2017–18 EFL Trophy

2017–18 EFL Trophy
Checkatrade Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	64
Defending champions	Coventry City
Final positions
Champions	Lincoln City (1st title)
Runner-up	Shrewsbury Town
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 EFL Trophy, known as the Checkatrade Trophy for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th 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 "B teams" with Category One status after the previous season's trial format was extended.^[1]

Following the new format introduced in 2016–17, 64 teams entered the competition, including first time entries from the academy teams of Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, who all declined to enter in the previous season.^[1] Coventry City were the reigning champions,^[1] but were eliminated in the group stage on 7 November.

Participating clubs

48 clubs from League One and League Two.
16 invited Category One Academy teams.
Category One teams relegated to League One missed out on having academies participate in the following tournament.

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

Notes

Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United declined to participate.^[1]

Eligibility criteria for players

For EFL clubs; a minimum of 5 'First Team' players in the starting 11 as defined under the competition's existing rules.
For invited clubs – 6 of the starting 11 to be U21 (as at 30 June 2016).

Competition format

Group stage

Sixteen groups of 4 teams will be organised on a regionalised basis.
All groups will include one invited club.
All clubs will play each other once, either home or away (Academies play all group matches away from home).
Clubs will be awarded 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw.
In the event of a drawn game (after 90 minutes), a penalty shootout will be held with the winning team earning an additional point.
The top two teams will progress to the Knockout Stage.

Northern Section

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Fleetwood Town (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Round 2
2	ACA	Leicester City U21 (Q)	3	1	0	1	1	3	5	−2	4	Round 2
3	L2	Carlisle United (E)	3	1	0	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	L2	Morecambe (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Fleetwood Town	3–0	Leicester City U21	Highbury Stadium
19:45 BST	Ekpolo 28' Cargill 61' Burns 86'	Report		Attendance: 517 Referee: Martin Coy

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Morecambe	0–2	Carlisle United	Globe Arena
19:45 BST		Report	Hope 1' Kennedy 44'	Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Carlisle United	0–1	Leicester City U21	Brunton Park
19:45 BST		Report	Ndukwu 20'	Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Ben Toner

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Fleetwood Town	2–1	Morecambe	Highbury Stadium
19:45 BST	Burns 25' McGowan 72' (o.g.)	Report	Ekpolo 51' (o.g.)	Attendance: 768 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Morecambe	2–2 (4–2 p)	Leicester City U21	Globe Arena
19:45 GMT	Thompson 8' Osborne 90'	Report	Ndukwu 25' Knight 85'	Attendance: 432 Referee: Robert Jones
	Penalties
	Rose Turner Lavelle Osborne Campbell		Choudhury Knight Gordon Uche

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)	Carlisle United	1–2	Fleetwood Town	Brunton Park
19:45 GMT	T. Miller 86'	Report	Sowerby 10' Burns 44'	Attendance: 909 (42 away fans) Referee: Martin Coy

Group B

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Blackpool (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Round 2
2	L2	Accrington Stanley (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Round 2
3	L1	Wigan Athletic (E)	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5
4	ACA	Middlesbrough U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Blackpool	1–1 (4–5 p)	Wigan Athletic	Bloomfield Road
19:00 BST	D'Almeida 4' Sinclair-Smith 87'	Report	Merrie 13' Gilbey 63'	Attendance: 1,532 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
	Penalties
	Taylor Clayton Mellor Delfouneso Roache Sinclair-Smith		Power Gilbey Hunt Maffeo Barrigan Laurent

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)	Accrington Stanley	3–2	Middlesbrough U21	Crown Ground
19:00 BST	Brown 54' Wilks 69' Johnson 81' Nolan 90+3'	Report	Reading 27' 31' Armstrong 16' 65'	Attendance: 587 Referee: Graham Salisbury

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Blackpool	Crown Ground
19:30 BST	Sousa 38'	Report	Philliskirk 33' Clayton 88'	Attendance: 975 Referee: Stuart Attwell

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)	Wigan Athletic	4–1	Middlesbrough U21	DW Stadium
19:45 BST	Evans 33' Maffeo 41' Hunt 72' Colclough 74'	Report	Armstrong 53'	Attendance: 876 Referee: Michael Salisbury

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)	Blackpool	4–1	Middlesbrough U21	Bloomfield Road
19:00 GMT	Philliskirk 24,89' Longstaff 43' D'Almeida 56' Richards 87'	Report	Armstrong 54' Brewitt 85'	Attendance: 691 Referee: Martin Coy

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Wigan Athletic	0–4	Accrington Stanley	DW Stadium
19:45 GMT	Golden 24' McGuffie 65'	Report	Edwards 12' Sousa 30', 56' Wilks 65' Leacock-McLeod 89'	Attendance: 1,473 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Group C

