2022–23 Premier League Cup

2022–23 Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	32
Defending champions	West Bromwich Albion
Final positions
Champions	Brentford B
Runner-up	Blackburn Rovers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	111
Goals scored	384 (3.46 per match)
Attendance	23,060 (208 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Alex Gilbert (8 goals)
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The 2022–23 Premier League Cup was the ninth edition of the competition. The defending champions were West Bromwich Albion, who defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers on penalties in the previous final.^[1] This season saw the return of a Under-21 age limit, reduced from Under-23 the previous season, with clubs permitted to use five over-age outfield players and an over-age goalkeeper in order to help with the transition.^[2]

Participants

Category 1

Category 2

Category 3

AFC Bournemouth

Category 4

Group stage

The draw for the group stage took place on 15 August 2022.^[3] Teams play each other twice, with the group winners and runners–up advance to the round of 16.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Fulham	6	6	0	22	7	+15	18
Nottingham Forest	6	3	3	7	8	−1	9
Charlton Athletic	6	3	3	11	13	−2	9
Hull City	6	0	6	7	19	−12	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

6 September 2022	Charlton Athletic	1–3	Nottingham Forest	Dartford
14:00	Reilly 90+3'	Report	Konaté 2' Larsson 33' Taylor 56'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 105 Referee: Adrian Quelch

14 September 2022	Fulham	5–4	Hull City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00	McFarlane 18' Harris 26' Pajaziti 60' (pen.) Godo 81' Odutayo 90+3'	Report	Hinds 29', 58' Hall 48' Simms 70'	Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 49 Referee: Adrian Quelch

11 November 2022	Nottingham Forest	0–2	Fulham	Alfreton
19:00			Jasper 14', 82'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 121^[5]

18 November 2022	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Hull City	Alfreton
19:00	Taylor 69'	Report		Stadium: North Street Attendance: 125^[6] Referee: Gareth Rhodes

28 November 2022	Hull City	0–6	Fulham	North Ferriby
12:00		Report	D'Auria-Henry 2' Loupalo-Bi 5', 40' Pajaziti 23' Bowat 69' Mills 85' (o.g.)	Stadium: Dronsfield Stadium Attendance: 52 Referee: Scott Jackson

28 November 2022	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Alfreton
19:00	Salmon 84'	Report	Gavin 33' Kanu 79'	Stadium: North Street Attendance: 141 Referee: Farai Hallam

5 December 2022	Hull City	1–2	Charlton Athletic	North Ferriby
19:00	Chadwick 51'	Report	Elerewe 45' Kamara 90+2'	Stadium: Dronsfield Stadium Attendance: 90 Referee: Matthew Dicicco

9 December 2022	Fulham	3–0	Nottingham Forest	Kingston upon Thames
19:00	O'Neill 52' Godo 74' Pajaziti 78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 91 Referee: Aji Ajibola

16 December 2022	Fulham	4–2	Charlton Athletic	Kingston upon Thames
19:00	Sanderson 21' Jasper 65' O'Connor 78' (o.g.) Dibley-Dias 90+1'	Report	Gavin 35' Kanu 42'	Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 61 Referee: Reubyn Ricardo

21 December 2022	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Fulham	Dartford
13:00	Anderson 43'	Report	Sanderson 28' Godo 56'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 68 Referee: Steven Hughes

5 January 2023	Charlton Athletic	3–2	Hull City	Dartford
13:00	Anderson 37' Gavin 40' (pen.), 61' (pen.)	Report	Green 11' Hinds 49'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 143 Referee: Aji Ajibola
Note: Originally scheduled for 12 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[7]

30 January 2023	Hull City	0–2	Nottingham Forest	North Ferriby
19:00		Report	Larsson 64' (pen.), 81'	Stadium: Dronsfield Stadium Attendance: 145 Referee: Michael Barlow
Note: Match scheduled for 19 December 2022, but was postponed after a failed pitch inspection.^[8]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Derby County	6	3	2	1	10	5	+5	11
Queens Park Rangers	6	2	2	2	9	8	+1	8
Brighton & Hove Albion	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8
AFC Bournemouth	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6

