2018–19 EFL Trophy

The 2018–19 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 36th season in the history of the competition, a knock-out tournament for English football clubs in League One and League Two of the English football system, and also including 16 Premier League and Championship "Academy teams" with Category One status.

2018–19 EFL Trophy

Country	England  Wales
Teams	64
Defending champions	Lincoln City
Champions	Portsmouth
Runners-up	Sunderland
Matches played	97
Goals scored	313 (3.23 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Dom Telford (7 goals)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Lincoln City were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the second round by Accrington Stanley. Portsmouth won the competition for the first time in front of an EFL Trophy record attendance against Sunderland.

Participating clubs

• Forty-eight clubs from League One and League Two
• Sixteen invited Category One Academy teams.
• Category One teams Relegated to League One however will miss out on having academies participating in the following tournament.

Of the sixteen invited Category One academies, fourteen competed in the 2017–18 competition; only Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers did not participate. Arsenal rejected an invitation to compete in each of the previous two tournaments,[1] while Wolves were not invited to compete in 2017–18 competition after fielding a side in the 2016–17 edition.

Reading and Sunderland's academy sides miss out after participation in the previous two years; Sunderland's first team will compete for the first time since the 1987–88 competition, however, following their relegation to League One. Barnsley and Burton Albion are both returning to the competition after relegation; they last competed in the 2015–16 season when Barnsley won the trophy.

Macclesfield Town are competing for the first time since the 2011–12 edition, following their promotion from the National League. Fellow promoted side Tranmere Rovers are returning after a four year hiatus.

Liverpool and Manchester United both rejected an invitation to compete for the third successive season.[2]

	League One	League Two	Academies[3]
Clubs	Accrington Stanley AFC Wimbledon Barnsley Blackpool Bradford City Bristol Rovers Burton Albion Charlton Athletic Coventry City Doncaster Rovers Fleetwood Town Gillingham Luton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rochdale Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Sunderland Walsall Wycombe Wanderers	Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Port Vale Stevenage Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Yeovil Town	Arsenal Brighton & Hove Albion Chelsea Everton Fulham Leicester City Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Stoke City Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Total	24	24	16

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL Clubs[4]

• Minimum of four qualifying outfield players in their starting XI. A qualifying outfield player will be one who meets any of the following requirements:
  • Any player who started the previous or following first-team fixture
  • Any player who is in the top 10 players at the club, who have made the most starting appearances in league and domestic cup competitions that season
  • Any player with 40 or more first-team appearances in their career
  • Any player on loan from a Premier League club or any EFL Category One Academy club.
• A club can play any eligible goalkeeper in the competition

For invited teams

• Minimum of six players in the starting line-up who played at under-21 level, as at 30 June 2018.
• Teams may only include two players on the team sheet, aged over 21, who have made forty or more senior appearances, as at 30 June 2018.
  • A senior appearance will be defined as having played in a professional first-team fixture. A non-playing substitute does not count.

Competition format

Group stage

• Sixteen groups of 4 teams would be organised on a regionalised basis.
• All groups would include one invited club.
• All clubs would play each other once, either home or away (Academies play all group matches away from home).
• Clubs would be awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw.
• In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shootout would be held with the winning team earning an additional point.
• The top two teams would progress to the Knockout Stage.

Knockout stage

• Round 2 and 3 of the competition would be drawn on a regionalised basis.
• In Round 2, the group winners should be seeded and the group runners-up shall be unseeded in the draw.
• In Round 2, teams who played in the same group as each other in the group stage should keep apart from each other.
• Academy teams from Round 2 to the semi-finals keep apart.

Group stage and Knockout rounds

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Sunderland	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	+3	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Stoke City U21s	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6
3	L2	Carlisle United	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

Carlisle United v Morecambe

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Carlisle United	3–2	Morecambe	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Glendon  13' Gillesphey  38' Yates  76'	Report	Oliver  6' Piggott  24'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 1,213 Referee: Andy Haines

Sunderland v Stoke City U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Sunderland	0–0 (4–2 p)	Stoke City U21s	Sunderland
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 7,644 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Sinclair McGeouch O'Nien Hume		Campbell Souttar Sørensen Szerető

Morecambe v Stoke City U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Morecambe	1–2	Stoke City U21s	Morecambe
19:45 BST	Oswell  26'	Report	Shenton  9' Campbell  57'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 512 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Sunderland v Carlisle United

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Sunderland	3–1	Carlisle United	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Kimpioka  3' Robson  34' Honeyman  63'	Report	Nadesan  22'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,112 Referee: Ben Toner

Carlisle United v Stoke City U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Carlisle United	1–1 (4–5 p)	Stoke City U21s	Carlisle
19:45 BST	Sowerby  23'	Report	Campbell  34'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 882 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Grainger Yates Jones Nadesan McCarron Miller		Dunwoody Campbell Thandi Clucas Jarvis Shenton

