EFL Cup·First round

All 68 remaining EFL clubs — 24 Championship, 24 League One and 20 League Two — join the two preliminary-round winners: 70 clubs, 35 ties. One match, drawn regionally north and south; straight to penalties if level.

1–1 Full time PENS5 – 4AFC Wimbledon win Saturday 8 August
C. Maycock 90+7′
Y. Bamba 71′
How it looked going in the market at kick-off, margin removed
59% AFC Wimbledon 23% draw 18% Newport County
How the odds moved in play 12 price samples · 8 Aug 15:00 – 17:11
0% AFC Wimbledon 100% draw 0% Newport County
The Cherry Red Records Stadium · kick-off 15:00
London time
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What happened

15 on the timeline
90+7′ C. Maycock
Goal · AFC Wimbledon · assist I. Ogundere · 1–1
86′ Alfie Merritt
Substitution · Newport County
Substitution, Newport County. Alfie Merritt replaces Tom Davies.
86′ M. Smith
Substitution · Newport County
Substitution, Newport County. Matt Smith replaces Cameron Evans.
82′ A. Hackford
Substitution · AFC Wimbledon
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Antwoine Hackford replaces Alistair Smith.
78′ Moses Alexander-Walker
Yellow card · Newport County
Moses Alexander-Walker (Newport County) is shown the yellow card.
76′ D. Sassi
Substitution · Newport County
Substitution, Newport County. Dan Sassi replaces Yahya Bamba because of an injury.
73′ Moses Alexander-Walker
Substitution · Newport County
Substitution, Newport County. Moses Alexander-Walker replaces Shaquille Gwengwe.
73′ G. Garner
Substitution · Newport County
Substitution, Newport County. Gerard Garner replaces Christian Doidge.
71′ Y. Bamba
Goal · Newport County · assist Shaquille Gwengwe · 0–1
68′ Shaquille Gwengwe
Penalty missed · Newport County
Penalty saved. Shaquille Gwengwe (Newport County) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal by Nathan Bishop (AFC Wimbledon).
66′ S. Sessegnon
Substitution · AFC Wimbledon
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Steven Sessegnon replaces Dan Sweeney.
66′ J. Stockley
Substitution · AFC Wimbledon
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Jayden Stockley replaces Aron Sasu.
66′ C. Maycock
Substitution · AFC Wimbledon
Substitution, AFC Wimbledon. Callum Maycock replaces Zack Nelson.
64′ M. Hippolyte
Yellow card · AFC Wimbledon
Myles Hippolyte (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16′ D. Sweeney
Yellow card · AFC Wimbledon
Dan Sweeney (AFC Wimbledon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Line-ups

AFC Wimbledon3-5-2
  • 1N. BishopG
  • 6R. JohnsonD
  • 26D. SweeneyD
  • 33I. OgundereD
  • 3S. SeddonM
  • 7J. TilleyM
  • 10Z. NelsonM
  • 12A. SmithM
  • 21M. HippolyteM
  • 11M. BrowneF
  • 29A. SasuF
Substitutes
  • 2S. Sessegnon
  • 4Jake Reeves
  • 5O. Harrison
  • 8C. Maycock
  • 9J. Stockley
  • 16A. Hackford
  • 18Delano McCoy-Splatt\t
  • 20J. McDonnell
  • 32Kai Jennings
Newport County
  • 1J. WrightG
  • 3T. DaviesD
  • 4K. CameronD
  • 5L. JenkinsD
  • 22C. NormanD
  • 2C. EvansM
  • 6C. BrennanM
  • 9S. GwengweM
  • 10H. BigginsM
  • 20Y. BambaM
  • 27C. DoidgeF
Substitutes
  • A. Merritt↳ for T. Davies
  • 17Alfie Merritt↳ for Thomas Davies
  • M. Alexander-Walker↳ for S. Gwengwe
  • 14Moses Alexander-Walker↳ for Shaquille Gwengwe
  • 8M. Smith
  • 19G. Garner
  • 29Keenan Patten
  • 33S. MacDonald
  • 34D. Sassi
  • 36Harrison Pugh
  • 40C. Jarvis