Steve Cooper opted to make 11 changes in Nottingham Forest’s Carabao Cup 3-0 win over Grimsby Town and Super Eagles’ duo of Emmanuel Dennis and Taiwo Awoniyi both featured albeit failing to get on the scoresheet. Cooper took off Emmanuel Dennis for Taiwo Awoniyi as the game went on after Ryan Yates made it 1-0 with a thunderbolt before Sam Surridge grabbed the other goals in either side of half-time.
Everton’s Alex Iwobi put in a man-of-the-match display to help Everton book a ticket to round three of the EFL Cup. He assisted the winning goal, created the most chances (4), made three key passes and completed 85% of his passes in the 1-0 victory over Fleetwood Town who were managed by former Celtic man Steve Brown.
Joe Aribo came on in the 66th minute for Mohamed Elyounoussi and had a decent performance as Southampton got a 3-0 win over Cambridge United.
Kelechi Iheanacho made his first start of the season as Leicester City progressed to the Carabao Cup third round via penalties at the expense of Stockport County.
Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye and defender Wiliam Troost-Ekong were in action all through Watford’s tie against MK Dons but could not do much as they suffered an exit after a 0-2 defeat.