| 2nd Round |
| Tuesday, 28th August 2012 |
| Aston Villa (PREM) | 3 | Tranmere Rovers (LGE1) | 0 | 15,319 |
| Burnley (CHMP) | 1 | Plymouth Argyle (LGE2) | 1 | 4,119 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Burnley won 3-2 on penalties |
| Carlisle United (LGE1) | 2 | Ipswich Town (CHMP) | 1 | 3,296 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1 |
| Coventry City (LGE1) | 3 | Birmingham City (CHMP) | 2 | 10,859 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2 |
| Crawley Town (LGE1) | 2 | Bolton Wanderers (CHMP) | 1 | 2,678 |
| Doncaster Rovers (LGE1) | 3 | Hull City (CHMP) | 2 | 4,703 |
| Gillingham (LGE2) | 0 | Middlesbrough (CHMP) | 2 | 5,146 |
| Leeds United (CHMP) | 3 | Oxford United (LGE2) | 0 | 13,713 |
| Leicester City (CHMP) | 2 | Burton Albion (LGE2) | 4 | 8,560 |
| Milton Keynes Dons (LGE1) | 2 | Blackburn Rovers (CHMP) | 1 | 5,873 |
| Norwich City (PREM) | 2 | Scunthorpe United (LGE1) | 1 | 13,116 |
| Nottingham Forest (CHMP) | 1 | Wigan Athletic (PREM) | 4 | 7,545 |
| Preston North End (LGE1) | 4 | Crystal Palace (CHMP) | 1 | 5,194 |
| Queens Park Rangers (PREM) | 3 | Walsall (LGE1) | 0 | 6,129 |
| Reading (PREM) | 3 | Peterborough United (CHMP) | 2 | 7,262 |
| Sheffield Wednesday (CHMP) | 1 | Fulham (PREM) | 0 | 14,177 |
| Stevenage (LGE1) | 1 | Southampton (PREM) | 4 | 3,062 |
| Stoke City (PREM) | 3 | Swindon Town (LGE1) | 4 | 9,147 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2 |
| Sunderland (PREM) | 2 | Morecambe (LGE2) | 0 | 22,871 |
| Swansea City (PREM) | 3 | Barnsley (CHMP) | 1 | 9,025 |
| Watford (CHMP) | 1 | Bradford City (LGE2) | 2 | 5,560 |
| West Ham United (PREM) | 2 | Crewe Alexandra (LGE1) | 0 | 18,053 |
| Yeovil Town (LGE1) | 2 | West Bromwich Albion (PREM) | 4 | 6,228 |
| Wednesday, 29th August 2012 |
| Everton (PREM) | 5 | Leyton Orient (LGE1) | 0 | 24,124 |
| Thursday, 30th August 2012 |
| Northampton Town (LGE2) | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (CHMP) | 3 | 3,758 |
| 1st Round |
| Saturday, 11th August 2012 |
| Bury (LGE1) | 1 | Middlesbrough (CHMP) | 2 | 2,964 |
| Carlisle United (LGE1) | 1 | Accrington Stanley (LGE2) | 0 | 2,924 |
| Cheltenham Town (LGE2) | 1 | Milton Keynes Dons (LGE1) | 1 | 1,660 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Milton Keynes Dons won 5-3 on penalties |
| Crewe Alexandra (LGE1) | 5 | Hartlepool United (LGE1) | 0 | 2,501 |
| Doncaster Rovers (LGE1) | 1 | York City (LGE2) | 1 | 4,937 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Doncaster Rovers won 4-2 on penalties |
| Hull City (CHMP) | 1 | Rotherham United (LGE2) | 1 | |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Hull City won 7-6 on penalties |
| Leeds United (CHMP) | 4 | Shrewsbury Town (LGE1) | 0 | 18,194 |
| Notts. County (LGE1) | 0 | Bradford City (LGE2) | 1 | 3,460 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| Rochdale (LGE2) | 3 | Barnsley (CHMP) | 4 | 2,709 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2 |
| Sheffield United (LGE1) | 2 | Burton Albion (LGE2) | 2 | 7,073 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Burton Albion won 5-4 on penalties |
| Walsall (LGE1) | 1 | Brentford (LGE1) | 0 | 2,248 |
| Watford (CHMP) | 1 | Wycombe Wanderers (LGE2) | 0 | 5,343 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (CHMP) | 1 | Aldershot Town (LGE2) | 1 | 11,555 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Wolverhampton Wanderers won 7-6 on penalties |
| Sunday, 12th August 2012 |
| Blackpool (CHMP) | 1 | Morecambe (LGE2) | 2 | 6,083 |
| Monday, 13th August 2012 |
| Fleetwood Town (LGE2) | 0 | Nottingham Forest (CHMP) | 1 | 3,611 |
| Oldham Athletic (LGE1) | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday (CHMP) | 4 | 3,474 |
| Preston North End (LGE1) | 2 | Huddersfield Town (CHMP) | 0 | 5,500 |
| Tuesday, 14th August 2012 |
| Birmingham City (CHMP) | 5 | Barnet (LGE2) | 1 | 9,905 |
| Bristol City (CHMP) | 1 | Gillingham (LGE2) | 2 | 4,339 |
| Charlton Athletic (CHMP) | 1 | Leyton Orient (LGE1) | 1 | 5,914 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 1-1, Leyton Orient won 4-3 on penalties |
| Chesterfield (LGE2) | 1 | Tranmere Rovers (LGE1) | 2 | 3,088 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0 |
| Dagenham & Redbridge (LGE2) | 0 | Coventry City (LGE1) | 1 | 1,904 |
| Derby County (CHMP) | 5 | Scunthorpe United (LGE1) | 5 | 4,724 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 5-5, Scunthorpe United won 7-6 on penalties |
| Exeter City (LGE2) | 1 | Crystal Palace (CHMP) | 2 | 3,650 |
| Ipswich Town (CHMP) | 3 | Bristol Rovers (LGE2) | 1 | 8,645 |
| Millwall (CHMP) | 2 | Crawley Town (LGE1) | 2 | 4,050 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 2-2, Crawley Town won 4-1 on penalties |
| Northampton Town (LGE2) | 2 | Cardiff City (CHMP) | 1 | 2,819 |
| Oxford United (LGE2) | 0 | Bournemouth (LGE1) | 0 | 3,788 |
| after extra time, 90 minutes 0-0, Oxford United won 5-3 on penalties |
| Peterborough United (CHMP) | 4 | Southend United (LGE2) | 0 | 3,225 |
| Plymouth Argyle (LGE2) | 3 | Portsmouth (LGE1) | 0 | 5,318 |
| Port Vale (LGE2) | 1 | Burnley (CHMP) | 3 | 4,055 |
| Stevenage (LGE1) | 3 | AFC Wimbledon (LGE2) | 1 | 2,018 |
| Swindon Town (LGE1) | 3 | Brighton & Hove Albion (CHMP) | 0 | 5,737 |
| Torquay United (LGE2) | 0 | Leicester City (CHMP) | 4 | 3,367 |
| Yeovil Town (LGE1) | 3 | Colchester United (LGE1) | 0 | 1,907 |