Morecambe v Sunderland

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Morecambe	0–1	Sunderland	Morecambe
19:45 BST		Report	Maja  90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,377 Referee: Paul Marsden

Group B

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Round 2
2	L2	Bury	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	ACA	Leicester City U21s	3	0	2	0	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L1	Fleetwood Town	3	0	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: EFL.com

Rochdale v Bury

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Rochdale	2–1	Bury	Rochdale
19:45	Clough  16' Matty Gillam  19'	Report	Lavery  70' (pen.)	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,582 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Fleetwood Town v Leicester City U21s

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)	Fleetwood Town	2–2 (6–7 p)	Leicester City U21s	Fleetwood
19:45	Long  33' McAleny  49'	Report	Loft  81', 90+6'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 504 Referee: Peter Wright
	Penalties
	McAleny G. Jones Garner Biggins Clarke Spurr Sheron Dempsey		Diabaté Choudhury Wright Dewsbury-Hall Knight Johnson Martis Loft

Fleetwood Town v Rochdale

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Rochdale	Fleetwood
19:45		Report	Williams  16' Cannon  16'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 669 Referee: Ross Joyce

Bury v Leicester City U21s

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)	Bury	2–1	Leicester City U21s	Bury, Greater Manchester
19:45	Telford  4', 67'	Report	Shade  21'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 454 Referee: Ollie Yates

Rochdale v Leicester City U21s

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)	Rochdale	2–2 (3–4 p)	Leicester City U21s	Rochdale
19:45	Andrew  6' McNulty  17'	Report	Pașcanu  28' Loft  66'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 615 Referee: Thomas Bramall
	Penalties
	Clough Perkins Wilbraham Hoti Hopper Williams		Johnson Dewsbury-Hall Pașcanu Thomas Loft Kaba Sherif

Bury v Fleetwood Town

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Bury	3–1	Fleetwood Town	Bury, Greater Manchester
19:45	Telford  21' (pen.) Dagnall  32' Adams  37'	Report	Dempsey  11'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 554 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Group C

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Accrington Stanley	3	2	0	0	1	8	5	+3	6	Round 2
2	L2	Macclesfield Town	3	1	1	0	1	6	8	−2	5
3	L1	Blackpool	3	1	0	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion U21s	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: EFL.com

Macclesfield Town v Blackpool

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Macclesfield Town	3–3 (5–3 p)	Blackpool	Macclesfield
19:45	Blissett  14' Rose  35', 78' (pen.)	Report	31' Guy  90' O'Sullivan  90+4' O'Connor	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 639 Referee: Chris Sarginson
	Penalties
	Whitaker Smith Fitzpatrick Wilson Rose		Pritchard Taylor Heneghan Bola

Accrington Stanley v Macclesfield Town

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Accrington Stanley	4–1	Macclesfield Town	Accrington
19:45	Finley  35' Zanzala  63' Fitzpatrick  82' (o.g.) Barlaser  90+5'	Report	Vincenti  58'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 900 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Blackpool v West Bromwich Albion U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Blackpool	1–2	West Bromwich Albion U21s	Blackpool
19:45	Davies  45'	Report	Azaz  3' Bradley  76'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 717 Referee: Paul Marsden

Accrington Stanley v West Bromwich Albion U21s

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	Accrington Stanley	2–1	West Bromwich Albion U21s	Accrington
19:45	Clark  49' Sykes  90+2'	Report	Leko  62'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 772 Referee: Peter Wright

Blackpool v Accrington Stanley

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Blackpool	3–2	Accrington Stanley	Blackpool
19:45	Dodoo  30', 41' Gnanduillet  67'	Report	Hall  17', 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 781 Referee: Oliver Yates

Macclesfield Town v West Bromwich Albion U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Macclesfield Town	2–1	West Bromwich Albion U21s	Macclesfield
19:45	Stephens  19' Arthur  24'	Report	Tulloch  14'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 411 Referee: Scott Oldham

Group D

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Shrewsbury Town	3	2	1	0	0	9	2	+7	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Manchester City U21s	3	2	0	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	L2	Crewe Alexandra	3	1	0	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	L2	Tranmere Rovers	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: EFL.com

Shrewsbury Town v Manchester City U21s

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)	Shrewsbury Town	1–1 (3–1 p)	Manchester City U21s	Shrewsbury
19:00	Angol  51'	Report	Touaizi  90+2'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,838 Referee: Paul Marsden
	Penalties
	Okenabirhie John-Lewis Doug Loft Norburn Colkett		Touaizi Bernabé Matondo Dele-Bashiru

Tranmere Rovers v Crewe Alexandra

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Tranmere Rovers	3–4	Crewe Alexandra	Birkenhead
19:45:00	Harris  45+4' Stockton  45+10' Mullin  46'	Report	Porter  20', 85' Nicholls  73' Jones  86'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,174 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Crewe Alexandra v Manchester City U21s