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Rochdale (Q)	3	1	1	1	0	5	1	+4	6	Round 2
2	L1	Bury (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	5	−1	6	Round 2
3	L1	Blackburn Rovers (E)	3	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	ACA	Stoke City U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	1	4	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Stoke City U21	Ewood Park
19:45 BST	Nuttall 77'	Report	Banks 21' Souttar 54' Adam 90+7'	Attendance: 1,501 Referee: Darren Handley

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)	Bury	0–4	Rochdale	Gigg Lane
19:45 BST	Danns 6' Shotton 60'	Report	Bunney 12' Inman 18', 34' Henderson 51' Rafferty 62'	Attendance: 1,451 Referee: Mark Heywood

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Bury	Ewood Park
19:45 BST	Platt 64' Hart 86'	Report	Skarz 40' Williams 64' Bunn 77'	Attendance: 2,025 Referee: Scott Oldham

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Rochdale	0–0 (4–5 p)	Stoke City U21	Spotland Stadium
19:45 BST	Ntlhe 74'	Report	Edwards 24' Waddington 41'	Attendance: 731 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Slew Done M.J. Williams Kitching Rafferty J. Williams Rathbone		Campbell Souttar Pemberton Waddington Jarvis McJannett Shenton

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Rochdale	1–1 (5–3 p)	Blackburn Rovers	Spotland Stadium
19:45 GMT	Slew 72'	Report	Wharton 28' Hart 41' Nuttall 43'	Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Seb Stockbridge
	Penalties
	Rafferty Inman Slew Gillam Bunney		Hart Ward Smallwood Bennett

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)	Bury	3–1	Stoke City U21	Gigg Lane
19:45 GMT	Ajose 5' Leigh 18' Reilly 19'	Report	Afellay 75'	Attendance: 686 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Group D

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Port Vale (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	5	2	+3	8	Round 2
2	L1	Oldham Athletic (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Round 2
3	ACA	Newcastle United U21 (E)	3	1	0	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	L2	Crewe Alexandra (E)	3	0	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Newcastle United U21	Gresty Road
19:30 BST	Bowery 88'	Report	Smith 4' Charman 68'	Attendance: 1,351 Referee: Robert Jones

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Oldham Athletic	0–0 (2–4 p)	Port Vale	Boundary Park
19:30 BST		Report		Attendance: 1,424 Referee: Michael Salisbury
	Penalties
	Gerrard Fawns Gardner		Tonge Gunning Pope Denton

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Gresty Road
19:30 BST	Porter 34' Stubbs 69'	Report	Byrne 38' 42'	Attendance: 976 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Port Vale	1–0	Newcastle United U21	Vale Park
19:45 BST	Barnett 21'	Report		Attendance: 824 Referee: David Coote

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Newcastle United U21	Boundary Park
19:30 GMT	Byrne 13', 63' Doyle 61', 70'	Report	Aarons 79'	Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Carl Boyeson

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Port Vale	4–2	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park
19:45 GMT	Regis 4' Forrester 8' Reeves 65' Montaño 90'	Report	Reilly 31', 71'	Attendance: 1,322 Referee: John Brooks

Group E

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Round 2
2	L1	Shrewsbury Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Round 2
3	L2	Coventry City (E)	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion U21 (E)	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Coventry City	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Ricoh Arena
19:45 BST	Andreu 51' 66' McNulty 63' (pen.)	Report	Payne 30' Gnahoua 33' Bolton 69' Godfrey 71' Adams 79' Riley 90+4'	Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Tom Nield

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)	Walsall	3–1	West Bromwich Albion U21	Bescot Stadium
19:45 BST	Flanagan 55' Ismail 73' Leahy 80'	Report	Tulloch 45+2' Azaz 65' Bradley 86'	Attendance: 1,055 Referee: Darren Handley

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	West Bromwich Albion U21	New Meadow
19:45 BST	John-Lewis 24' Morris 49' Beckles 53' Dodds 75'	Report		Attendance: 1,404 Referee: Michael Salisbury

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Walsall	2–2 (3–4 p)	Coventry City	Bescot Stadium
19:45 BST	Ismail 32' (pen.) Bakayoko 42' Edwards 82' Agyei 90+2'	Report	McNulty 54' Ponticelli 59'	Attendance: 1,517 Referee: Robert Lewis
	Penalties
	Oztumer Leahy Agyei Bakayoko Edwards		McNulty Vincenti Stevenson Shipley Ponticelli

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Coventry City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion U21	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Stevenson 58' Biamou 62'	Report	Burke 72'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,429 Referee: John Busby

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Shrewsbury Town	0–1	Walsall	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Godfrey 75'	Report	Bakayoko 90'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,701 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Group F

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Bradford City (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	6	Round 2
2	L2	Chesterfield (Q)	3	1	1	0	1	6	7	−1	5	Round 2
3	L1	Rotherham United (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	ACA	Manchester City EDS (E)	3	0	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Rotherham United	1–1 (2–4 p)	Manchester City EDS	New York Stadium
19:00 BST	Vaulks 48' Ball 64'	Report	Latibeaudiere 67' Garre 90+4'	Attendance: 2,562 Referee: Anthony Backhouse
	Penalties
	Vaulks Taylor Forde Clarke-Harris		Nmecha Smith Richards Davenport Oliver

