Queens Park Rangers (A)	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10
Cardiff City (E)	6	2	1	3	15	12	+3	7
Stockport County (E)	6	2	0	4	11	17	−6	6

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Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2026. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

18 September 2025	Stockport County	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Edgeley
19:00 BST	Whittingham 57'	Report	Coomes 35' Alemayehu 53' Oluwabusola 83'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 268 Referee: Steven Copeland

23 September 2025	Cardiff City	1–2	Burnley	Leckwith
19:00 BST	Barton 74'	Report	Veevers 67' Ryan 86'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Campus Attendance: 100 Referee: Ross Martin

17 October 2025	Burnley	3–2	Stockport County	Leyland
19:00 BST	Veevers 9' McEvilly 30' Clark 90+2'	Report	Nino 55' Maher 85'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 113 Referee: Callum Jones

24 October 2025	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Cardiff City	Perivale
19:00 BST	Logan 16' Bennie 17'	Report	Mafico 51' Perrett 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Reynolds Field Referee: Chay Hathway

20 November 2025	Burnley	1–3	Queens Park Rangers	Leyland
19:00 GMT	Wetshi 28'	Report	Hassan 31' (pen.) Pearman 47' O'Brien 84'	Stadium: County Ground Referee: Gareth Thomas

28 November 2025	Burnley	3–1	Cardiff City	Leyland
19:00 GMT	Bevan 17' Banel 30' Masara 65'	Report	Barton 28'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 120 Referee: Liam Smith

28 November 2025	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Stockport County	Perivale
19:00 GMT	Bennie 2', 90+6'	Report	Cina 61'	Stadium: Reynolds Field Attendance: 150 Referee: Liam Smith

5 December 2025	Cardiff City	7–2	Stockport County	Leckwith
19:00 GMT	Twose 27', 45+1' Perrett 34' (pen.), 58' Apter 34' George 73' Barton 90+2'	Report	Astles 17' Kingdon 29' (o.g.)	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Campus Attendance: 100 Referee: Niall Smith

12 December 2025	Cardiff City	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Leckwith
19:00 GMT	Perrett 32' (pen.) Nyakuhwa 66' Pearce 84'	Report	Alemayehu 87'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Campus Attendance: 125 Referee: Dale Baines

19 December 2025	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Burnley	Perivale
19:00 GMT		Report	Banel 32'	Stadium: Reynolds Field Attendance: 73 Referee: Aji Ajibola

22 December 2025	Stockport County	2–1	Cardiff City	Radcliffe
19:00 GMT	Astles 56', 85'	Report	Perrett 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Stainton Park Attendance: 102 Referee: Greg Rollason

4 March 2026	Stockport County	3–1	Burnley	Stalybridge
19:00 GMT	Kouam 76' Cina 88' Watson 90'	Report	Morley 36'	Stadium: Bower Fold Attendance: 149 Referee: Richard Aspinall
Note: Match was originally going to be played 15 December 2025 but was postponed due to a frozen pitch, then was going to be played on 6 January 2026 but was postponed again to yet another frozen pitch, then was postponed a third time due to a waterlogged pitch on 27 January 2026.

Group G

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Nottingham Forest (A)	6	5	1	0	10	3	+7	16
Swansea City (A)	6	3	1	2	14	9	+5	10
Wolverhampton Wanderers (E)	6	2	1	3	9	11	−2	7
Millwall (E)	6	0	1	5	7	17	−10	1

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Updated to match(es) played on 23 January 2026. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

26 September 2025	Millwall	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bermondsey
19:00 BST	Baker 88'	Report	Ángel 45+5'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 20 Referee: Paul Johnson

20 October 2025	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–4	Swansea City	Kidderminster
19:00 BST	Holman 24' Sutherland 82'	Report	Griffith 3' Woodward 65' McKenzie 78' Wales 80'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 202 Referee: Gareth Thomas

21 November 2025	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Sillah 39'	Report		Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 133 Referee: Chay Hathway

21 November 2025	Swansea City	2–1	Millwall	Landore
19:00 GMT	Demery 19' Bates 32' (pen.)	Report	Howland 35'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Attendance: 91 Referee: Jason Richardson

28 November 2025	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Swansea City	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Anisjko 90'	Report		Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 86 Referee: Scott Jackson

8 December 2025	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Millwall	Kidderminster
19:00 GMT	Holman 9', 48' Olagunju 22'	Report	Celestine-Charles 54' (pen.) Redhead 75'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 122 Referee: Gareth Thomas

12 December 2025	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Millwall	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Berry 29', 34'	Report	Celestine-Charles 74'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 79 Referee: Robert Claussen

