England · 2026/27 season

League Cup Football Predictions

Fleetwood Town leads the League Cup with 9 points after 76 matches played in the 2026/27 season. The average goals per match is 3.09, with 57% of matches going over 2.5 goals and 55% seeing both teams score. However, unexpected outcomes could affect these trends, impacting predictions for future fixtures.

Teams 92 in the 2026/27 season
Matches played 76 of 84 scheduled this season
Prediction pages 0 fixtures in our publication window
Fixtures predicted 39 so far this season

League Cup fixtures

No League Cup fixtures are currently inside our publication window. So far this season 76 of 84 matches have been played across 92 clubs. 8 fixtures are scheduled later this season; prediction pages appear as they approach.

League Cup table

2026/27 season · computed from played results — ranked by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Form: last five, newest first.

League Cup table from played results
#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1 Fleetwood Town 3 300 60 +6 9
2 Peterborough 3 210 94 +5 7
3 Bradford 3 210 51 +4 7
4 Brentford 2 200 82 +6 6
5 Chelsea 2 200 83 +5 6
6 Everton 2 200 50 +5 6
7 West Ham 3 201 95 +4 6
8 Fulham 2 200 62 +4 6
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 201 51 +4 6
10 Sheffield Utd 3 201 52 +3 6
11 Newcastle United 2 200 42 +2 6
12 Lincoln 3 201 66 0 6
13 Middlesbrough 3 201 44 0 6
14 Norwich 3 201 67 -1 6
15 Barnsley 3 120 76 +1 5
16 Reading 3 111 53 +2 4
17 Stoke City 2 110 31 +2 4
18 Walsall 2 110 10 +1 4
19 Leyton Orient 3 111 33 0 4
20 Millwall 3 111 22 0 4
21 Manchester City 1 100 50 +5 3
22 Bournemouth 1 100 40 +4 3
23 Crystal Palace 1 100 30 +3 3
24 West Brom 2 101 64 +2 3
25 Tottenham 2 101 64 +2 3
26 Arsenal 1 100 42 +2 3
27 Liverpool 1 100 31 +2 3
28 Aston Villa 1 100 31 +2 3
29 Luton 2 101 32 +1 3
30 Brighton 1 100 32 +1 3
31 Crawley Town 2 101 21 +1 3
32 Sunderland 1 100 10 +1 3
33 Ipswich 2 101 55 0 3
34 Coventry 2 101 55 0 3
35 Cardiff 2 101 44 0 3
36 Crewe 2 101 44 0 3
37 Plymouth 2 101 44 0 3
38 Blackburn 2 101 33 0 3
39 Cambridge United 2 101 22 0 3
40 Leeds 2 101 56 -1 3
41 Blackpool 2 101 45 -1 3
42 Southampton 2 101 34 -1 3
43 Leicester 2 101 23 -1 3
44 Sheffield Wednesday 2 101 12 -1 3
45 Charlton 2 101 46 -2 3
46 Stevenage 2 101 24 -2 3
47 Watford 2 101 25 -3 3
48 Birmingham 2 101 26 -4 3
49 Burnley 2 020 11 0 2
50 Tranmere 1 010 22 0 1
51 QPR 1 010 11 0 1
52 Notts County 1 010 11 0 1
53 Huddersfield 1 010 11 0 1
54 Wigan 1 010 11 0 1
55 Newport County 1 010 11 0 1
56 Bromley 1 010 11 0 1
57 Salford City 1 010 11 0 1
58 Stockport County 1 010 11 0 1
59 Hull City 2 011 12 -1 1
60 Rochdale 2 011 24 -2 1
61 Doncaster 2 011 24 -2 1
62 AFC Wimbledon 2 011 14 -3 1
63 Preston 2 011 15 -4 1
64 Shrewsbury 2 011 15 -4 1
65 Swindon Town 1 001 23 -1 0
66 Manchester United 1 001 23 -1 0
67 Wycombe 1 001 12 -1 0
68 Barnet 1 001 12 -1 0
69 Derby 1 001 12 -1 0
70 Burton Albion 1 001 12 -1 0
71 Accrington ST 1 001 12 -1 0
72 Bristol City 1 001 01 -1 0
73 Wrexham 1 001 01 -1 0
74 Northampton 1 001 01 -1 0
75 Bolton 1 001 01 -1 0
76 Swansea 1 001 01 -1 0
77 Bristol Rovers 1 001 01 -1 0
78 Chesterfield 1 001 01 -1 0
79 Portsmouth 1 001 13 -2 0
80 Grimsby 1 001 13 -2 0
81 Cheltenham 1 001 13 -2 0
82 York 1 001 02 -2 0
83 Oldham 1 001 02 -2 0
84 Oxford United 1 001 02 -2 0
85 Colchester 1 001 02 -2 0
86 Exeter City 1 001 02 -2 0
87 Nottingham Forest 1 001 02 -2 0
88 Milton Keynes Dons 1 001 14 -3 0
89 Rotherham 1 001 14 -3 0
90 Port Vale 1 001 03 -3 0
91 Gillingham 1 001 03 -3 0
92 Mansfield Town 1 001 03 -3 0

