Capital One Cup on Betfair: More shocks as Villa and QPR crash out

Harry Redknapp can wave goodbye to the League Cup for another season after his QPR side lost 1-0 at Burton

More shocks in the League Cup and the regular progress for Arsenal in the Champions League has given Mike Norman a chance to highlight some In-Play odds matched on the Betfair Exchange...

Aston Villa and QPR are the latest victims of a second round of shocks in the Capital One Cup as they became the fifth and sixth Premier League clubs respectively to bow out of the competition.

Following defeats on Tuesday night for Leicester, Burnley, West Ham, and most famously Manchester United, Villa lost at home to League One outfit Leyton Orient on Wednesday night while QPR were defeated by League Two Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium.

Russel Slade's O's were matched at 15.5n/a to win the game and had an 87th minute Romain Vincelot header to thank for the victory, while 7.06/1 shots Burton saw off Harry Redknapp's men courtesy of a 77th minute Adam McGurk free-kick.

The Brewers will now entertain Brighton in the third round while Leyton Orient will host Sheffield United in an all-League One clash.

Elsewhere tonight there were comfortable 3-0 victories for Sunderland and Stoke over Birmingham and Portsmouth respectively, though the drama of the evening came at Valley Parade as Bradford came from a goal down against 10-man Leeds to win 2-1 in an entertaining Yorkshire derby.

Phil Parkinson's Bantams were matched at 55.054/1 generally, though they were matched at 130.0129/1 for small amounts to win the game before late goals by Billy Knott and James Hanson sealed the victory.

With no less than five all-Premier League ties to be played in the third round a maximum of just nine top flight clubs will progress to the last 16 in a competition that has defending champions Manchester City as the 5.85/1 favourites to lift the trophy, just ahead of Chelsea at 6.05/1, Liverpool at 7.413/2, and Arsenal at 8.615/2.

Capital One Cup 3rd Round Fixtures;

Chelsea v Bolton
Arsenal v Southampton
West Brom v Hull
Crystal Palace v Newcastle
Leyton Orient v Sheffield United
Cardiff v Bournemouth
Sunderland v Stoke
Derby v Reading
Liverpool v Middlesbrough
MK Dons v Bradford
Man City v Sheffield Wednesday
Burton v Brighton
Swansea v Everton
Shrewsbury v Norwich
Fulham v Doncaster
Tottenham v Nottm Forest

*ties to be played w/c September 22

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In tonight's other big game Arsenal made it through to the Group Stage of the Champions League thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Besiktas at the Emirates Stadium.

Alexis Sanchez - matched at 6.611/2 to score first - netted his first goal for the club right on the stroke of half time, denying those who had backed the 0-0 Half Time Score at just 1.021/50. The Gunners were matched at 25.024/1 in the Half Time market.

Arsene Wenger's men had to endure a nervous end to the game after Mathias Debuchy - fortunate not to concede a first half penalty - was dismissed for a second bookable offence with around 20 minutes remaining.

And only a late Demba Ba glaring miss let Arsenal off the hook as they reached the round robin stage of Europe's elite club competition for the 17th successive season. The Gunners were matched at 1.8810/11 to win the game with the 1-0 Correct Score hitting a high of 8.27/1.