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Bristol City secured a memorable 3-2 comeback victory as Marco Silva's promising start to life at Watford came to a shuddering halt in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday. Lee Johnson made nine changes at Vicarage Road with half an eye on Friday's Championship clash with Aston Villa, yet it was the unfancied Robins that emerged victorious at Vicarage Road. Etienne Capoue put the Premier League side ahead early in the second half, only for 18-year-old Freddie Hinds to draw level in style before substitute Bobby Reid and Niclas Eliasson secured City the second-round win at Watford. Islam Slimani, Demarai Gray and Ahmed Musa reminded Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare of their capabilities by scoring the goals in a 4-1 victory at Sheffield United. None of the trio has started for the 2016 Premier League champions this season, but Gray's trickery, incision and cool second-half finish demonstrated why Bournemouth have been linked with him. Slimani -- last year a £28 million capture from Sporting Lisbon -- was maybe fortunate to be in a position to grab a double after somehow managing to avoid dismissal on the stroke of half-time. He took his goals well once the Championship Blades began to lose heart -- they had threatened early on at Bramall Lane through David Brooks. Chris Wilder's second-string side would find some late joy thanks to Caolan Lavery, yet Musa's stoppage-time finish rubber-stamped the outcome. Swansea eased through 4-1 at MK Dons, despite falling behind to Ryan Seager's 17th-minute opener. Leroy Fer levelled within two minutes and the Dutchman scored a second header on the hour mark. On-loan Chelsea youngster Tammy Abraham claimed his first Swansea goal before Jordan Ayew wrapped up victory four minutes from time. West Brom also had a comfortable passage at Accrington, with Salomon Rondon, Matt Phillips and Jay Rodriguez on target in a 3-1 win, Tom Dallison replying late on. After kicking off the campaign with 1-0 wins over Bournemouth and Burnley, the Baggies overpowered their League Two hosts Rodriguez's display, capped with his rasping strike from 18 yards but also including a fine assist for the opener and plenty of neat touches in the final third, suggests a summer fee of around £12 million represents shrewd business, though sterner tests than this await. Crystal Palace scored their first goals under new manager Frank de Boer to beat Ipswich 2-1. James McArthur struck twice, after 76 and 84 minutes, before Bersant Celina grabbed an injury-time consolation for Ipswich. Bournemouth put their poor start to the season to one side as they came from behind to defeat Birmingham 2-1. The Cherries have lost both of their opening Premier League fixtures and it seemed their woes would continue when they fell behind to Maikel Kieftenbeld's 12th-minute opener. However, they equalised in the opening minute of the restart through Ryan Fraser and deservedly booked their spot in the next round when Marc Pugh struck what would prove to be the winner midway through the second half. Teenager James Tilley scored Brighton's first goal of the season as they edged past League Two Barnet.. The 19-year-old, making only his third senior appearance, broke the deadlock nine minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute for Anthony Knockaert. When Liam Rosenior forced a rare save from debutant Barnet keeper Craig Ross, Tilley was on hand on to sweep the ball home and secure a 1-0 victory. Leeds might have feared a shock after falling behind to Newport through Joss Labadie's long-range strike. But Kemar Roofe bagged a hat trick and Samu Saiz and Ronaldo Viera were also on target in a 5-1 win. Bristol Rovers sprang a surprise by winning 1-0 away to Championship side Fulham, Ellis Harrison scoring the 13th-minute winner. Doncaster beat weakened Hull visitors 2-0, with Alfie May and Tommy Rowe scoring within nine minutes of the re-start. Burton avenged their defeat to Cardiff on the opening day of the Championship season with a 2-1 away win. Tom Naylor (26) and Ben Fox (70) put the Brewers ahead before substitute Anthony Pilkington (76) replied for the Championship leaders. Middlesbrough saw off Scunthorpe 3-0 as Fabio, Lewis Baker and Ashley Fletcher all scored their first goals for the club. Aston Villa overcame Wigan 4-1, with Albert Adomah and Birkir Bjarnason adding to a Scott Hogan double and Ryan Colclough scoring for the Latics. Norwich and Brentford won by the same margin, with the Canaries battling back from Lee Novak's early Charlton goal. Josh Murphy scored either side of half-time before Marley Watkins and Tom Trybull wrapped up victory. Brentford were 3-0 up away to neighbours QPR in 32 minutes through an Ariel Borysiuk own goal and efforts from John Egan and Neil Maupay. Darnell Furlong cut the deficit close to half-time, but Joshua Clarke added a fourth for the Bees to seal a 4-1 win. U.S. international Lynden Gooch scored Sunderland's late winner in a 2-1 victory at Carlisle. Donald Love had earlier given the Black Cats the lead before Danny Grainger equalised after Robbin Ruiter had saved his penalty. Bolton survived a late Sheffield Wednesday revival to beat their Championship rivals 3-2. Dorian Dervite, Adam Armstrong (pen) and Jem Karacan put Bolton in cruise control but Jordan Rhodes' double had the Trotters hanging on at the end. Bolton manager Phil Parkinson and Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal were both sent off near the end following a touchline altercation. Reading needed extra time to overcome Millwall 3-1 after Shane Ferguson had cancelled out Leandro Bacuna's effort. George Evans put the Royals ahead at the end of the first extra period and Sam Smith clinched matters four minutes from time. Matej Vydra's second-half penalty saw Derby home 1-0 in their rescheduled first-round tie at Grimsby. They'll play Barnsley in round two. The Mariners were reduced to 10 men when Ben Davies was sent off for a second bookable offence after 63 minutes.
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