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Chesterfield	2–4	Bradford City	Proact Stadium
19:00 BST	Dennis 24' 65' Sinnott 79' Evatt 85'	Report	Patrick 45+3' Jones 57', 62' 77' Hanson 80'	Attendance: 1,099 Referee: Carl Boyeson

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Rotherham United	1–2	Chesterfield	New York Stadium
19:00 BST	Vaulks 71'	Report	De Girolamo 9' McCourt 89'	Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Darren Handley

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)	Bradford City	2–1	Manchester City EDS	Valley Parade
19:30 BST	Thompson 18' Jones 35'	Report	Francis 8' Matondo 57' Richards 66' Pozo 89'	Attendance: 1,260 Referee: Scott Oldham

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Bradford City	0–3	Rotherham United	Valley Parade
19:30 GMT		Report	Yates 17' Clarke-Harris 32' (pen.) Towell 45+1'	Attendance: 931 Referee: Rob Lewis

29 November 2017 (2017-11-29)	Chesterfield	2–2 (4–3 p)	Manchester City EDS	Proact Stadium
19:00 GMT	Rowley 73' O'Grady 90+7'	Report	Oliver 75' Francis 88' Nmecha 90'	Attendance: 1,266 Referee: Darren Drysdale
	Penalties
	Kellett Reed Rowley O'Grady Hird		Nmecha Francis Richards Duhaney Wilson

Group G

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Lincoln City (Q)	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9	Round 2
2	L2	Mansfield Town (Q)	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Round 2
3	L2	Notts County (E)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	ACA	Everton U21 (E)	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Notts County	2–1	Everton U21	Meadow Lane
19:45 BST	Forte 30' Hollis 36'	Report	Donkor 55'	Attendance: 1,409 Referee: Scott Oldham

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Mansfield Town	1–3	Lincoln City	Field Mill
19:45 BST	Potter 6' MacDonald 38' Digby 42'	Report	Whitehouse 40' Palmer 79' Eardley 85' Waterfall 90' Green 90+5'	Attendance: 2,495 Referee: David Webb

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)	Lincoln City	2–1	Everton U21	Sincil Bank
19:45 BST	Maguire-Drew 3' 23' Farman 83'	Report	Baxter 51' Adeniran 81' Lavery 83'	Attendance: 3,713 Referee: Graham Salisbury

24 October 2017 (2017-10-24)	Notts County	1–2	Mansfield Town	Meadow Lane
19:45 BST	Smith 34' 74'	Report	Angol 1' 35' Mellis 34' Hamilton 73'	Attendance: 2,290 Referee: Graham Horwood

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Mansfield Town	1–0	Everton U21	Field Mill
19:45 GMT	Butcher 4' Spencer 69' Diamond 81' Potter 83'	Report	Adeniran 62'	Attendance: 964 Referee: Michael Salisbury

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Lincoln City	2–1	Notts County	Sincil Bank
19:45 GMT	Bird 37' (o.g.) Ginnelly 86'	Report	Forte 27' Hollis 52' Smith 87'	Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Tom Nield

Group H

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Scunthorpe United (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Round 2
2	L1	Doncaster Rovers (Q)	3	1	2	0	0	3	2	+1	7	Round 2
3	L2	Grimsby Town (E)	3	0	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	ACA	Sunderland U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2

Updated to match(es) played on 8 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017	Grimsby Town	1–1 (3–4 p)	Doncaster Rovers	Blundell Park
19:45 BST	Jones 20' Cardwell 29' Davies 69'	Report	Williams 38' Mandeville 86'	Attendance: 862 Referee: Mike Jones
	Penalties
	Davies Hooper Mills Jones Bolarinwa Cardwell		Middleton Williams Beestin Mandeville Alcock Kongolo

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Sunderland U21	Glanford Park
19:45 BST	van Veen 3' Holmes 45+4' 86' Adelakun 82' Morris 90'	Report	Love 62' Greenwood 65'	Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Darren Drysdale

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Sunderland U21	Keepmoat Stadium
19:30 BST	Ben Khémis 69'	Report	Love 38'	Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Ross Joyce

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Grimsby Town	Glanford Park
19:45 BST	Madden 20' Hopper 43', 80' Redmond 50' van Veen 90+2'	Report	Jaiyesimi 32'	Attendance: 1,987 Referee: Tom Nield

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Doncaster Rovers	1–1 (3–2 p)	Scunthorpe United	Keepmoat Stadium
19:30 GMT	Mandeville 37'	Report	Lewis 55' Goode 77' Adelakun 83'	Attendance: 1,717 Referee: Ben Toner
	Penalties
	Mason Beestin Fletcher Mandeville Ben Khémis		van Veen Madden Lewis Adelakun Goode