P = played, GD = goal difference, Pts = points. Not an imported table: it is rebuilt from the results in our database, so it may lag the official one by a match.

League Cup trends

How League Cup matches actually ended in the 2026/27: 76 played matches. A record of results, not a forecast.

Home wins 39% 30 of 76 matches 0 pts vs 2025/26 (93)
Away wins 43% 33 of 76 matches +5 pts vs 2025/26 (93)
Over 2.5 goals 57% 43 of 76 matches +6 pts vs 2025/26 (93)
Both teams scored 55% 42 of 76 matches +1 pts vs 2025/26 (93)

Change is in percentage points against the 2025/26 season (93 played matches).

Top League Cup teams by model rating

The attack and defence rates our model feeds into every prediction, as of the last update. Net = attack − defence, in goals per match.

Net rating
+0.96
Attack
2.18
Defence
1.22
Form NextBrighton (H) · 28 Oct
Net rating
+0.85
Attack
2.36
Defence
1.51
Form
#3
Net rating
+0.79
Attack
2.26
Defence
1.47
Form

Rates are decay-weighted over each team’s last 15 completed matches — xG where the window is xG-backed, goals otherwise — and shrunk towards the league average; a higher attack and a lower defence rate are better. Form: last five results, newest first.

Top scorers in League Cup

From the League Cup scoring charts this season — goals first, then assists. Not a full squad list.

  • H. LeonardPeterborough 4 G 0 A
  • Y. SalechCardiff 3 G 1 A
  • T. BarryEverton 3 G 1 A
  • R. ClearyBarnsley 3 G 1 A
  • R. ChristieBournemouth 3 G 0 A
  • D. WelbeckChelsea 3 G 0 A
  • C. EvansFleetwood Town 3 G 0 A
  • V. CastellanosWest Ham 3 G 0 A

Recent League Cup results

Last 6 played — what we predicted and what happened.

Recent League Cup results with our pre-match pick
DateMatchOur pickOur probScorePick
Manchester City vs NorwichOur pick Manchester City · 77% Manchester City to win 77% 5–0 Correct
Manchester United vs BrightonOur pick Manchester United · 51% Manchester United to win 51% 2–3 Missed
Coventry vs Aston VillaOur pick Aston Villa · 45% Aston Villa to win 45% 1–3 Correct
Everton vs Wolverhampton WanderersOur pick Everton · 57% Everton to win 57% 1–0 Correct
Fleetwood Town vs Sheffield UtdOur pick Sheffield Utd · 50% Sheffield Utd to win 50% 1–0 Missed
Liverpool vs TottenhamOur pick Liverpool · 48% Liverpool to win 48% 3–1 Correct

Our pick = the 1X2 selection we published before kick-off, with the probability we gave it; Correct/Missed compares that pick with the final result.