Brentford hit six whereas Leeds knocked out Nottingham Forest within the second spherical of the Carabao Cup.
Leeds beat Forest for the second time in only a few days because of second-half objectives from Daniel James and James Justin.
The hosts made the brighter begin with James Trafford pressured into a pointy early cease from Ola Aina earlier than Justin cleared Igor Jesus’ goal-bound header. Nonetheless, Leeds step by step asserted management in an open first half, threatening by way of Sean Longstaff and James whereas Joe Rodon produced a vital last-ditch problem on the different finish to disclaim Chris Wooden.
The breakthrough arrived 5 minutes after the restart when Longstaff seized on Aina’s misplaced header, driving ahead to slide in James, who maintained his composure to clip neatly previous Matz Sels. Forest pushed exhausting for an immediate equaliser, however Trafford was once more equal to Wooden’s low effort, permitting Leeds to maintain their noses in entrance amidst heavy dwelling strain.
Farke’s males sealed the tie with quarter-hour remaining through a scrappy goalmouth scramble, as Justin in the end pressured the ball dwelling over the road after Lucas Nmecha’s preliminary effort was blocked.
Ipswich continued their successful begin by beating Leicester 3-1, with objectives from Sindre Egeli and a double for Marcelino Nunez, whereas Callum Wilson scored his first for Brentford in a thumping 6-1 win at Birmingham.
Hull wanted penalties to win at Stoke, and Victor Torp fired dwelling a penalty as Coventry Metropolis rallied late to carry off Plymouth Argyle.
Full outcomes
Cardiff 1-2 Norwich
Doncaster 1-3 Middlesbrough
Barnsley 3-2 Crewe
Blackburn 1-2 Sheffield United
Blackpool 1-4 Lincoln
Cambridge 0-1 Millwall
Fleetwood 4-0 Shrewsbury
Ipswich 3-1 Leicester
Plymouth 2-4 Coventry
Sheffield Weds 0-2 Wolves
Southampton 1-4 West Ham
Stevenage 0-3 Studying
Stoke 1-1 Hull
Walsall 0-0 Leyton Orient (Orient received 6-5 on pens)
Watford 1-5 Peterborough
Birmingham 1-6 Brentford
Nottingham Forest 0-2 Leeds
