Newcastle escape League Cup shock, Sinisterra stars for Leeds

Big-spending Newcastle survived a shock when they had to come from a goal down to defeat fourth-tier Tranmere 2-1 in the League Cup second round on Wednesday.

Elliott Nevitt gave Tranmere the lead before Jamaal Lascelles levelled before half-time.

Chris Wood headed in the Newcastle winner in the 52nd minute to set-up a home third round clash against Premier League rivals Crystal Palace.

Leeds put out third division Barnsley 3-1 with Colombian international Luis Sinisterra scoring his first goal for the Premier League side since his £22.5 million move from Feyenoord.

He then won the penalty for Mateusz Klich to convert before Barnsley pulled a goal back from a Mads Andersen diving header.

Callum Styles missed a penalty for Barnsley while Klich put the result beyond doubt.

Premier League Brighton eased to a 3-0 win at third-tier Forest Green while Bristol City claimed a 3-1 win at Wycombe.

English League Cup results on Wednesday:

Second round

Forest Green 0 Brighton 3

Leeds 3 Barnsley 1

Tranmere 1 Newcastle 2

Wycombe 1 Bristol City 3

Played Tuesday

Barrow 2 Lincoln 2, Lincoln won 3-1 on penalties

Bolton 1 Aston Villa 4

Bradford 1 Blackburn 2

Cambridge 0 Southampton 3

Colchester 0 Brentford 2

Crawley 2 Fulham 0

Derby 1 West Brom 0

Fleetwood 0 Everton 1

Gillingham 0 Exeter 0, Gillingham won 6-5 on penalties

Grimsby 0 Nottingham Forest 3

Norwich 2 Bournemouth 2, Bournemouth won 5-3 on penalties

Newport 3 Portsmouth 2

Oxford 0 Crystal Palace 2

Rotherham 0 Morecambe 1

Sheffield Wednesday 3 Rochdale 0

Shrewsbury 0 Burnley 1

Stevenage 1 Peterborough 0

Stockport 0 Leicester 0, Leicester won 3-1 on penalties

Walsall 0 Charlton 1

Watford 0 Milton Keynes Dons 2

Wolves 2 Preston 1