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Crewe Alexandra	1–4	Manchester City U21s	Crewe
19:30	Nicholls  51'	Report	Dele-Bashiru  2' Gonzalez  22' Richards  78' (pen.) Ogunby  90'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 810

Shrewsbury Town v Tranmere Rovers

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Shrewsbury Town	6–0	Tranmere Rovers	Shrewsbury
19:00	John-Lewis  11' Docherty  18' Beckles  23' Okenabirhie  56', 74', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,379

Tranmere Rovers v Manchester City U21s

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Manchester City U21s	Birkenhead
19:00		Report	Matondo  49'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 747

Crewe Alexandra v Shrewsbury Town

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Crewe
19:30	Bowery  79'	Report	Eisa  20' Gilliead  63'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 823

Group E

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Port Vale	3	3	0	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Round 2
2	L1	Walsall	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	ACA	Middlesbrough U21s	3	1	0	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	L1	Burton Albion	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	−3	0

Source: EFL.com

Burton Albion v Walsall

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Burton Albion	1–2	Walsall	Burton upon Trent
19:45	Myers-Harness  89'	Report	Morris  9' Gordon  28'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 724 Referee: Rob Lewis

Walsall v Middlesbrough U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Walsall	3–1	Middlesbrough U21s	Walsall
19:00	Fitzwater  26' Kouhyar  31' Cook  89'	Report	Ward  67'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 702

Port Vale v Burton Albion

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Port Vale	1–0	Burton Albion	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45	Miller  65'			Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 601

Port Vale v Middlesbrough U21s

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16)	Port Vale	2–0	Middlesbrough U21s	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45	Miller  6' Rawlinson  66'	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 554

Burton Albion v Middlesbrough U21s

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)	Burton Albion	0–1	Middlesbrough U21s	Burton upon Trent
19:00		Report	Hackney  87'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 202

Walsall v Port Vale

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Walsall	1–2	Port Vale	Walsall
19:00	Johnson  45+1'	Report	Quigley  4' Pugh  65'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 878

Group F

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Barnsley (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	5	3	+2	8	Round 2
2	L2	Oldham Athletic (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	ACA	Everton U21s (E)	3	0	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	L1	Bradford City (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Oldham Athletic v Barnsley

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Barnsley	Oldham
19:30	Surridge  31'	Report	Adeboyejo  44' Moncur  82'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,786 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Bradford City v Everton U21s

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Bradford City	1–1 (6–5 p)	Everton U21s	Bradford
19:30	Miller  90+2'		Sambou  79'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 902 Referee: Paul Marsden
	Penalties
	Ball Gibson O'Brien Payne Miller Goldthorp		Lavery Charsley Adeniran Foulds Sambou Mampala

Bradford City v Oldham Athletic

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Bradford City	1–4	Oldham Athletic	Bradford
19:30	Brünker  49'		Lang  10' Maouche  26' Surridge  57', 77'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,015 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Oldham Athletic v Everton U21s

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	Oldham Athletic	3–2	Everton U21s	Oldham
19:30	Clarke  53' Miller  57' Benteke  80'	Report	Markelo  6' Lavery  24'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Barnsley v Everton U21s

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	Barnsley	1–1 (4–2 p)	Everton U21s	Barnsley
19:30	Hedges  40'	Report	Sambou  53'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Matthew Donohue
	Penalties
	Moncur Brown Bähre Thiam		Adeniran Mathis Kiersey Lavery

Barnsley v Bradford City

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Barnsley	2–1	Bradford City	Barnsley
19:30	Moncur  28', 64' Jackson  77'	Report	Ball  8'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 2,925

Group G

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Newcastle United U21s (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	8	3	+5	9	Round 2
2	L2	Notts County (Q)	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	−1	3
3	L1	Doncaster Rovers (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	7	−2	3
4	L2	Grimsby Town (E)	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Doncaster Rovers v Newcastle United U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Newcastle United U21s	Keepmoat Stadium
19:00	Marquis  45+7'	Report	Allan  14' Roberts  65' Sørensen  86'	Attendance: 1,544 Referee: Matt Donohue

Grimsby Town v Notts County

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Grimsby Town	2–1	Notts County	Blundell Park
19:45	M. Rose  69' (pen.) Hessenthaler  88'	Report	Alessandra  12'	Attendance: 746 Referee: Tom Nield

Doncaster Rovers v Grimsby Town

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Grimsby Town	Keepmoat Stadium
19:30	May  23', 57' (pen.)			Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Notts County v Newcastle United U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Notts County	0–2	Newcastle United U21s	Meadow Lane
19:45			Roberts  10' (pen.) Sørensen  56'	Attendance: 1,139

Grimsby Town v Newcastle United U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Grimsby Town	2–3	Newcastle United U21s	Blundell Park
19:45	Hooper  9' Cook  54'		Roberts  19' Sørensen  26' Longstaff  78'	Attendance: 547

Notts County v Doncaster Rovers

14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)	Notts County	4–2	Doncaster Rovers	Meadow Lane
19:45	Dennis  15', 40', 64' (pen.) Boldewijn  26'		May  50', 70'	Attendance: 915