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)	Grimsby Town	1–1 (6–7 p)	Sunderland U21	Blundell Park
19:45 GMT	Hooper 78' (pen.)	Report	Love 79' Bale 90+3'	Attendance: 248 Referee: Scott Oldham
	Penalties
	Hooper Kelly Jaiyesimi Rose Matt Mills Osborne Cardwell McAllister		Beadling Molyneux Robson Love Hackett Greenwood Galloway Rodwell Bale

Southern Section

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	7	4	+3	7	Round 2
2	L1	Charlton Athletic (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	5	3	+2	6	Round 2
3	ACA	Fulham U21 (E)	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	+1	5
4	L2	Crawley Town (E)	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

16 August 2017 (2017-08-16)	Portsmouth	3–3 (2–4 p)	Fulham U21	Fratton Park
19:45 BST	Lowe 54' 66' Naismith 57'	Report	Humphrys 21' Williams 62' (pen.) Adebayo 82'	Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Antony Coggins
	Penalties
	Chaplin Naismith Bennett Evans		Williams Humphrys Þorsteinsson Kavanagh

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Crawley Town	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Broadfield Stadium
19:45 BST	Kaby 10' Yorwerth 43' Sanoh 59'	Report	Reeves 37' Lapslie 70'	Attendance: 1,666 Referee: Nick Kinseley

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Portsmouth	3–1	Crawley Town	Fratton Park
19:45 BST	May 27' Clarke 30' Hawkins 34' O’Keefe 71'	Report	Kaby 53' Sanoh 65'	Attendance: 1,527 Referee: Tim Robinson

1 November 2017 (2017-11-01)	Charlton Athletic	3–2	Fulham U21	The Valley
19:45 GMT	Reeves 30' Dodoo 89' Aribo 90+1'	Report	Þorsteinsson 4' Thompson 63'	Attendance: 741 Referee: Craig Hicks

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Portsmouth	The Valley
19:45 GMT		Report	Main 19'	Attendance: 1,307 Referee: Nicholas Kinseley

29 November 2017 (2017-11-29)	Crawley Town	1–3	Fulham U21	Broadfield Stadium
19:45 GMT	Meite 74'	Report	Adebayo 31' Graham 45', 85'	Attendance: 435 Referee: John Busby

Group B

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Gillingham (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	10	6	+4	9	Round 2
2	L1	Southend United (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Round 2
3	L2	Colchester United (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	5	−3	2
4	ACA	Reading U21 (E)	3	0	0	1	2	7	10	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Colchester United	2–2 (6–5 p)	Reading U21	Colchester Community Stadium
19:30 BST	Szmodics 5' McKeown 87' O'Sullivan 78'	Report	Andrésson 28' Barrett 19' Medford-Smith 40' House 42' 52'	Attendance: 572 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Penalties
	Kinsella James Mandron Dr.Wright O'Sullivan Jackson		Andrésson Smith Holsgrove Holmes Barrett Rollinson

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Gillingham	2–1	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium
19:45 BST	Parker 8' 33' Ferdinand 57' (o.g.) Ogilvie 63' Wilkinson 90+12'	Report	McLaughlin 31' White 55' Ba 66' McGlashan 73' Oxley 90+12'	Attendance: 1,549 Referee: Andy Haines

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Colchester United	0–1	Gillingham	Colchester Community Stadium
19:45 BST	Kent 34'	Report	Hessenthaler 45+1' Ehmer 58' 90+1' Bingham 90+3'	Attendance: 684 Referee: John Brooks

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Southend United	1–0	Reading U21	Roots Hall
19:45 BST	Fortuné 23' Robinson 31'	Report		Attendance: 1,148 Referee: Andy Haines

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Gillingham	7–5	Reading U21	Gillingham
19:45 GMT	Cundle 1' Wilkinson 12' Wagstaff 29' 53' O'Neill 39' Mbo 65' 80' Oldaker 82', 90'	Report	Rollinson 38' Popa 49', 83' Holmes 52' Medford-Smith 57' Sheppard 68'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Craig Hicks

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Southend United	2–0	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT	Wright 37' Robinson 49' Cox 85'	Report	Kent 89'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Group C

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Swindon Town (Q)	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6	Round 2
2	ACA	West Ham United U21 (Q)	3	2	1	6	5	+1	6	Round 2
3	L1	Bristol Rovers (E)	3	1	2	8	8	0	3
4	L2	Wycombe Wanderers (E)	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Swindon Town	2–3	West Ham United U21	County Ground
19:45 BST	Norris 47' (pen.) Mullin 74' Dunne 85' Brophy 86'	Report	Samuelsen 6' Makasi 68' Neufville 79' 90+3' Kemp 86'	Attendance: 2,082 Referee: John Busby

