Elite Southampton and Brentford advance to League Cup quarter-finals of England "Carabao Cup", BTA reported.
Both Premier League teams faced serious difficulties against teams from the lower Championship level, but managed to overcome these obstacles.
Southampton beat Stoke City 3:2. Taylor Harwood-Bellis opened the scoring and Adam Armstrong doubled for the hosts from the penalty spot.
Ashley Phillips returned one goal for the guests, and in the 54th minute Thomas Cannon equalized for 2:2.
Two minutes from time, Southampton's pressure paid off with a winner from defender James Bree.
Brentford had serious problems against Sheffield Wednesday but managed to win on penalties. In regular time, the score was 1:1 after goals from Kevin Schade for Brentford and Jadi Gassama for the guests.
In the penalty shootout Liam Palmer made a miss for Wednesday and Brentford won 5:4.