Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:52 pm
Capital One Cup round-up: Preston shock Watford as Sunderland hit six against Exeter
Preston saw off Premier League Watford in the Capital One Cup second round thanks to Marnick Vermijl's first-half goal.
Quique Sanchez Flores' Watford, who were reduced to 10 men after Miguel Britos was shown a second yellow card with 13 minutes remaining, are still without a win this term after the 1-0 defeat at Deepdale.
Struggling Sunderland earned their first win of the season after seeing off Exeter 6-3 at the Stadium of Light, striker Jermain Defoe netting a hat-trick for Dick Advocaat's side.
Goals from Jack Rodwell and Defoe put Sunderland 2-0 up within 15 minutes, before Emmanuel Oyeleke and David Wheeler brought League Two Exeter back on terms.
Defoe was at it again six minutes before half-time, but just before the break Tom McCready pulled Exeter level.
Rodwell grabbed his second on 64 minutes, Duncan Watmore soon added a fifth and and Defoe completed his hat-trick to give Black Cats fans something to shout about.
Stoke City needed penalties to beat Luton after a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road after Cameron McGeehan's last-gasp equaliser cancelled out Jonathan Walters' second-half strike.
Scott Griffiths missed the eighth kick for Luton in the shootout after perfect spot kicks for either side, giving Geoff Cameron the chance to win the game 8-7 on penalties.
Aston Villa were given a shock by League Two Notts County, as the Premier League side had to come from behind twice to earn a 5-3 win at Villa Park.
Genaro Snijders' defelcted efffort gave County the lead on 17 minutes, before Adama Traore equalised with a close-range finish for Villa.
Jonathan Stead put County 2-1 up from the spot, but Scott Sinclair scored the first of his three goals on the night to level just after half-time.
In an end-to-end encounter, former Villa man Graham Burke's superb strike gave the visitors the lead again, before Sinclair's penalty on 79 minutes forced the game to extra time.
Sinclair put Villa ahead for the first time in the game in the extra period, before Joe Bennett rounded off the win.
QPR's poor form in cup competitions continues as the Championship side were beaten 2-1 at home to League Two Carlisle.
Junior Stanislas (15) scored twice as Bournemouth easily saw off Hartlepool
Derek Asamoah opened the scoring for Carlisle before Jay Emmanuel-Thomas' equaliser, but Jason Kennedy grabbed the winner 11 minutes from time.
Crystal Palace went to extra-time at Selhurst Park against Shrewsbury but eventually saw off the League Two side 4-1 thanks to goals from Dwight Gayle, Glenn Murray, Chung-Yong Lee and Wilfried Zaha after Matt Tootle had given the visitors the lead.
Joe Dodoo scored a hat-trick as Leicester City continued their fine form this season with a 4-1 victory at Bury, with January signing Andrej Kramaric scoring the other.
Fresh from their first win of the season against West Ham, Bournemouth saw off Hartlepool 4-0 with goals from Yann Kermorgrant, Dan Gosling and a Junior Stanislas double.
Newcastle also earned their first win of the campaign, seeing off Northampton 4-1 at St James' Park.
Debutant Florian Thauvin was the hero, opening the scoring and assisting the Magpies' other three goals scored by Siem de Jong, Daryl Janmaat and Mike Williamson.
Goals from Jonathan Howson and Ricky van Wolfswinkel gave Norwich a 2-1 win at Rotherham United, and Swansea struck three past York with goals from Nathan Dyer, Matt Grimes and Marvin Emnes.
Ipswich beat Doncaster 4-1 after extra-time, goals coming from Brett Pitman, David McGoldrick, James Alabi and Ryan Fraser, while Middlesbrough required the extra 30 minutes to see of Burton, Christian Stuani's double seeing Aitor Karanka's side through.
Josh Murphy's extra-time goal gave MK Dons a 2-1 win over fellow Championship side Cardiff after Alex Revell opened the scoring for the Welsh side and Carl Baker equalised.
Charlton saw off Peterborough 4-1 with Mikhail Kennedy, Karl Ahearne-Grant, Ahmed Kashi and Igor Vetokele on the scoresheet, and fellow Championship side Fulham beat Sheffield United 3-0 at Craven Cottage.
Jose Baxter and Kieran Wallace were sent off late on for the Blades as Ross McCormack's double and a Moussa Dembele strike gave Fulham the win.
Wesley Thomas' double gave Birmingham a 2-0 win over League One high-flyers Gillingham, while Walsall won 2-1 at Portsmouth thanks to goals from Nick Blackman and Garath McCleary, with Conor Chaplin grabbing Pompey's goal.
Bright Enobakhare and Liverpool loanee Sheyi Ojo gave Wolves a 2-1 win over Barnet, Atdhe Nuhiu gave Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 win over Oxford United and Hull beat Rochdale by a single goal thanks to Greg Luer's strike.