Updated to match(es) played on 27 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

17 August 2022	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–3	AFC Bournemouth	Brighton
19:00		Report	Popoola 55' Adu-Adjei 58' Saydee 62'	Stadium: American Express Elite Performance Centre Attendance: 108 Referee: Alan Young

23 September 2022	AFC Bournemouth	2–1	Derby County	Boscombe
19:00	Stephens 75' Greenwood 87'	Report	Solomon 6'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Dale Wootton

26 September 2022	Derby County	1–1	Queens Park Rangers	Loughborough
19:00	Haigh 86'	Report	Lloyd 26'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 108 Referee: Aaron Bannister

14 November 2022	Queens Park Rangers	3–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Perivale
19:00	Adarkwa 9' Balaj 40' Pedder 45'	Report	Moran 73', 90+6' Wilson 77' (pen.) Baker-Boaitey 90'	Stadium: The Powerday Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Gary Parsons

18 November 2022	Derby County	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Loughborough
19:00	Kelly 90+3'	Report	Clark 84'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 102 Referee: Wayne Cartmel

26 November 2022	AFC Bournemouth	0–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boscombe
13:00		Report	Hinshelwood 33' Spong 35'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 1,716 Referee: Elliot Swallow

28 November 2022	Queens Park Rangers	0–2	Derby County	Perivale
19:00		Report	Cybulski 7' Solomon 28'	Stadium: The Powerday Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Lloyd Wood

9 December 2022	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Brighton
19:00		Report		Stadium: American Express Elite Performance Centre Attendance: 85 Referee: Farai Hallam

12 December 2022	Derby County	3–0	AFC Bournemouth	Derby
19:00	Robinson 26' Wheeldon 50' Brown 76'	Report		Stadium: Derby County Football Academy Attendance: 75 Referee: Greg Rollason

19 December 2022	AFC Bournemouth	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	Boscombe
19:00		Report	Aoraha 87' Balaj 90+3'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 872 Referee: Gary Parsons

19 December 2022	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Derby County	Brighton
19:00	Baker-Boaitey 45'	Report	Ibrahim 27' Aghatise 69'	Stadium: American Express Elite Performance Centre Attendance: 87 Referee: Matthew Russell

27 January 2023	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	AFC Bournemouth	Perivale
20:00	Kargbo 25' Ajose 49' Dixon-Bonner 58'	Report	Tydeman 87'	Stadium: The Powerday Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Jason Richardson
Note: Match was postponed on 21 November 2022, due to heavy rain.^[9]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Huddersfield Town	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13
Middlesbrough	6	3	0	3	8	9	−1	9
Watford	6	2	1	3	10	16	−6	7
West Bromwich Albion	6	2	0	4	11	8	+3	6

Updated to match(es) played on 5 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

1 September 2022	West Bromwich Albion	4–0	Watford	Hednesford
13:00	Cleary 12' Whitwell 45' Andrews 57' Malcolm 87'	Report		Stadium: Keys Park Attendance: 67 Referee: Jason Richardson

3 September 2022	Middlesbrough	0–3	Huddersfield Town	Bishop Auckland
12:00		Report	Mahoney 8', 49', 57'	Stadium: Heritage Park Attendance: 85 Referee: Daniel Middleton

4 October 2022	Watford	1–2	Huddersfield Town	Kings Langley
13:00	Adeyemo 71'	Report	Diarra 10', 81'	Stadium: The Orbital Fastener Stadium Attendance: 102 Referee: Daniel Middleton

17 October 2022	Middlesbrough	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Bishop Auckland
19:00	Willis 34' Kavanagh 80'	Report	Malcolm 90+5'	Stadium: Heritage Park Attendance: 135 Referee: Edward Duckworth

18 November 2022	Huddersfield Town	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Huddersfield
19:00	Ayina 57'	Report		Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 299 Referee: Reubyn Ricardo