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Wycombe Wanderers	1–5	Bristol Rovers	Adams Park
19:45 BST	Southwell 5'	Report	Telford 9', 42' Broom 54', 85' Sercombe 63'	Attendance: 1,132 Referee: James Linington

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Bristol Rovers	1–3	West Ham United U21	Memorial Stadium
19:45 BST	Nichols 1' Burn 23'	Report	Martinez 43', 76' Samuelsen 50'	Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Robert Jones

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Swindon Town	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	County Ground
19:45 BST	Preston 88' Smith 90+2'	Report	Cowan-Hall 67' Bean 82'	Attendance: 1,236 Referee: Kevin Johnson

8 November 2017 (2017-11-08)	Bristol Rovers	2–4	Swindon Town	Memorial Stadium
19:45 GMT	Sweeney 26' Sercombe 73'	Report	Goddard 17' (pen.) Mullin 37' Gordon 58' McDermott 70' Woolery 87'	Attendance: 1,657 Referee: Andre Marriner

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)	Wycombe Wanderers	2–0	West Ham United U21	Adams Park
19:45 GMT	de Havilland 31' Scarr 40' Jombati 55'	Report	Neufville 31' Makasi 55'	Attendance: 699 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Group D

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Yeovil Town (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	+3	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Chelsea U21 (Q)	3	1	0	2	0	6	4	+2	5	Round 2
3	L1	Plymouth Argyle (E)	3	0	2	0	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Exeter City (E)	3	0	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Plymouth Argyle	2–2 (5–4 p)	Chelsea U21	Home Park
19:00 BST	Lameiras 81' Carey 85' Fletcher 88', 90+1'	Report	Hudson-Odoi 62', 74' Sterling 68' Ampadu 90+4'	Attendance: 3,962 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	Carey Fletcher Ainsworth Fox Wylde		McCormick Muheim Christie-Davies Maddox Sterling

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Exeter City	1–3	Yeovil Town	St James Park
19:45 BST	Archibald-Henville 32' Moore-Taylor 52' Sparkes 80' James 90+1'	Report	Green 5' Surridge 46' 75' Browne 52' 75' Khan 78' 90+2'	Attendance: 1,530 Referee: Oliver Langford

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Plymouth Argyle	2–2 (5–3 p)	Exeter City	Home Park
19:45 BST	Edwards 19' Ness 63' Blissett 75'	Report	McAlinden 13' Edwards 70' Croll 83'	Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Chris Sarginson
	Penalties
	Wylde Jervis Sarcevic Lameiras Çiftçi		James Jay Sweeney Taylor

25 October 2017 (2017-10-25)	Yeovil Town	1–1 (5–3 p)	Chelsea U21	Huish Park
19:45 BST	Browne 22' 52' Santos 42'		McCormick 34' 80'	Attendance: 1,896 Referee: Kevin Johnson
	Penalties
	Santos Sturridge Khan Olomola Zoko		McCormick Taylor-Crossdale St Clair Chalobah

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)	Exeter City	1–3	Chelsea U21	St James Park
19:45 GMT	Reid 7'	Report	Hudson-Odoi 29' James 68' Grant 83'	Attendance: 1,294 Referee: Kevin Johnson

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)	Yeovil Town	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Huish Park
19:45 GMT	James 61' Surridge 88'	Report	Taylor 16' Bradley 48' Songo'o 83' Threlkeld 87'	Attendance: 1,110 Referee: Brett Huxtable

Group E

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	Swansea City U21 (Q)	3	3	0	6	2	+4	9	Round 2
2	L2	Forest Green Rovers (Q)	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6	Round 2
3	L2	Cheltenham Town (E)	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3
4	L2	Newport County (E)	3	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Swansea City U21	Whaddon Road
19:45 BST	Graham 42' Storer 48' Cranston 90+2'	Report	Marić 42' Rodon 69' Baker-Richardson 72' Gorré 73' Lewis 83'	Attendance: 801 Referee: Kevin Johnson

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Newport County	The New Lawn
19:30 BST	Wishart 20' Noble 60' James 84'	Report	Willmott 45' Owen-Evans 67'	Attendance: 1,090 Referee: Brett Huxtable

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Forest Green Rovers	Whaddon Road
19:45 BST	Bower 34' Davey 39' Hinds 50' Cranston 70' Wright 83'	Report	Brown 79' 90+2' Stevens 80'	Attendance: 1,576 Referee: Trevor Kettle

10 October 2017 (2017-10-10)	Newport County	1–2	Swansea City U21	Rodney Parade
19:30 BST	Owen-Evans 33' McCoulsky 76'	Report	Byers 32' Gorré 70' Lewis 72' Foulston 83' (o.g.)	Attendance: 750 Referee: Brett Huxtable

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Swansea City U21	The New Lawn
19:45 GMT		Report	Blair 11' King 75' Gorré 79'	Attendance: 590 Referee: Graham Horwood

