2016-17 Premier League Cup

The 2016-17 Premier League Cup is the fourth campaign of the new knockout cup competition launched by the Premier League. The name of the competition has changed from 'Under-21 Premier League Cup' to reflect the change in age eligibility across this level of the game to Under-23. The format of the competition has also altered to increase the games programme for development teams.

If more than 32 clubs enter, then a pre-qualifying knockout stage will be held to determine who joins the Category 1 clubs in the main competition, which begins with a group stage of eight groups of four clubs. Teams face each other twice in the group stage, home and away, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout round. All knockout games will be one-legged ties.

Pre-Qualifying Stage

Results

23 August 2016: AFC Wimbledon 5-0 Wigan
22 August 2016: Burnley 3-2 Bournemouth
22 August 2016: Portsmouth 2-1 Southend United

Qualifying Round

12 September 2016: Burnley 2-0 Watford
12 September 2016: Portsmouth 2-0 Barnsley

Group Stage

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Newcastle United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Swansea City	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	Southampton	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0

(Table updated: 30th September)

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
30 September 2016	Newcastle United	0-0	Swansea City
30 September 2016	Southampton	1-2	Bristol City	O'Connor	McCoulsky (2)
4 November 2016	Swansea City		Southampton
4 November 2016	Bristol City		Newcastle United
2 December 2016	Southampton		Newcastle United
2 December 2016	Bristol City		Swansea City
20 January 2017	Swansea City		Newcastle United
20 January 2017	Bristol City		Southampton
13 February 2017	Newcastle United		Bristol City
13 February 2017	Southampton		Swansea City
27 February 2017	Newcastle United		Southampton
27 February 2017	Swansea City		Bristol City

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3
2	Sunderland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
3	Cardiff City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Burnley	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0

(Table updated: 30th September)

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
30 September 2016	Cardiff City	1-1	Sunderland	Bird	Asoro
30 September 2016	Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Burnley	Rankin-Costello, Mansell
4 November 2016	Sunderland		Blackburn Rovers
7 November 2016	Burnley		Cardiff City
4 December 2016	Sunderland		Burnley
5 December 2016	Cardiff City		Blackburn Rovers
22 January 2017	Sunderland		Cardiff City
23 January 2017	Burnley		Blackburn Rovers
13 February 2017	Cardiff City		Burnley
13 February 2017	Blackburn Rovers		Sunderland
27 February 2017	Burnley		Sunderland
27 February 2017	Blackburn Rovers		Cardiff City

Group C

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Colchester United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Derby County	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Hull City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
1 October 2016	Derby County		Manchester City
2 October 2016	Hull City		Colchester United
5 December 2016	Colchester United		Derby County
23 January 2017	Colchester United		Hull City
27 February 2017	Derby County		Colchester United
27 February 2017	Hull City		Manchester City

Group D

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Norwich	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Everton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Wolves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

(Table updated: 30th September)

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
29 September 2016	Norwich City	0-0	Portsmouth
1 October 2016	Everton	1-0	Wolves	Kenny

Group E

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	West Ham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
1 October 2016	Leicester City	0-2	West Ham		Browne, Quina
1 October 2016	Brighton & Hove Albion	7-0	Nottingham Forest	Hutchinson, Starkey Tilley (3), Ayunga, Tighe

Group F

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Fulham	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
2	Charlton Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	AFC Wimbledon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0

(Table updated: 30th September)

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
30 September 2016	Fulham	3-1	Middlesbrough

Group G

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Huddersfield Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	West Brom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Ipswich	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
2 October 2016	Ipswich Town		Liverpool

Group H

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Reading	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sheffield United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stoke City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Birmingham City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fixtures and Results

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Scorers (Home)	Scorers (Away)
1 October 2016	Birmingham City	1-3	Reading
1 October 2016	Stoke City	4-0	Sheffield United	Verlinden, Telford, N'Goy (2)

Top Goalscorers

Player	Club	Goals

See a complete list of the 2016-17 Premier League Cup goalscorers here