19 November 2022	Middlesbrough	4–0	Watford	Middlesbrough
11:00	Kavanagh 31', 35' Hannah 45+2' Bridge 90'	Report 1 Report 2		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: Behind Closed doors Referee: Edward Duckworth

25 November 2022	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Middlesbrough	Huddersfield
13:00	Harratt 25' Ondo 40'	Report		Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 123 Referee: Matthew Corlett

25 November 2022	Watford	4–3	West Bromwich Albion	Kings Langley
13:00	Blake 8', 10', 43' Touray 47'	Report	Zohore 37', 60' Higgins 86'	Stadium: The Orbital Fastener Stadium Attendance: 68 Referee: Aji Ajibola

9 December 2022	Huddersfield Town	2–2	Watford	Huddersfield
19:00	Bright 24' Harratt 69'	Report	Hunter 55' (pen) Trialist 73'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 96 Referee: Andrew Miller

19 December 2022	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Hednesford
13:00	Cleary 8' Richards 13' Ashworth 34'	Report		Stadium: Keys Park Attendance: 80 Referee: Aaron Bannister

20 December 2022	Watford	3–1	Middlesbrough	Kings Langley
13:30	Forde 47' Trialist 55', 57'	Report	Finch 54'	Stadium: The Orbital Fastener Stadium Attendance: 80 Referee: Aaron Jackson

5 January 2023	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Middlesbrough	Hednesford
14:00		Report	Bilongo 89'	Stadium: Keys Park Attendance: 50 Referee: Adrian Quelch
Note: Originally scheduled for 12 December 2022, but was postponed due to "unforeseen circumstances".^[10]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brentford	6	5	0	1	15	9	+6	15
Blackburn Rovers	6	3	0	3	10	13	−3	9
Peterborough United	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	7
Aston Villa	6	1	1	4	10	13	−3	4

Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2023. Source: ^[4]

26 August 2022	Aston Villa	1–1	Peterborough United	Bodymoor Heath
19:00	Shakpoke 82'	Report	Hickinson 22'	Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: 420 Referee: Dane Mccarrick

13 September 2022	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Brentford	Leyland
19:00	Leonard 42' Markanday 53'	Report	Gilbert 35' Jones 45+3' Lisbie 85'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 86 Referee: David Richardson

22 September 2022	Peterborough United	2–3	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford, Lincolnshire
19:00	Mensah 3' Thomas 84'	Report	Leonard 9', 26', 31'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 97 Referee: Wayne Cartmel

26 October 2022	Aston Villa	1–3	Brentford	Bodymoor Heath
19:00	O'Reilly 82'	Report	Gilbert 33', 58' Lisbie 90+1'	Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: 305^[11] Referee: Aaron Jackson

18 November 2022	Brentford	3–2	Peterborough United	Stevenage^[12]
19:00	Gilbert 9' (pen.) Trevitt 51', 59'	Report	Taylor 90+1', 90+2'	Stadium: Broadhall Way^[12] Attendance: 153^[13] Referee: Adrian Quelch

19 November 2022	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Aston Villa	Leyland
13:00	Burns 56' Wood 60'	Report	Young 4'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 274 Referee: Daniel Middleton

26 November 2022	Brentford	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Woking
15:00	Trevitt 15'	Report	Fyles 20', 25'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 177 Referee: Sam Mulhall

6 December 2022	Peterborough United	4–1	Aston Villa	Peterborough
13:00	Randall 24', 31' Van Lier 57' Taylor 90+5'	Report	Frith 87' (pen.)	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 55 Referee: Andrew Miller
Note: Match was initially scheduled for 25 November 2022, but was postponed due to poor weather.^[14]

19 December 2022	Peterborough United	0–2	Brentford	Peterborough
13:00		Report	Pressley 58' Pruti 60'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 87 Referee: David Richardson

21 December 2022	Aston Villa	4–0	Blackburn Rovers	Bodymoor Heath
14:00	O'Reilly 6' Frith 8' Bogarde 53' Kellyman 63'	Report		Stadium: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground Attendance: 266 Referee: Greg Rollason
Note: Originally scheduled for 16 December, but was rescheduled due to forecast freezing weather.^[15]