13 December 2025	Swansea City	2–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Landore
15:30 GMT	Woodward 48' Bates 69'	Report	Ángel 1' Rawlings 81' Voice 90+1'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Attendance: 69 Referee: Rob Massey-Ellis

16 December 2025	Millwall	1–4	Nottingham Forest	Bermondsey
19:00 GMT	Redhead 40' (pen.)	Report	Thompson Sinclair Berry 38' Blake 47'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 55 Referee: Sam Mulhall

20 December 2025	Millwall	1–5	Swansea City	Bermondsey
13:00 GMT	Redhead 44'	Report	Pescatore 34', 47' Demery 40' Woodward 90+3' McKenzie 90+5'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 67 Referee: Wayne Cartmel

22 December 2025	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Kidderminster
19:00 GMT		Report	McClure 67'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 272 Referee: Aaron Jackson

23 January 2026	Swansea City	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Landore
12:00 GMT	Jones 66'	Report	Anisjko 38'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Attendance: 66 Referee: Richard Aspinall
Note: Match was originally going to be played 7 December 2025 but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.

Group H

More information Team, Pld ...

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Colchester United (A)	6	3	1	2	15	12	+3	10
Sunderland (A)	6	3	1	2	13	10	+3	10
Bromley (E)	6	3	0	3	7	11	−4	9
Norwich City (E)	6	1	2	3	10	12	−2	5

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Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. Source: ^[1]
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

8 September 2025	Bromley	2–1	Sunderland	Bromley
19:00 BST	Stepien-Iwumene 11' German 53'	Report	Whittaker 56'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 308 Referee: Adrian Quelch

12 September 2025	Norwich City	2–2	Colchester United	Colney
19:00 BST	Jones 10' Bridge 25'	Report	Connolly 49' (pen.) Wood 54'	Stadium: Colney Training Centre Attendance: 53 Referee: Abigail Byrne

10 October 2025	Sunderland	3–2	Norwich City	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 BST	Nield 9' Proctor 90' Neill 90+8'	Report	Jones 20' Welch 71'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 300 Referee: Paul Howard

17 October 2025	Sunderland	2–1	Colchester United	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 BST	Abdullahi 40', 65'	Report	Martin 79'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 255 Referee: Kavan Hurn

27 October 2025	Colchester United	2–0	Bromley	Colchester
19:00 GMT	Evans 57' Emery 73'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 221 Referee: Kai Morgan

17 November 2025	Bromley	2–1	Norwich City	Bromley
19:00 GMT	Dinanga 17' Adelusi 34' (o.g.)	Report	Adelusi 30'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 246 Referee: Harry Wager

1 December 2025	Sunderland	4–0	Bromley	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 GMT	Tutierov 47' Jones 57' Waters 62', 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 220 Referee: Aaron Jackson

2 December 2025	Colchester United	3–4	Norwich City	Colchester
19:00 GMT	Lisbie 12' Oni 19' Evans 80'	Report	Welch 49' Chilvers 52', 72' Trialist 53' (o.g.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 106 Referee: Richard Aspinall

12 December 2025	Norwich City	1–1	Sunderland	Colney
19:00 GMT	Bracking 90+1'	Report	Whittaker 53'	Stadium: Colney Training Centre Attendance: 53 Referee: Oliver Mackey

15 December 2025	Bromley	2–3	Colchester United	Bromley
19:00 GMT	Taylor 1' Hards 51'	Report	Lisbie 66' Evans 72' Newby 90+6'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 143 Referee: Matthew Russell

19 December 2025	Norwich City	0–1	Bromley	Colney
19:00 GMT		Report	Dinanga 3'	Stadium: Colney Training Centre Attendance: 64 Referee: Callum Walchester

22 December 2025	Colchester United	4–2	Sunderland	Colchester
19:00 GMT	Newby 15' Akande 28', 83' Connolly 58'	Report	Proctor 29' Jones 41'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 210 Referee: Daniel Blades

Knockout stages

Round of 16

The Round of 16 included all 8 group winners and runners up.

