Overview
- Brighton thrashed Oxford United 6-0 away to reach the Carabao Cup third round.
- Greece Under-21 striker Stefanos Tzimas, 19, came on in the 66th minute and scored four and ten minutes later on his debut.
- Fellow 19-year-old Tommy Watson also marked his debut by curling in Brighton’s sixth late on.
- Olivier Boscagli opened the scoring on his debut and Brajan Gruda added a second before Diego Gomez struck after a Diego Coppola touch from a Gruda corner.
- Brighton’s manager changed his entire XI as Oxford, who made eight changes, squandered several chances, with Jason Steele key to preserving the clean sheet.