13 January 2023	Brentford	3–2	Aston Villa	Woking
19:00	Trevitt 20' Yarmolyuk 32' Gilbert 78' (pen.)	Report	Lindley 74' Bogarde 79'	Stadium: Kingfield Stadium Attendance: 525 Referee: Stephen Parkinson
Note: Originally scheduled for 12 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[16]

3 February 2023	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Peterborough United	Leyland
16:00	Biniek 73' (pen.)	Report	Gyamfi 48' (pen.) Marshall 60'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 89 Referee: Andrew Miller
Note: Originally scheduled for 10 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[17]

Group E

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bristol City	6	3	2	1	17	8	+9	11
Sheffield United	6	3	1	2	8	9	−1	10
Crystal Palace	6	2	2	2	10	12	−2	8
Newcastle United	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

14 November 2022	Bristol City	4–0	Newcastle United	Failand
13:00	Low 12' Bell 16', 33', 51'	Report		Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 120 Referee: Jacob Miles

14 November 2022	Sheffield United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Sheffield
19:00	Hampson 75'	Report	Ola-Adebomi 43' Gordon 76'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 280 Referee: Lewis Smith

21 November 2022	Sheffield United	2–1	Bristol City	Sheffield
14:00	Marsh 30' Barratt 51'	Report	Bell 85'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 68 Referee: David Richardson

21 November 2022	Newcastle United	0–1	Crystal Palace	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
19:00		Report	Gordon 53'	Stadium: Northumberland FA HQ Attendance: 124^[18] Referee: Mathew Dicicco

28 November 2022	Bristol City	2–2	Crystal Palace	Failand
13:00	Palmer-Houlden 45' Low 58'	Report	Phillips 39' Omilabu 45+1'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 110 Referee: Adrian Quelch

28 November 2022	Sheffield United	2–1	Newcastle United	Scunthorpe
15:00	Maguire 29' Hampson 71'	Report	Miley 45+7'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 48 Referee: Matthew Corlett

5 December 2022	Crystal Palace	2–5	Bristol City	East Dulwich
14:00	Omilabu 34' (pen.) Phillips 55'	Report	Pearson 15', 72' Palmer-Houlden 28' Taylor 56' Bell 82'	Stadium: Champion Hill^[19] Attendance: 114 Referee: Paul Johnson

5 December 2022	Newcastle United	0–1	Sheffield United	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
19:00		Report	Gaxha 37'	Stadium: Northumberland FA HQ Attendance: 99 Referee: Gareth Rhodes

19 December 2022	Bristol City	4–1	Sheffield United	Failand
13:00	Palmer-Houlden 10' Bell 39', 59' Kadji 81'	Report	Jebbison 72'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 75 Referee: Greg Rollason

19 December 2022	Crystal Palace	2–3	Newcastle United	East Dulwich
13:00	Phillips 52', 76'	Report	Miley 45', 90+1', 90+3'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 144 Referee: Aji Ajibola

13 January 2023	Crystal Palace	1–1	Sheffield United	East Dulwich
13:00	Omilabu 90+4'	Report	Hackford 54'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 144 Referee: Jacob Miles
Note: Originally scheduled for 9 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[20]

25 January 2023	Newcastle United	1–1	Bristol City	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
13:00	Diallo 90+3'	Report	Palmer-Houlden 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Northumberland FA HQ Attendance: 56 Referee: Aaron Jackson
Note: Originally scheduled for 12 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[21]

Group F

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Southampton	6	4	1	1	22	7	+15	13
Everton	6	2	2	2	13	9	+4	8
Birmingham City	6	2	2	2	8	11	−3	8
Colchester United	6	1	1	4	8	24	−16	4

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

14 October 2022	Colchester United	2–1	Birmingham City	Colchester
19:00	Uwandu 78' Redgrave 85'	Report	Wakefield 29'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Wayne Cartmel