Group H

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Mansfield Town (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	7	4	+3	9	Round 2
2	L2	Lincoln City (Q)	3	0	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
3	L1	Scunthorpe United (E)	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3
4	ACA	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s (E)	3	0	1	1	1	3	4	−1	3

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Lincoln City v Mansfield Town

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Lincoln City	1–2	Mansfield Town	Sincil Bank
19:45	Rhead  6'		Butcher  8' Walker  72'	Attendance: 4,205

Scunthorpe United v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Scunthorpe United	0–0 (4–2 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	Glanford Park
19:45				Attendance: 874
	Penalties
	Goode Lund Colclough Horsfield Burgess		Pote Diallo Ennis Kilman

Mansfield Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Mansfield Town	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	Field Mill
19:45	Mellis  4' Benning  47'		Pedro Gonçalves  75'	Attendance: 1,112

Scunthorpe United v Lincoln City

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Scunthorpe United	1–1 (1–3 p)	Lincoln City	Glanford Park
19:45	Colclough  56'		Anderson  84' Wilson  90+2'	Attendance: 1,878
	Penalties
	Novak Goode Lund Humphrys		Pett Rhead Frecklington Andrade

Lincoln City v Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	Lincoln City	2–2 (4–5 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers U21s	Sincil Bank
19:45	Green  23', 42'		Ashley-Seal  42' Giles  45+3'
	Penalties
	Akinde Rhead Toffolo Mensah Andrade Pett		Watt Pote Giles Ashley-Seal Ennis Iorfa

Mansfield Town v Scunthorpe United

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Mansfield Town	3–2	Scunthorpe United	Field Mill
19:45	Blake  21' Butcher  55' Elsnik  90'		El-Mhanni  75' Dales  90'	Attendance: 928

Southern Section

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Round 2
2	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21s (Q)	3	1	0	1	1	7	4	+3	4
3	L1	Gillingham (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	L2	Crawley Town (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Crawley Town v Tottenham Hotspur U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Crawley Town	1–1 (5–3 p)	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	Crawley
19:45	N'Gala  59'	Report	Harrison  49'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,403 Referee: Tim Robinson
	Penalties
	Young Poleon Randall Palmer Sesay		Binks Roles Bowden Maghoma

Portsmouth v Gillingham

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Portsmouth	4–0	Gillingham	Portsmouth
19:45	Clarke  41' Close  43' Pitman  55' (pen.) Wheeler  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Alan Young

Crawley Town v Portsmouth

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Crawley Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Crawley
19:45		Report	Donohue  37'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,268 Referee: Gavin Ward

Gillingham v Tottenham Hotspur U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Gillingham	0–4	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	Charlton, London
19:45		Report	Roles  44' Maghoma  57' Brown  83' Duncan  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 308 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Gillingham v Crawley Town

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Gillingham	2–1	Crawley Town	Gillingham
19:45	List  59' Stevenson  88'	Report	Poleon  18'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 473 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Portsmouth v Tottenham Hotspur U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Portsmouth	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	Portsmouth
19:45	Green  50' Evans  69' Hawkins  81'	Report	Patterson  20' White  90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,138 Referee: James Linington

Group B

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cambridge United (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Round 2
2	L1	Southend United (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	L2	Colchester United (E)	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	ACA	Southampton U21s (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	7	−5	3

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Colchester United v Southampton U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Colchester United	0–2	Southampton U21s	Colchester Community Stadium
19:45			Barnes  26' Obafemi  90+4'	Attendance: 532 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Southend United v Cambridge United

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Southend United	3–1	Cambridge United	Roots Hall
19:45	McCoulsky  55', 64' Hutchinson  87'		Lambe  53'	Attendance: 1,421 Referee: Gavin Ward

Cambridge United v Southampton U21s

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Cambridge United	4–0	Southampton U21s	Abbey Stadium
19:00	Azeez  16' (pen.), 37', 88' Brown  50'			Attendance: 469 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Colchester United v Southend United

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Colchester United	2–0	Southend United	Colchester Community Stadium
19:45	Kent  39' Collins  49'			Attendance: 1,516 Referee: Roger East

Cambridge United v Colchester United

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Cambridge United	3–1	Colchester United	Abbey Stadium
19:00	Azeez  32', 81' Osadebe  90+3'		Pell  90+2'	Attendance: 598 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Southend United v Southampton U21s

14 November 2018 (2018-11-14)	Southend United	3–0	Southampton U21s	Roots Hall
19:45	Bunn  12' Kyprianou  17' Bwomono  24'			Attendance: 983 Referee: John Busby

Group C

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Chelsea U21s (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	+6	6	Round 2
2	L2	Newport County (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	L2	Swindon Town (E)	3	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	6
4	L1	Plymouth Argyle (E)	3	0	0	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 August 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Swindon Town v Chelsea U21s