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Newport County	1–2	Cheltenham Town	Rodney Parade
19:30 GMT	Reynolds 48'	Report	Graham 3' Pell 11'	Attendance: 540 Referee: Simon Hooper

Group F

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Luton Town (Q)	3	1	2	0	0	5	4	+1	7	Round 2
2	L1	AFC Wimbledon (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	9	8	+1	6	Round 2
3	L2	Barnet (E)	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21 (E)	3	0	0	1	2	6	8	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	Luton Town	2–2 (4–2 p)	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Kenilworth Road
19:45 BST	Gambin 19' McQuoid 51' Cook 90+3'	Report	Shea 21' (o.g.) Loft 47'	Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Craig Hicks
	Penalties
	Lee Cook McQuoid Gambin		Shashoua Maghoma Sterling Bennetts

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Barnet	3–4	AFC Wimbledon	The Hive Stadium
20:00 BST	Bover 13' Coulthirst 25' Blackman 89'	Report	Hartigan 5' Kaja 16' McDonald 48' Clough 56' (o.g.)	Attendance: 696 Referee: Dean Whitestone

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	AFC Wimbledon	4–3	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Kingsmeadow
19:45 BST	Sibbick 19', 60' Kaja 38' Parrett 90+2'	Report	Tracey 16' Shashoua 34' Sterling 59'	Attendance: 608 Referee: Antony Coggins

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Luton Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Barnet	Kenilworth Road
19:45 BST	Cook 57' Shea 62' Lee 64'	Report	Bover 32' Tutonda 54' Taylor 63' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,530 Referee: John Busby
	Penalties
	Lee Berry Cook Justin Ruddock Mpanzu		Taylor Tutonda Fonguck Shomotun Santos

31 October 2017 (2017-10-31)	AFC Wimbledon	1–2	Luton Town	Kingsmeadow
19:45 GMT	Taylor 14' Meades 62'	Report	Shinnie 12', 72' D'ath 60'	Attendance: 581 Referee: Gavin Ward

28 November 2017 (2017-11-28)	Barnet	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur U21	The Hive Stadium
20:00 GMT	Maghoma (o.g.) Nicholls 57'	Report	Harrison 16'	Attendance: 445 Referee: Lee Collins

Group G

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Milton Keynes Dons (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	6	3	+3	8	Round 2
2	L1	Oxford United (Q)	3	1	0	1	1	11	8	+3	4	Round 2
3	L2	Stevenage (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	ACA	Brighton & Hove Albion U21 (E)	3	0	1	0	2	3	7	−4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Stadium mk
19:45 BST	McGrandles 31' Ariyibi 32' Nombe 40' Tshibola 66' (pen.)	Report	Mandroiu 89'	Attendance: 1,541 Referee: Craig Hicks

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Stevenage	2–6	Oxford United	Broadhall Way
19:45 BST	Beautyman 18' Conlon 49' Samuel 82'	Report	Henry 30' Hall 43', 52' Obika 50' Xemi 53' Rothwell 55' Payne 64'	Attendance: 799 Referee: Charles Breakspear

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0 (5–4 p)	Stevenage	Stadium mk
19:45 BST	McGrandles 82' Nombe 86'	Report	Toner 68'	Attendance: 2,031 Referee: Nick Kinseley
	Penalties
	Nesbitt Seager McGrandles Nombe Thomas-Asante		Conlon Whelpdale Pett Wilkinson Newton

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Oxford United	2–2 (4–5 p)	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Kassam Stadium
19:45 BST	van Kessel 22', 28'	Report	Tilley 36' Mandroiu 67'	Attendance: 1,074 Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Penalties
	Roberts Rothwell Henry Ruffels Ashby		Cox Tilley Sanders Mandroiu Alzate

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Oxford United	3–4	Milton Keynes Dons	Kassam Stadium
19:45 GMT	Payne 33', 39' (pen.) Xemi 64' Hall 64'	Report	Thomas-Asante 10' 67' Upson 34' Lewington 38' Ariyibi 40', 45' Seager 66' Wootton 71' Agard 88'	Attendance: 1,182 Referee: Chris Sarginson

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Stevenage	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion U21	Broadhall Way
19:45 GMT	Samuel 19', 82' Wootton 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Rosenior 45+1' Murphy 90'	Attendance: 389 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Group H

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Peterborough United (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Round 2
2	L1	Northampton Town (Q)	3	0	3	0	0	5	5	0	6	Round 2
3	ACA	Southampton U21 (E)	3	1	0	1	1	4	5	−1	4
4	L2	Cambridge United (E)	3	0	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Northampton Town	1–1 (5–4 p)	Cambridge United	Sixfields Stadium
19:45 BST	Waters 16' Revell 29'	Report	Mingoia 27' Legge 84'	Attendance: 1,453 Referee: John Brooks
	Penalties
	Revell Iaciofano Waters McWilliams Taylor		Elito Mingoia Brown O'Neil Azeez