13 November 2022	Everton	1–2	Southampton	Liverpool
12:00	Price 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Morgan 52', 63'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: 202^[22] Referee: Elliot Swallow

21 November 2022	Southampton	4–0	Birmingham City	Marchwood
19:00	Morgan 19', 43', 73' Doyle 53'	Report		Stadium: Staplewood Attendance: 94 Referee: Adrian Quelch

25 November 2022	Everton	1–1	Birmingham City	Southport
19:00	Okoronkwo 44'	Report	Williams 79'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 45 Referee: Andrew Miller

26 November 2022	Colchester United	0–5	Southampton	Colchester
13:00		Report	Otseh-Taiwo 50' Morgan 66', 75' Pearce 70' Amo-Ameyaw 81'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 165 Referee: Alan Dale

2 December 2022	Southampton	7–1	Colchester United	Southampton
19:00	Bellis 33', 43' (pen.), 45' Merry 39', 79' Pearce 48' Robinson 62'	Report	Ihionvien 25'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 238 Referee: Wayne Cartmel

3 December 2022	Birmingham City	1–0	Everton	Nuneaton
12:00	Sanusi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Liberty Way Attendance: 65 Referee: Greg Rollason

6 December 2022	Everton	7–2	Colchester United	Southport
19:00	Cannon 1', 84' Kouyate 18', 45+3', 75' Hunt 28' Price 87'	Report 1 Report 2	Redgrave 83' Drakes-Thomas 90+3'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 81 Referee: Paul Madsen

16 December 2022	Birmingham City	2–2	Southampton	Kings Norton
19:00	Williams 70' Patterson 90+2'	Report	Ballard 34' (pen.) Armitage 81'	Stadium: Wast Hill Training Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Jason Richardson
Note: Moved from Liberty Way into Birmingham City's training ground at late notice, due to a frozen pitch in Nuneaton.^[23]

20 December 2022	Colchester United	1–1	Everton	Maldon, Essex
19:00	Ihionvien 87'	Report 1 Report 2	Kouyaté 17'	Stadium: Wallace Binder Stadium Attendance: 89 Referee: Lloyd Wood

18 January 2023	Southampton	2–3	Everton	Marchwood
12:00	Pearce 21' Pambou 24'	Report 1 Report 2	Samuels-Smith 17' Kouyate 45+3' Okoronkwo 53'	Stadium: Staplewood Attendance: 34 Referee: James Durkin
Note: Originally scheduled for 10 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[24]

20 January 2023	Birmingham City	3–2	Colchester United	Kings Norton
14:00	Thorndike 5', 64' Simmonds 11'	Report	Ihionvien 1' Home 73' (o.g.)	Stadium: Wast Hill Training Ground Attendance: 100 Referee: Paul Johnson

Group G

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Arsenal	6	3	2	1	14	9	+5	11
Stoke City	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9
Burnley	6	2	2	2	13	15	−2	8
Swansea City	6	1	1	4	10	17	−7	4

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

17 August 2022	Arsenal	2–1	Swansea City	Borehamwood
19:00	Ideho 17' Cédric 34'	Report	Thomas 12'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 380 Referee: Matthew Russell

23 September 2022	Burnley	1–3	Arsenal	Leyland
13:00	Mellon 55'	Report	Ideho 7', 60' Bandeira 17'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 87 Referee: Aaron Jackson

27 October 2022	Stoke City	1–1	Burnley	Nantwich
19:00	Lowe 90+4'	Report	Costelloe 50' (pen.)	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 247 Referee: Scott Jackson

19 November 2022	Arsenal	1–1	Stoke City	Borehamwood
13:00	Edwards 19' (pen.)	Report	Tezgel 32'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 208 Referee: Alan Dale

21 November 2022	Swansea City	5–2	Burnley	Swansea
14:00	Lloyd 52', 69' McFayden 57' Congreve 73' Thomas 90+2'	Report	Mellon 23', 42'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Attendance: 120 Referee: Elliot Swallow