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)	Swindon Town	0–4	Chelsea U21s	Swindon
19:45			Brown  16', 58' Musonda  30' (pen.) Ugbo  89'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,569 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Swindon Town v Newport County

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11)	Swindon Town	1–0	Newport County	Swindon
19:45	Doughty  77' (pen.)			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Newport County v Chelsea U21s

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Newport County	3–0	Chelsea U21s	Newport
19:45	Matt  36', 46' Semenyo  90+1'			Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 1,525 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Plymouth Argyle v Swindon Town

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Swindon Town	Plymouth
19:30			Richards  16' Anderson  38' Woolery  82'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,906 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Plymouth Argyle v Chelsea U21s

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	Plymouth Argyle	0–5	Chelsea U21s	Plymouth
19:30			Brown  20' Songo'o  37' (o.g.) Taylor-Crossdale  74' Anjorin  86' Redan  89'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 1,504 Referee: Anthony Coggins

Newport County v Plymouth Argyle

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Newport County	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Newport
19:45	Semenyo  35' Harris  45'			Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 962 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Group D

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Exeter City (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	+4	8	Round 2
2	L1	Bristol Rovers (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	L2	Yeovil Town (E)	3	1	0	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	ACA	West Ham United U21s (E)	3	0	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Yeovil Town v Exeter City

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Yeovil Town	0–0 (3–4 p)	Exeter City	Yeovil
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,518 Referee: Trevor Kettle
	Penalties
	Jaiyesimi Olomola Dickinson Pattison Patrick		Jay Collins Ogbene Abrahams Sparkes

Bristol Rovers v West Ham United U21s

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)	Bristol Rovers	2–0	West Ham United U21s	Bristol
19:45 BST	Jakubiak  57' Lockyer  82'			Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,021

Exeter City v West Ham United U21s

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25)	Exeter City	2–0	West Ham United U21s	Exeter
19:45 BST	Forte  20', 30'			Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 1,114 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Bristol Rovers v Yeovil Town

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Yeovil Town	Bristol
19:45 BST	Jakubiak  50' Rodman  85'			Stadium: Memorial Stadium

Yeovil Town v West Ham United U21s

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	Yeovil Town	4–0	West Ham United U21s	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	Johnson  11' (o.g.) Akinola  48' (o.g.) James  65' Mahmoutovic  83'	Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 720 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Exeter City v Bristol Rovers

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Exeter City	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Forte  50' Randall  81'			Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 873

Group E

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Cheltenham Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	6	Round 2
2	ACA	Arsenal U21s (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	L2	Forest Green Rovers (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	L1	Coventry City (E)	3	0	1	0	2	1	6	−5	2

First match(es) will be played on 12 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Forest Green Rovers v Cheltenham Town

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Forest Green Rovers	4–0	Cheltenham Town	Nailsworth
19:30 BST	Grubb  14' Campbell  48' Williams  85' Pearce  90'	Report		Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Lee Swabey

Coventry City v Arsenal U21s

12 September 2018 (2018-09-12)	Coventry City	0–3	Arsenal U21s	Coventry
19:45		Report	Smith Rowe  4' Nketiah  77' Willock  90'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 2,375

Coventry City v Forest Green Rovers

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Coventry City	1–1 (4–2 p)	Forest Green Rovers	Coventry
19:45	Hiwula  3'	Report	Pearce  68'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,341
	Penalties
	Hiwula Bakayoko Camwell Kelly Hyam		Worthington Williams Grubb Archibald

Cheltenham Town v Arsenal U21s

30 October 2018 (2018-10-30)	Cheltenham Town	6–2	Arsenal U21s	Cheltenham
19:45	Clements  8' Boyle  32' Maddox  48', 50' Mooney  84' Broom  90'	Report	Burton  7' John-Jules  35' Gilmour  62' (pen.)	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,431

Forest Green Rovers v Arsenal U21s

7 November 2018 (2018-11-07)	Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Arsenal U21s	Nailsworth
19:00	Grubb  62'	Report	Willock  39' (pen.), 42' John-Jules  85'	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 1,602

Cheltenham Town v Coventry City

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Cheltenham Town	2–0	Coventry City	Cheltenham
19:45	Maddox  33' Boyle  48'			Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,296

Group F

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Oxford United (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	7	2	+5	6	Round 2
2	L2	Northampton Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	L1	Wycombe Wanderers (E)	3	2	0	0	1	3	4	−1	6
4	ACA	Fulham U21s (E)	3	0	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Northampton Town v Wycombe Wanderers

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Northampton Town	0–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Sixfields Stadium
19:45		Report	Kashket  11'	Attendance: 1,053

Oxford United v Fulham U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Oxford United	3–0	Fulham U21s	Kassam Stadium
19:45	Smith  31' Holmes  58' Spasov  58' (pen)		Stahl  50'	Attendance: 1,116

Wycombe Wanderers v Fulham U21s

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)	Wycombe Wanderers	2–1	Fulham U21s	High Wycombe
19:45	Samuel  3' Kashket  90+4'	Report	Thompson  54'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 595