27 January 2026	Sheffield United	1–2	AFC Bournemouth	York
19:00 GMT	Reid 84'	Report	Nyarko 12', 79'	Stadium: York Community Stadium Attendance: 54 Referee: Andrew Miller

3 February 2026	Colchester United	1–0	Swansea City	Colchester
19:00 GMT	Edwards 68'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 173 Referee: George Laflin

4 February 2026	Reading	5–0	Stoke City	Farnborough
19:00 GMT	Camará 1' Osho 18' Coke-Miles-Smith 32' 70' (o.g.) Duah 79'	Report		Stadium: Cherrywood Road Attendance: 207 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

9 February 2026	Burnley	3–2	Brentford	Leyland
19:00 GMT	McMahon-Brown 25', 39', 53'	Report	Pierre 45+2' Boni 84'	Stadium: Lancashire FA County Ground Attendance: 62 Referee: Stuart Morland

9 February 2026	Watford	3–2	Charlton Athletic	Kings Langley
19:00 GMT	Nabizada 64' Lawson 89' (pen.) Akinyimika 90+2'	Report	Dixon 72' Mitchell 81'	Stadium: Gaywood Park Attendance: 53 Referee: Ross Martin

11 February 2026	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Perry Barr
19:00 GMT	McNeil 6'	Report		Stadium: Alexander Stadium Attendance: 74 Referee: Callum Walchester

11 February 2026	Nottingham Forest	1–6	Sunderland	Loughborough
19:00 GMT	Moreira 22'	Report	Scott 26' Whittaker 30' Geragusian 50' Proctor 55' Hanks 61' (o.g.) Neill 79'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 45 Referee: Kavan Hurn

17 February 2026	Ipswich Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Blackburn Rovers	Ipswich
19:00 GMT	Lewis 4' Fletcher 32'	Report	Kamara 45+1', 49' Doherty 115'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 808 Referee: Jason Richardson

Quarter-finals

The Quarter-finals included the 8 winners from the previous round.

5 March 2026	Burnley	5–2	Colchester United	Leyland
19:00 GMT	Masara 25' Clark 68' Okonkwo 70', 88', 90+5'	Report	Connolly 44' (pen.) Evans 54'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 200 Referee: Declan Brown

6 March 2026	Sunderland	3–1	Watford	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 GMT	Geragusian 52' Campbell 75', 83'		Smith 90+6'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 149 Referee: Gareth Thomas

25 March 2026	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Reading	Accrington
20:00 GMT	Joseph 29' (pen.) Tyjon 51', 79'	Report	Duah 87'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 87 Referee: William Davis

27 March 2026	AFC Bournemouth	4–5	West Bromwich Albion	Bournemouth
20:00 GMT	Mottoh 9' Gonzalez 23' Rees-Dottin 68' Nyarko 90+1'	Report	Shaw 25' Sule 44', 46', 54' DuPont 80'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 140 Referee: Sunny Sukhvir Gill

Semi-finals

The Semi-finals included the four winners from the Previous Round.

13 April 2026	Burnley	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Burnley
20:00 GMT	Clark 53' Masara 70'	Report	Maughan 76'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 261 Referee: Dale Baines

15 April 2026	Sunderland	4–2	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
19:00 GMT	Whittaker 13', 75' Jones 20' Jones 37'	Report	Boggan 3' Powell 26'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 309 Referee: Richard Aspinall

Final

14 May 2026

19:00 GMT

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Sunderland	1–2	Burnley
Scott 73'	Report	Clark 45' McMahon–Brown 50'

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Stadium of Light, Sunderland

Attendance: 2,385

Referee: Michael Barlow

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Sunderland
No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Joseph Cowan
2	DF	ENG	Archie Lightfoot
3	DF	ENG	Finlay Holcroft
4	DF	ENG	Jenson Jones
5	DF	ENG	Ben Kindon
6	MF	SRB	Milan Aleksić
7	MF	ENG	Charlie Dinsdale 65'
8	MF	ENG	Jaydon Jones 71'
9	FW	NGA	Ahmed Abdullahi 90'
10	MF	ENG	Harrison Jones
11	MF	ENG	Jack Whittaker
Substitutes:
12	GK	NIR	Ben Metcalf
13	MF	ENG	Alex Lienard
14	MF	ENG	Tom Proctor 65'
15	FW	AUS	Marcus Neill 90'
16	FW	ENG	Felix Scott 71'
Coach: Graeme Murty

Burnley
No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IRL	Oisin Cooney
2	DF	WAL	Connor Roberts 45'
3	MF	SCO	Oli Pimlott 87'
4	DF	SCO	Murray Campbell
5	DF	ENG	Logan Pye
6	MF	ENG	George Brierley
7	FW	ENG	Vernon Masara 90'
8	MF	SCO	Ellis Clark
9	MF	IRL	Kian McMahon-Brown
10	MF	ENG	Tommy McDermott 77'
11	FW	ENG	Brandon Pouani 66'
Substitutes:
14	DF	SCO	Cameron Scott 45'
15	DF	ENG	Roman Egan-Riley 90'
16	MF	NZL	Marley Leuluai
17	MF	ENG	Zach Johnson 77'
18	MF	WAL	Tom Tweedy 66'
Coach: Andy Farrell

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2025–26 Premier League Cup

Participants

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

Category 4

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Knockout stages

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

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