26 November 2022	Swansea City	1–4	Arsenal	Swansea
14:00	Hurford 88'	Report	Cîrjan 8', 45+5' Butler-Oyedeji 40' Sagoe Jr. 45+2'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Attendance: 180 Referee: James Durkin

28 November 2022	Burnley	3–1	Stoke City	Leyland
19:00	Mellon 22' McGlynn 49' Westley 90'	Report	Kerhsaw 75'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 107 Referee: Aaron Bannister

2 December 2022	Swansea City	0–4	Stoke City	Swansea
14:00		Report	Lowe 21', 45', 81', 86'	Stadium: Landore Training Centre Attendance: 80 Referee: Aaron Jackson

9 December 2022	Stoke City	2–0	Swansea City	Burton upon Trent
19:00	Lowe 15' Ludvigsen 34' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: 57 Referee: Scott Tallis

18 December 2022	Stoke City	2–2	Arsenal	Burton upon Trent
12:00	Kershaw 40' Tezgel 89'	Report	Cottrell 76' Roney 81' (o.g.)	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre Attendance: 211 Referee: Steve Copeland

13 January 2023	Burnley	3–3	Swansea City	Leyland
13:00	Mellon 21', 25', 78'	Report	Trialist 29' Whittaker 34' Morgan 54'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 103 Referee: Matthew Dicicco
Note: Originally scheduled for 20 December 2022, but was postponed due to a pitch which was both frozen and waterlogged.^[25]

31 January 2023	Arsenal	2–3	Burnley	Borehamwood
19:00	Robinson 9' Cîrjan 37'	Report	Westley 3' Lewis 45' Grant 51'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 238 Referee: Lloyd Wood
Note: Originally scheduled for 9 December 2022, but postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[26]

Group H

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	5	1	9	5	+4	15
Reading	6	3	3	9	6	+3	9
Cardiff City	6	3	3	5	3	+2	9
Sunderland	6	1	5	4	13	−9	3

Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2023. Source: ^[4]

26 August 2022	Reading	1–0	Cardiff City	Reading
14:00	Osorio 24'	Report		Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 203 Referee: Benjamin Wyatt

14 October 2022	Sunderland	1–3	Reading	Sunderland
19:00	Crompton 41'	Report	Ehibhatiomham 19', 33', 74'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 249 Referee: Matthew Dicicco

11 November 2022	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Reading	Kidderminster
14:00	Farmer 28' Harkin 71'	Report	Okine-Peters 90+4'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 127

14 November 2022	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Sunderland	Wellington
14:00	Scicluna 58'	Report		Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 147 Referee: Matthew Corlett

21 November 2022	Sunderland	0–2	Cardiff City	Sunderland
19:00		Report	Hughes 20', 69'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 151 Referee: Michael Barlow

25 November 2022	Cardiff City	1–0	Reading	Leckwith
14:00	Wigley 76'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Paul Johnson

3 December 2022	Cardiff City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leckwith
15:00		Report	Harper 17'	Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Gary Parsons

12 December 2022	Reading	1–2	Sunderland	Reading
14:00	Ehibhatiomhan 68'	Report	Scott 24' Sohna 56'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 138 Referee: Jacob Miles

19 December 2022	Reading	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Reading
14:00	Ehibhatiomhan 42' Azeez 53' Leavy 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Attendance: 127 Referee: Adrian Quelch

21 December 2022	Cardiff City	2–0	Sunderland	Leckwith
11:00	Colwill 33' Crompton 69' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Cardiff International Sports Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Elliot Swallow
Note: Originally scheduled for 16 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[27]

5 January 2023	Sunderland	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sunderland
13:00	Spellman 67'	Report	Griffiths 8' Hesketh 21', 28', 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 137 Referee: Edward Duckworth
Note: Match abandoned after 10 minutes on 28 November 2022, due to fog.^[28]

20 January 2023	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Cardiff City	Wellington
14:00	Benjamin 59' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: New Bucks Head Attendance: 187 Referee: Daniel Middleton
Note: Originally scheduled for 10 December 2022, but was postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[29]