Oxford United v Northampton Town

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Oxford United	1–2	Northampton Town	Kassam Stadium
19:45	Henry  24'		Van Veen  55' Pierre  65' O'Toole  90'	Attendance: 929

Northampton Town v Fulham U21s

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	Northampton Town	2–0	Fulham U21s	Sixfields Stadium
19:45	Pierre  17' Hoskins  20'			Attendance: 1,059

Wycombe Wanderers v Oxford United

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	Wycombe Wanderers	0–3	Oxford United	High Wycombe
19:45			Brannagan  1' Browne  31' Smith  53'	Stadium: Adams Park

Group G

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Swansea City U21s (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	2	5	−3	6	Round 2
2	L1	AFC Wimbledon (Q)	3	1	1	0	1	6	3	+3	5
3	L1	Charlton Athletic (E)	3	1	0	1	1	10	3	+7	4
4	L2	Stevenage (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	12	−7	3

First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Stevenage v Swansea City U21s

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)	Stevenage	5–0	Swansea City U21s	Stevenage
19:45	Kennedy  44' (pen.), 45+1' Guthrie  69' (pen.), 81', 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 470 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Charlton Athletic v AFC Wimbledon

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Charlton Athletic	2–2 (2–4 p)	AFC Wimbledon	Charlton
19:45 BST	Sarr  43' Mascoll  84'	Report	Hartigan  27' Soares  49'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,244 Referee: K. Johnson
	Penalties
	Ajose Morgan Lapslie Hackett-Fairchild		Appiah Hartigan Pinnock Hanson

AFC Wimbledon v Swansea City U21s

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18)	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Swansea City U21s	Kingston upon Thames
19:45		Report	Lewis  90'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 306

Stevenage v Charlton Athletic

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Stevenage	0–8	Charlton Athletic	Stevenage
19:45 BST		Report	Pratley  25' Stevenson  27', 59', 74' (Pen.) Ajose  34' Vetokele  48', 58' Lapslie  87'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 793 Referee: L. Swabey

AFC Wimbledon v Stevenage

6 November 2018 (2018-11-06)	AFC Wimbledon	4–0	Stevenage	Kingston upon Thames
19:45	Appiah  1' Wordsworth  28' Garratt  68' Egan  79'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Referee: Gavin Ward

Charlton Athletic v Swansea City U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Swansea City U21s	Charlton
19:45 GMT		Report	Marić  55'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 740 Referee: C. Breakspear

Group H

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Luton Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Round 2
2	L1	Peterborough United (Q)	3	1	0	2	0	7	6	+1	5
3	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s (E)	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5
4	L2	Milton Keynes Dons (E)	3	0	1	0	2	5	9	−4	2

Source: Sky Sports
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Luton Town v Brighton & Hove Albion U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Luton Town	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	Kenilworth Road
19:45	Jarvis  5' Grant  79'	Report	Connolly  86'	Attendance: 1,318 Referee: John Busby

Milton Keynes Dons v Peterborough United

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Milton Keynes Dons	3–3 (6–5 p)	Peterborough United	Stadium MK
19:45	Aneke  6', 45+1' Healey  33'	Report	Cooper  56' Walker  87' Godden  90'	Attendance: 2,404 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Luton Town v Milton Keynes Dons

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Luton Town	3–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Kenilworth Road
19:45	Sheehan  17' Lualua  29' Grant  60'			Attendance: 875 (208 away) Referee: Craig Hicks

Peterborough United v Brighton & Hove Albion U21

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Peterborough United	2–2 (4–5 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	ABAX Stadium
19:45	Godden  29' Cummings  52'	Report	Connolly  71' Davies  80'
	Penalties
	Godden Toney Ward Reed Dembélé		Davies Gyökeres Normann White Connolly

Milton Keynes Dons v Brighton & Hove Albion U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Milton Keynes Dons	2–3	Brighton & Hove Albion U21s	Stadium MK
19:45	Agard  6' Hancox  41'		Connolly  23', 69', 76'	Attendance: 1,018 (63 Away)

Peterborough United v Luton Town

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Peterborough United	2–1	Luton Town	ABAX Stadium
19:45	Daniel  19' Toney  36'		O'Malley  73' (o.g.)	Attendance: 2,107 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Knockout Stage

Round 2

The round 2 draw took place on 16 November with ties due to be played from the week beginning 3 December. Teams were drawn in a regionalised format, with the proviso that no teams from the same Group Stage group can meet. To ensure this, group winners from groups A to D were drawn against group runners-up from groups E to H in the same section, and vice versa. Teams listed 1st are at home and won their group in Round 1.

If scores are level after 90 minutes in Rounds 2, 3, and 4, the game will be determined by the taking of penalties.

