Will Lankshear's debut strike ensured Middlesbrough made a winning start to the season as they beat Wrexham 1-0 in the Carabao Cup first round. The £10m summer signing from Tottenham scored the only goal in the 61st minute, hooking home an excellent first-time volley. Boro almost doubled their lead late on but Morgan Whittaker's shot rebounded off the post.

Wolves progressed with a comfortable 3-0 win over Port Vale, with all three goals coming in the first half from Adam Armstrong, Andre and Fer Lopez. The Wolves crowd of 21,360 at Molineux serenaded returning hero Raul Jimenez, who re-signed this summer after three years at Fulham and came on as a late substitute, but he was unable to mark the occasion with a goal.

New signing Josh Magennis headed the winner in the dying seconds to send Stevenage through with a 2-1 victory at Wycombe. Substitute Magennis rose to score from Phoenix Patterson's left-wing corner in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time. Dan Kemp had given Stevenage the lead before Ewan Henderson equalised for Wycombe.