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29)	Peterborough United	2–0	Southampton U21	London Road Stadium
19:45 BST	Morias 2' Maddison 21' (pen.) Forrester 86'	Report		Attendance: 2,282 Referee: Trevor Kettle

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Cambridge United	0–1	Southampton U21	Abbey Stadium
19:00 BST	Carroll 34'	Report	Jones 36'	Attendance: 480 Referee: Charles Breakspear

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03)	Peterborough United	1–1 (2–4 p)	Northampton Town	London Road Stadium
19:45 BST	Grant 17' Miller 41' Lloyd 43'	Report	Waters 51' Baldwin 79' (o.g.) Grimes 90+4'	Attendance: 2,745 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Penalties
	Marriott Doughty Da Silva Lopes Hughes		Grimes Revell Richards Waters

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Cambridge United	0–2	Peterborough United	Abbey Stadium
19:45 GMT	Lewis 55'	Report	Taylor 50' Edwards 64' Marriott 81'	Attendance: 3,138 Referee: Gavin Ward

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07)	Northampton Town	3–3 (4–2 p)	Southampton U21	Sixfields Stadium
19:45 GMT	Foley 72' Grimes 75' McGugan 83' Taylor 90+6'	Report	Hesketh 6', 51' 64' Johnson 59'	Attendance: 1,118 Referee: Brett Huxtable
	Penalties
	Grimes Richards Long McGivern McGugan		Little Johnson Afolabi Cook

Knockout stage

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

Round 2

The Round 2 draw was made on 10 November 2017.^[2] The 32 remaining teams were drawn into 16 ties; each group winner will be at home to a runner-up from a different group within their own region.

Northern Section

28 November 2017	Rochdale	1–1 (5–4 p)	Doncaster Rovers	Rochdale
19:30 GMT	Gillam 33' (pen.)	Report	Mandeville 72'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 786 Referee: Darren Handley
	Penalties
	Andrew McGahey Bunney Inman Kitching		Mason Mandeville Ben Khémis Alcock Rowe

2 December 2017	Walsall	1–2	Bury	Walsall
12:30 GMT	Oztumer 45+1'	Report	Ajose 7', 65'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,065 Referee: Michael Salisbury

5 December 2017	Bradford City	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Bradford
19:45 GMT		Report	Obadeyi 3'	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 1,036 Referee: David Webb

5 December 2017	Fleetwood Town	2–0	Chesterfield	Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Sowerby 17' Reid 88'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 372 Referee: Ross Joyce

5 December 2017	Lincoln City	3–2	Accrington Stanley	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Palmer 37' Green 45+1' Raggett 61'	Report	Wilks 7' Paul Farman 42' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,026 Referee: Christopher Sarginson

5 December 2017	Port Vale	1–2	Shrewsbury Town	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Montaño 1'	Report	Dodds 68' Whalley 81'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 965 Referee: Graham Salisbury

5 December 2017	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Leicester City U21	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	van Veen 45+1'	Report	Thomas 3' Hughes 12'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 824 Referee: Trevor Kettle

6 December 2017	Blackpool	1–1 (5–4 p)	Mansfield Town	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Mellor 38'	Report	Butcher 88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 587 Referee: Seb Stockbridge
	Penalties
	Philliskirk Cooke Taylor Mellor Delfouneso Quigley		Digby Benning Sterling-James Potter Spencer Thomas

Southern Section

2 December 2017	Portsmouth	2–0	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
12:30 GMT	Evans 41' O'Keefe 58'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,780 Referee: Tom Nield

5 December 2017	Gillingham	1–2	Oxford United	Gillingham
19:00 GMT	Byrne 9' (pen.)	Report	Payne 31' Mowatt 90+2'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Charles Breakspear

5 December 2017	Luton Town	4–0	West Ham United U21	Luton
19:45 GMT	D'Ath 28' Jarvis 56' Cotter 86' Cook 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 1,670 Referee: Darren Drysdale

5 December 2017	Swansea City U21	2–3	Charlton Athletic	Swansea
19:00 GMT	Gorré 9' Garrick 41'	Report	Hackett-Fairchild 15', 52' Ahearne-Grant 32'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 410 Referee: Lee Swabey

5 December 2017	Swindon Town	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Swindon
19:30 GMT	Anderson 90+5'	Report	Doidge 79' Bennett 90+6'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,320 Referee: Rob Lewis

5 December 2017	Yeovil Town	2–0	AFC Wimbledon	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	Davies 49' Gray 87'	Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 886 Referee: Anthony Coggins

6 December 2017	Milton Keynes Dons	0–4	Chelsea U21	Milton Keynes
19:45 GMT		Report	Batshuayi 22', 42' Hudson-Odoi 45' Musonda 56'	Stadium: stadium:MK Attendance: 1,549 Referee: Gavin Ward

6 December 2017	Peterborough United	2–0	Southend United	Peterborough
19:45 GMT	Edwards 16' Maddison 62'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 1,707 Referee: John Busby

Round 3

The Round 3 draw was made on 8 December 2017.