Northern Section

Newcastle United U21s (ACA) v Macclesfield Town (L2)

4 December 2018	Newcastle United U21s (ACA)	1–1 (5–3 p)	Macclesfield Town (L2)	Newcastle upon Tyne
19:00 GMT	Sørensen  23'		Wilson  84'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Ben Toner
	Penalties
	Bailey Roberts Gibson Watts Sangare		Smith Stephens Lowe Wilson

Barnsley (L1) v Manchester City U21s (ACA)

4 December 2018	Barnsley (L1)	3–3 (3–5 p)	Manchester City U21s (ACA)	Barnsley
19:30 GMT	Adeboyejo  17' Williams  61' Lindsay  65'		Matondo  45+2' Poveda  59', 74'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3,070 Referee: Oliver Yates
	Penalties
	Moore Mowatt Thiam Brown		Sandler Richards Matondo Poveda Pozo

Accrington Stanley (L1) v Lincoln City (L2)

4 December 2018	Accrington Stanley (L1)	2–2 (4–2 p)	Lincoln City (L2)	Accrington
19:45 GMT	Brown  8' Clark  71'		Green  7' McCombe  61'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 746 (154 away) Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Hall Zanzala McConville Barlaser Clark		Gordon Chapman Green Rhead

Mansfield Town (L2) v Bury (L2)

4 December 2018	Mansfield Town (L2)	0–1	Bury (L2)	Mansfield
19:45 GMT			Telford  35' Dawson  85'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 1,029 (27 away) Referee: Robert Lewis

Port Vale (L2) v Stoke City U21s (ACA)

4 December 2018	Port Vale (L2)	4–0	Stoke City U21s (ACA)	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Pope  6' Montaño  40', 42' Hannant  66'			Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 7,940 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

Sunderland (L1) v Notts County (L2)

4 December 2018	Sunderland (L1)	2–0	Notts County (L2)	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Jones  22' (o.g.) Sinclair  73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,580 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Rochdale (L1) v Oldham Athletic (L2)

11 December 2018	Rochdale (L1)	2–0	Oldham Athletic (L2)	Rochdale
19:00 GMT	Rafferty  90+2' (pen.) Adshead  90+3'		Maouche  51'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,854 Referee: Oliver Langford

Shrewsbury Town (L1) v Walsall (L1)

5 December 2018	Shrewsbury Town (L1)	2–1	Walsall (L1)	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Gillied  24' Loft  72'			Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1857 (239 Away) Referee: Peter Wright

Southern Section

Chelsea U21s (ACA) v AFC Wimbledon (L1)

4 December 2018	Chelsea U21s (ACA)	2–1	AFC Wimbledon (L1)	London
19:00 GMT	Brown  37' (pen.) Redan  47'		Wordsworth  70'  88'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 1,906 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Exeter City (L2) v Peterborough United (L1)

4 December 2018	Exeter City (L2)	0–2	Peterborough United (L1)	Exeter
19:15 GMT			Toney  67' Cummings  77'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 746 Referee: Alan Young

Cambridge United (L2) v Northampton Town (L2)

4 December 2018	Cambridge United (L2)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Northampton Town (L2)	Cambridge
19:45 GMT	Maris  9'		van Veen  89'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 648 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	Azeez Brown Amoo Lambe		van Veen Taylor Foley Waters McWilliams

Cheltenham Town (L2) v Newport County (L2)

4 December 2018	Cheltenham Town (L2)	1–1 (7–6 p)	Newport County (L2)	Cheltenham
19:45 GMT	Addai  68'		Amond  18'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 739 Referee: Andy Woolmer
	Penalties
	Thomas Forster Tozer Clements Jones Mooney Field		Amond Butler Labadie Sheehan Semenyo Demetriou Harris

Portsmouth (L1) v Arsenal U21s (ACA)

4 December 2018	Portsmouth (L1)	2–1	Arsenal U21s (ACA)	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Pitman  10' Green  83'		Saka  66'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,109 Referee: Thomas Bramall

Luton Town (L1) v Southend United (L1)

5 December 2018	Luton Town (L1)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Southend United (L1)	Luton
19:45 GMT	Read  81'		McLaughlin  88'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 1,545 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Jones Sheehan Jarvis Hylton		Mantom Kightly McLaughlin McCoulsky

Swansea City U21s (ACA) v Bristol Rovers (L1)

5 December 2018	Swansea City U21s (ACA)	1–2	Bristol Rovers (L1)	Swansea
19:45 GMT	Garrick  54'		Craig  58' Jakubiak  89'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 699 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Oxford United (L1) v Tottenham Hotspur U21s (ACA)

18 December 2018	Oxford United (L1)	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur U21s (ACA)	Oxford
19:45 GMT	Raglan  12' Smith  18' McMahon  48'			Stadium: Kassam Stadium Attendance: 1,422 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Round 3

The draw for round 3 was held on Saturday, 8 December. Northern and Southern section teams were still segregated this round and will be brought together in the next round (the quarter-finals). No seeding is used from this point: all teams within their denoted section are in a blind draw.

