# Carabao Cup roundup: Bournemouth thrash Villa, Sunderland salvo stings Bees

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/carabao-cup-roundup-bournemouth-thrash-villa-sunderland-salvo-stings-bees/
- Published: 2026-10-28T23:15:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T00:11:14+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/28/carabao-cup-fouth-round-bournemouth-aston-villa-sunderland-brentford
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## Key points

- Bournemouth beat Villa 3-0 and will play Liverpool.
- Sunderland held off Brentford to win 3-2.
- Both winners reached the Carabao Cup quarter-finals.

## Summary

Bournemouth beat Aston Villa 3-0 to reach the Carabao Cup quarter-finals for the first time in eight seasons, extending their winning run to five matches. The result matters for a side that has also kept five consecutive clean sheets, while Villa suffered their first defeat in eight games.

Amine Adli scored in the seventh minute, Lewis Cook added a second early in the second half and Álvaro Rodríguez sealed the win in the 69th minute. Bournemouth will visit Liverpool in the last eight. Sunderland also advanced, beating Brentford 3-2 after scoring three times in 10 minutes; Callum Wilson and Igor Thiago replied late, but Sunderland held on to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in five years.

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