JAKARTA - Everton, Leeds United and a number of other Premier League teams walked smoothly from the second round of the English League Cup after defeating their respective opponents in a series of matches on Tuesday local time (Wednesday WIB). Aston Villa, Brentford, Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolverhampton and Watford followed Norwich City who had already qualified in the early stages. The only Premier League side to stop in the second round was Crystal Palace who were eliminated by Watford. Here is a summary English League Cup second round results involving Premier League clubs, as reported by the official EFL website: Barrow 0 - Aston Villa 6Villa visit The Dunes Hotel Stadium against fourth tier Barrow and they won 6-0 over the hosts despite manager Dean Smith rested many first-team players from the game. Young talent Cameron Archer scored a hat-trick to return Memories of Villa in that match, which was also marked by Anwar El Ghazi's double and a goal from Frederic Guilbert. Brentford 3 - Forest Green Rovers 1 Brentford was surprised by his visitors when the fourth tier team stole the lead through Jack Aitchison's quick goal in eight minutes. Turned things around through Yoanne Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo, before Forest Green Rovers had to play with 10 men because Ebou Adams was sent off and Marcus Forss completed the home victory to 3-1. Cardiff City 0 - Brighton & Hove Albion 2 Away to the second tier team in Cardiff City Stadium Brighton beat the Welsh side 2-0 to advance. Jakub Moder opened the scoring with a long-range shot in the ninth minute before Andi Zeqiri completed Brighton's win with his left foot. Huddersfield Town 1 - Everton 2 10 players because Moise Kean was given a red card since the 59th minute, Everton are still capable u booked a 2-1 win over Hudersfield at John Smith's Stadium. Everton's lead through Alex Iwobi could have been matched by Huddersfield through Tom Lees, but Rafa Benitez's men managed to overcome a 10-to-11 situation when Andros Townsend scored the 79th-minute winner over a strata side Second, Leeds United 3 - Crewe Alexandra 0Marcelo Bielsa still fielded a lot of first-team players in this match even though they "only" hosted a third-tier team at Elland Road. They had to wait until the 79th minute to break the deadlock through Kalvin Phillips before Jack Harrison netted twice against Crewe to seal a 3-0 win for Leeds. Nottingham Forest 0 - Wolverhampton 4 As Norwich had a poor result in their first two Premier League games against second tier Bournemouth, Wolverhampton also won 4-0 at home another second tier team, Nottingham Forest. Romain Saiss broke the deadlock for Wolves in the 58th minute, followed by a goal Daniel Podence two minutes later. Then Trincao and Morgan Gibbs-White took turns scoring in the last five minutes to complete the win for Bruno Lage's side. Watford 1 - Crystal Palace 0 The match between the two Premier League teams was a stalemate until the last 10 minutes of normal time at Vicarage Road. Minutes before normal dispersal, Ashley Fletcher completed Cucho Hernandez's cross with a close-range effort to give Watford victory over Palace and through to the third round.
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