Northern Section

Rochdale (L1) v Manchester City U21s (ACA)

8 January 2019	Rochdale (L1)	2–4	Manchester City U21s (ACA)	Rochdale
	McNulty  4' Dooley  29'		Bolton  50' Braaf  67', 82' Richards  84'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 2,176

Sunderland (L1) v Newcastle United U21s (ACA)

8 January 2019	Sunderland (L1)	4–0	Newcastle United U21s (ACA)	Sunderland
19:45	Watts  49' (o.g.) Wyke  52' Maguire  78' Kimpioka  86'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 16,654 Referee: Tony Harrington

Accrington Stanley (L1) v Bury (L2)

8 January 2019	Accrington Stanley (L1)	2–4	Bury (L2)	Accrington
	Clark  10' Kee  38'		Telford  55', 74' Maynard  57' Mayor  84'	Stadium: Crown Ground Attendance: 1,136

Port Vale (L2) v Shrewsbury Town (L1)

8 January 2019	Port Vale (L2)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Shrewsbury Town (L1)	Stoke-on-Trent
	Pope  83'		Sears  63'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 1,355
	Penalties
	Oyeleke Miller Pope Kay Hannant		Okenabirhie Gilliead Angol Eisa Barnett

Southern Section

Southend United (L1) v Portsmouth (L1)

8 January 2019	Southend United (L1)	0–2	Portsmouth (L1)	Southend-on-Sea
			Dennis  2' Evans  45+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall

Cheltenham Town (L2) v Oxford United (L1)

8 January 2019	Cheltenham Town (L2)	1–1 (1–4 p)	Oxford United (L1)	Cheltenham
	Dawson  64'		Brannagan  45+1'	Stadium: Whaddon Road
	Penalties
	Thomas Clements Hussey		Mousinho Henry Graham Brannagan

Northampton Town (L2) v Bristol Rovers (L1)

8 January 2019	Northampton Town (L2)	1–2	Bristol Rovers (L1)	Northampton
	Crooks  76'		Broadbent  45' Payne  58'	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium

Chelsea U21s (ACA) v Peterborough United (L1)

9 January 2019	Chelsea U21s (ACA)	1–3	Peterborough United (L1)	London
	Nartey  45'		Dembélé  65' Toney  72' Maddison  74'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge

Round 4 / Quarter-finals

Quarter-final pairings are determined by means of an unseeded draw. There are no further segregated sections of the draw.

Portsmouth (L1) v Peterborough United (L1)

22 January 2019	Portsmouth (L1)	1–0	Peterborough United (L1)	Portsmouth
19:00	Wheeler  85'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,313

Bristol Rovers (L1) v Port Vale (L2)

22 January 2019	Bristol Rovers (L1)	3–0	Port Vale (L2)	Bristol
19:45	Clarke  16' Nichols  62' (pen.) Rodman  68'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,016

Bury (L2) v Oxford United (L1)

22 January 2019	Bury (L2)	5–2	Oxford United (L1)	Bury
19:45	Telford  16' Thompson  26' Moore  41' Mayor  55', 76'	Report	Henry  24' (pen.) Carruthers  51'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,238

Sunderland (L1) v Manchester City U21s (ACA)

22 January 2019	Sunderland (L1)	2–0	Manchester City U21s (ACA)	Sunderland
19:45	Watmore  22' Gooch  65'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 14,679 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Semi-finals

The four winners from the quarter-finals will contest the semi-finals, with the pairings determined by an unseeded draw. Matches will be played as one leg, and will advance directly to penalties if the teams are tied after 90 minutes.[5]

Bury (L2) v Portsmouth (L1)

26 February 2019	Bury (L2)	0–3	Portsmouth (L1)	Bury
19:45			Evans  61' Hawkins  64' Curtis  77'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,900

Bristol Rovers (L1) v Sunderland (L1)

5 March 2019	Bristol Rovers (L1)	0–2	Sunderland (L1)	Bristol
19:45			Grigg  44' Morgan  47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,699

Final

Main article: 2019 EFL Trophy Final

The two winners from the semi-finals, Portsmouth and Sunderland, contested the final at Wembley Stadium on 31 March 2019. Portsmouth won 5–4 on penalties following a 2–2 draw after extra time to win their first EFL trophy.

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)

14:30 BST

Portsmouth	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Sunderland
Thompson  82' Lowe  114'	Report	McGeady  38', 119'
Penalties
Evans Pitman Brown Lowe Hawkins	5–4	McGeady Cattermole Gooch Power O'Nien

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 85,021

Referee: Dean Whitestone

References

1. "Tottenham and Man City enter Checkatrade Trophy". BBC Sport. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
2. "Checkatrade Trophy: Arsenal become latest Premier League side to enter under-21 team". BBC Sport. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
3. "Invited Under-21 teams confirmed for 2018/19 Checkatrade Trophy". English Football League. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
4. "Under-21s to enter Checkatrade Trophy". Arsenal Football Club. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2019-01-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Official website