The 2026-27 League Cup’s fourth round draw has been held, and Liverpool will meet Chelsea at the next stage of the tournament.
It’s a high-wattage tie to meet a pair of big exits in the third round, as Liverpool ousted Spurs and Brighton came back from a 2-0 deficit to send Manchester United out at Old Trafford.
2025-26 champions Manchester City are set to meet Brighton in the next round, while Newcastle heads to Everton.
League One sides Bradford City and Peterborough United drew each other to guarantee a true underdog in the quarterfinals, while the only other non-Premier League side left in the tournament has a massive obstacle to the next stage: Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town welcome Arsenal to — ironically enough — Highbury Stadium.
2026-27 League Cup fourth round draw, schedule, scores, results
All times ET
27 October 2026
Bradford City vs Peterborough — 3:45pm
Fleetwood Town vs Arsenal — 4pm
28 October 2026
Manchester City vs Brighton — 3:30pm
Fulham vs Crystal Palace — 3:45pm
Bournemouth vs Aston Villa — 3:45pm
Sunderland vs Brentford — 3:45 pm
Liverpool vs Chelsea — 4pm
29 October 2026
Everton vs Newcastle United — 3:45pm
2026-27 League Cup third round results
8 September 2026
Millwall 0-1 Newcastle United
Bournemouth 4-0 Lincoln City
Leyton Orient 1-3 Bradford City
Crystal Palace 3-0 Middlesbrough
Sunderland 1-0 Hull City
15 September 2026
Peterborough United 3-3 (7-6 PKs) Barnsley
West Ham United 2-3 Fulham
Ipswich Town 2-4 Arsenal
Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur — Recap, analysis
Reading 1-2 Brentford
16 September 2026
Fleetwood Town 1-0 Sheffield United
Everton 1-0 Wolves
Manchester United 2-3 Brighton — Recap, analysis
Coventry City 1-3 Aston Villa
17 September 2026
Manchester City 5-0 Norwich City
2026-27 League Cup second round results
25 August 2026
Cardiff City 1-5 Norwich City
Doncaster Rovers 1-3 Middlesbrough
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Sheffield United
Watford 1-5 Peterborough
Cambridge United 0-1 Millwall
Barnsley 3-2 Crewe Alexandra
Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolves
Plymouth Argyle 2-4 Coventry City
Stevenage 0-3 Reading
Walsall 0-0 (5-6 pens) Leyton Orient
Blackpool 1-4 Lincoln City
Stoke City 1-1 (4-5 pens) Hull City
Fleetwood Town 4-0 Shrewsbury Town
Southampton 1-4 West Ham
Ipswich Town 3-1 Leicester City
Birmingham City 1-6 Brentford
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Leeds United
26 August 2026
Newcastle United 3-2 West Brom
Bradford City 0-0 (4-2 pens) Burnley
Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 Charlton Athletic
Preston North End 0-4 Everton
27 August 2026
Chelsea 2-0 Luton Town
Fulham 3-0 AFC Wimbledon
How to watch the League Cup: Dates, Stream links
Preliminary round: Week of July 27
First round: Week of August 3
Second round: Week of August 24
Third round: Weeks of September 7, 14
Fourth round: Week of October 26
Quarterfinals: Week of December 14
Semifinals: Two legs, Weeks of January 11 and February 1
Final: March 21, 2027 at Wembley Stadium
2026-27 League Cup first round results
6 August 2026
Bristol City 0-1 Walsall
7 August 2026
Wolves 3-0 Port Vale
Middlesbrough 1-0 Wrexham
Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Stevenage
8 August 2026
Cambridge United 2-1 Barnet
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 (0-2 pens) Millwall
AFC Wimbledon 1-1 (5-4 pens) Newport County
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Peterborough United
Bromley 1-1 (4-5 pens) Reading
Cardiff City 3-2 Swindon Town
Gillingham 0-3 Luton Town
Leicester City 1-0 Northampton Town
Leyton Orient 2-0 Oxford United
Norwich City 4-1 MK Dons
Swansea City 0-1 Birmingham City
Watford 1-0 Crawley Town
West Ham United 3-1 Portsmouth
Cheltenham Town 1-3 Charlton Athletic
Colchester United 0-2 Southampton
Barnsley 1-1 (6-5 pens) Wigan Athletic
Bradford City 3-0 Rochdale
Burnley 1-1 (4-3 pens) Notts County
Burton Albion 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
Crewe Alexandra 2-1 Accrington Stanley
Derby County 1-2 Lincoln City
Fleetwood Town 1-0 Chesterfield
Grimsby Town 1-3 Blackpool
Preston North End 1-1 (4-3 pens) Huddersfield Town
Salford City 1-1 (3-4 pens) Shrewsbury Town
Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
Stockport County 1-1 (4-5 pens) Doncaster Rovers
Stoke City 2-0 Oldham Athletic
Rotherham United 1-4 West Bromwich Albion
9 August 2026
Mansfield Town 0-3 Sheffield United
10 August 2026
Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Exeter City
2026-27 League Cup preliminary round results
1 August 2026
Tranmere Rovers 2-2 (1-2 pens) Rochdale
3 August 2026
York City 0-2 Crawley Town