2025-26 Premier League Cup
The 2025-26 Premier League Cup is the 12th campaign of the knockout cup competition launched by the Premier League following the launch of EPPP. QPR are the defending champions.
If more than 32 clubs enter, then a pre-qualifying knockout stage will be held to determine who joins the 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.
Group Stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Birmingham City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hull City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Reading | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 September 2025
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| Hull City | 5-1 | Birmingham City |
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| Belloumi '42, '47 Moore '56 Brown '64, '84 |
Da Silva '29 |
The MKM Stadium
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10 October 2025
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| Bournemouth | 4-1 | Hull City |
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| Dacosta Gonzalez '18 (pen) Stevens '34 Sills '72 Mottoh '74 |
Parker '36 |
Vitality Stadium
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16 October 2025
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| Birmingham City | 0-3 | Reading |
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| Patton '24 (pen) Hicks '38, '83 |
The Arden Garages Stadium
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Group B
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bristol City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Derby County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Sheffield United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Stoke City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 September 2025
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| Sheffield United | 2-1 | Derby County |
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| Asante-Boakye '24 Giggs '81 |
McAndrew '55 (pen) |
LNER Community Stadium
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13 September 2025
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| Bristol City | 1-1 | Stoke City |
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| Derrick '11 | Fawunmi '61 |
Robins High Performance Centre
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Group C
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Preston North End | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 September 2025
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| Preston North End | 1-2 | Charlton Athletic |
|---|---|---|
| Gryba '55 | Sol-Loza '79 Rylah '90+2 |
Victory Park
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7 October 2025
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| Preston North End | 2-0 | Leicester City |
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| Frökjaer-Jensen '16 Adedeji '37 (og) |
Victory Park
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Group D
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Coventry City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Watford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 September 2025
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| Leyton Orient | 3-2 | Watford |
|---|---|---|
| Perkins '17 (pen) Gordon '62 Hambury '86 |
Okosun '51 Nabizada '77 (pen) |
Brisbane Road
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12 September 2025
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| Coventry City | 1-1 | Blackburn Rovers |
|---|---|---|
| Shepherd '4 | Sergeant '90+2 |
Your Co-op Community Stadium
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8 October 2025
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| Blackburn Rovers | 3-1 | Leyton Orient |
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| Doherty '27 Boggan '54 (pen) Powell '60 |
Sterling '44 |
Lancashire FA
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Group E
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Brentford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Luton Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Group F
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Burnley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Queens Park Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Stockport County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 September 2025
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| Stockport County | 1-3 | Queens Park Rangers |
|---|---|---|
| Whittingham '57 | Coomes '35 Alemayehu '53 Oluwabusola '83 |
Edgeley Park
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23 September 2025
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| Cardiff City | 1-2 | Burnley |
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| Barton '74 | Veevers '67 Ryan '86 |
Cardiff International Sports Stadium
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Group G
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Millwall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Group H
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Bromley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Colchester United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Norwich City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sunderland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 September 2025
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| Norwich City | 2-2 | Colchester United |
|---|---|---|
| Jones '10 Bridge '25 |
Connolly '49 (pen) Wood '54 |
Avant Training Centre
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10 October 2025
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| Sunderland | 3-2 | Norwich City |
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| Neild '9 Proctor '90 Neill '90+8 |
Jones '22 Welch '71 |
Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
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Last modified on 17 October 2025, at 06:16