Knockout stages

Round of 16

The Round of 16 included all 8 group winners and runners up. The draw was made on 25 January 2023.^[30]

30 January 2023	Brentford	2–1	Middlesbrough	Stevenage
14:00 GMT	Bennett 25' Gilbert 45+1'	Report	Finch 74'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 70 Referee: Jason Richardson
Note: Match was originally going to be played at Woking's Kingfield Stadium, but because of a rearranged fixture, the day after Brentford Played, the match was moved to Stevenage's Broadhall Way at 2pm (14:00 Greenwich Mean Time).^[31]

3 February 2023	Southampton	1–0	Sheffield United	Totton
13:00 GMT	Ballard 5' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Snows Stadium Attendance: 125 Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo

3 February 2023	Arsenal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Reading	Borehamwood
19:00 GMT	Cîrjan 32' Bandeira 96'	Report	Carson 52'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 305 Referee: Matthew Russell

5 February 2023	Bristol City	2–1	Everton	Failand
13:00 GMT	Palmer-Houlden 2' (pen.) Pearson 9'	Report	Okoronkwo 47'	Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 280 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

6 February 2023	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Stoke City	Kidderminster
19:00 GMT	Barnett 30' Scicluna 42'	Report	Lowe 19' Tezgel 29', 76'	Stadium: Aggborough Attendance: 172 Referee: Jacob Miles

7 February 2023	Huddersfield Town	1–4	Blackburn Rovers	Huddersfield
19:00 GMT	Jones 81'	Report	Morton 32' Gallagher 44' Leonard 46', 52'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 208 Referee: Matthew Corlett

20 February 2023	Fulham	5–0	Queens Park Rangers	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 GMT	Ablade 25' Harris 44' (pen.) Godo 71' Sanderson 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 163 Referee: Elliot Swallow

24 February 2023	Derby County	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Loughborough
19:00 GMT		Report	Larsson 62' McAdam 90+2'	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium Attendance: 237 Referee: Jamie O'Connor
Note: Match postponed due to a frozen pitch.^[32] Match will be played on February 24, 2023.

Quarter-finals

The Quarter finals included the 8 winners from the previous round. The draw for the quarter finals was made on 27 February 2023.^[30]

10 March 2023	Southampton	1–4	Blackburn Rovers	Southampton
19:00 GMT	Mola 30' (o.g.)	Report	Edmondson 21' O'Grady-Macken 25' Walker 45+1' Gilsenan 48'	Stadium: Staplewood Attendance: 81 Referee: Matthew Russell

11 March 2023	Stoke City	1–6	Fulham	Stoke-on-Trent
13:00 GMT	Holland-Wilkinson 52'	Report	Ablade 14', 45+3', 64' Hilton 60', 67' Sanderson 86'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 135 Referee: Sam Mulhall

13 March 2023	Bristol City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Nottingham Forest	Failand
13:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Robins High Performance Centre Attendance: 105 Referee: Jason Richardson
	Penalties
	Palmer-Houlden Acey Leeson Bell Thomas Yeboah Clark		Powell McDonnell Esapa Osong McAdam Collins Larsson Hammond

13 March 2023	Brentford	1–0	Arsenal	Sutton
19:00 GMT	Gilbert 90+1' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 516 Referee: Gary Parsons

Semi-finals

The Semi-Finals includes the four winners from the Previous Round. The Draw was made on 28 March 2023.^[33]

11 April 2023	Blackburn Rovers	6–1	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn
19:00 BST	Edun 11' Wharton 32' O'Grady-Macken 43' Brittain 75' Weston 87', 90+3'	Report	Gibson-Hammond 56'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 602 Referee: Daniel Middleton

27 April 2023	Fulham	1–2	Brentford	Kingston upon Thames
19:00 BST	Harris 90+3'	Report	Gilbert 25' Crama 49'	Stadium: Motspur Park Attendance: 556 Referee: James Durkin

Final

The Final took place on 9 May 2023 at Brentford.^[34]