Northern Section

9 January 2018	Bury	2–3	Fleetwood Town	Bury
19:30 GMT	Bunn 45+4' Wai-tsun 55'	Report	Hiwula 14' 50' Grant 17' (pen)	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 698 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

9 January 2018	Rochdale	0–1	Lincoln City	Rochdale
19:45 GMT		Report	Palmer 88'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 1,171 Referee: Ben Toner

10 January 2018	Shrewsbury Town	0–0 (4–2 p)	Blackpool	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,362 Referee: Chris Sarginson
	Penalties
	Payne Morris Riley John-Lewis		Philliskirk Cooke Roache Delfouneso

17 January 2018	Oldham Athletic	4–2	Leicester City U21	Oldham
19:30 GMT	Davies 50' 56' Gerrard 76' Obadeyi 86'	Report	Knight 43' Musa 68'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,192 Referee: Darren Handley

Southern Section

9 January 2018	Yeovil Town	2–0	Forest Green Rovers	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	N. Smith 3' C. Smith 26'	Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,395 Referee: John Busby

9 January 2018	Portsmouth	1–2	Chelsea U21	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Pitman 90+3'		Musonda 59', 90+5'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Gavin Ward

9 January 2018	Charlton Athletic	1–1 (0–3 p)	Oxford United	Charlton, London
19:45 GMT	Ahearne-Grant 7'	Report	Thomas 54'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 1,146 Referee: Andy Haines
	Penalties
	Jackson Mavididi Hackett-Fairchild		Mowatt Obika Ledson Mehmeti

9 January 2018	Luton Town	0–0 (6–7 p)	Peterborough United	Luton
19:45 GMT		Report		Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 2,253 Referee: Antony Coggins
	Penalties
	Cook McQuoid Lee Shinnie Sheehan Mpanzu Musonda		Maddison Doughty Marriott Shephard Kanu Baldwin Tafazolli

Round 4

Eight teams participated in this round with ties originally scheduled to take place in the week commencing 22 January 2018.

23 January 2018	Lincoln City	4–2	Peterborough United	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Rowe 43' Rhead 55' Anderson 90+1' Green 90+4'	Report	Eardley 14' (o.g.) Lloyd 50'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,663 Referee: Michael Salisbury

23 January 2018	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Shrewsbury
19:00 GMT	Payne 1' Rodman 88'	Report	Amadi-Holloway 67' Gardner 82'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 1,984 Referee: Darren Handley

23 January 2018	Chelsea U21	3–0	Oxford United	Fulham, London
19:30 GMT	St Clair 10' Redan 16' Castilo 65' Sammut 90+1'	Report	Ricardinho 4' Ledson 9' Raglan 37'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 2,643 Referee: John Brooks

6 February 2018	Yeovil Town	3–2	Fleetwood Town	Yeovil
19:45 GMT	Bolger 23' (o.g.) Whelan 56' Zoko 90+1'	Report	Bolger 17' McAleny 30' Sowerby 45' Schwabl 55' Hiwula 80'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 1,314 Referee: Gavin Ward

Semi-finals

Four teams participated in this round, which consisted of single ties played at the stadium of the club drawn first in each tie.

6 February 2018	Lincoln City	1–1 (4–2 p)	Chelsea U21	Lincoln
19:45 GMT	Waterfall 72'	Report	Chalobah 27' Redan 78'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,444 Referee: David Webb
	Penalties
	Habergham Whitehouse Palmer Green Frecklington		Hazard Ampadu Maddox St Clair

6 March 2018	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Yeovil Town	Shrewsbury
19:45 GMT	Morris 63' Whalley 87'	Report	Khan 57'	Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 4,118 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Final

8 April 2018

15:00 BST

Lincoln City	1–0	Shrewsbury Town
Whitehouse 16'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 41,261

Referee: Gavin Ward

Match proceeds

After deduction of match expenses, all proceeds were split:

45% Home club
45% Away club
10% to the pool account

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Callum Hudson-Odoi	Chelsea U21	4
	Kenji Gorré	Swansea City U21
	Jack Payne	Bradford City
4	Luke Armstrong	Middlesbrough U21	3
	Gboly Ariyibi	Northampton Town
	Wes Burns	Fleetwood Town
	Jack Byrne	Oldham Athletic
	Matt Green	Lincoln City
	Robert Hall	Oxford United
	Jordi Hiwula	Fleetwood Town
	Alex Jones	Bradford City
	Charly Musonda	Chelsea U21
	Ollie Palmer	Lincoln City
	Danny Philliskirk	Blackpool
	Alex Samuel	Stevenage
	Erico Sousa	Accrington Stanley
	Sam Surridge	Yeovil Town