9 May 2023

19:45 BST

Brentford	2–1	Blackburn Rovers
Trevitt 32' Young-Coombes 42'	Report	Gilsenan 87'

Gtech Community Stadium, Brentford

Attendance: 2,219

Referee: Daniel Middleton

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Brentford
No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Matthew Cox
2	DF	WAL	Fin Stevens
3	MF	IRL	Val Adedokun
4	DF	ENG	Daniel Oyegoke
5	DF	FRA	Tristan Crama
6	MF	NOR	Kristoffer Ajer
7	FW	ENG	Michael Olakigbe
8	MF	ENG	Ryan Trevitt
9	FW	ENG	Nathan Young-Coombes 79'
10	FW	IRL	Alex Gilbert
22	MF	ALB	Roy Syla
Substitutes:
12	MF	ENG	Angel Waruih
14	DF	ENG	Charlie Farr
15	FW	ENG	Max Dickov 79'
19	FW	ENG	Romeo Beckham
25	FW	ENG	Tony Yogane
Coach: Neil MacFarlane

Blackburn Rovers
No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Jordan Eastham
2	DF	ENG	Leo Duru 45'
3	MF	ENG	Jake Batty 83'
4	DF	ENG	Patrick Gamble
5	DF	ENG	Ashley Phillips
6	DF	ENG	Georgie Gent
7	MF	ENG	Jake Garrett
8	MF	SCO	Kristi Montgomery
9	FW	ENG	Harry Leonard
10	FW	ENG	Harley O'Grady-Macken 74'
11	FW	ENG	Sam Burns 74'
Substitutes:
12	MF	ENG	James Edmondson 74'
13	GK	ENG	Felix Goddard
14	MF	IRL	Zak Gilsenan 45'
15	DF	ENG	George Pratt 83'
16	MF	ENG	Charlie Weston 74'
Coach: Mike Sheron

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[2] "What's new for 2022/23: PL2 changes age limit". www.premierleague.com. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.

[3] "2022/23 Premier League Cup draw released". www.premierleague.com. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[Tables-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Premier League Table, Form Guide & Season Archives - Premier League Cup". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

[5] "U21S BEATEN BY FULHAM". Nottingham Forest FC. 14 November 2022.

[6] "TAYLOR SECURES VICTORY FOR U21S". Nottingham Forest FC. 19 November 2022.

[7] "U21s' Premier League Cup fixture postponed | Charlton Athletic Football Club". www.charltonafc.com. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[8] "U21s fixture at Hull City postponed". Nottingham Forest Football Club. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[9] "Match Postponed. Following a pitch inspection at hanwelltownfc tonight's QPR B game has been called off New date to be confirmed in due course". Twitter. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[10] "Middlesbrough PL Cup clash postponed | West Bromwich Albion". www.wba.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[11] "ASTON VILLA U21 1 BRENTFORD B Brentford B beat Aston Villa in Premier League Cup". Brentford FC.

[BrentfordvPeterborough-12] "PREVIEW: BRENTFORD B V PETERBOROUGH". Brentford FC.

[13] "BRENTFORD B 3 PETERBOROUGH UNITED U21 2 Brentford B beat Peterborough United Under-21s in the Premier League Cup". Brentford FC.

[14] "Villa's PL Cup tie at Posh postponed". Aston Villa Football Club. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

[15] "Premier League Cup tie rescheduled". Aston Villa Football Club. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.

[16] "PL Cup tie at Brentford postponed". Aston Villa Football Club. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[17] "Peterborough game postponed". Blackburn Rovers FC. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.

[18] "Reserve Stats 2022-23". nufc.com.

[19] "Crystal Palace U21 2 Bristol City U21 5". Crystal Palace FC. 5 December 2022.

[20] "Palace v Sheffield United Premier League Cup match rearranged - News". Crystal Palace F.C. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

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[26] "U21s TRIP TO ARSENAL POSTPONED". Burnley Football Club. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

[27] "U21 Match Postponed | Cardiff City vs. Sunderland | Cardiff". www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.

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