Fleetwood Town 1-0 Wigan Athletic
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League One side Fleetwood Town pulled off an upset as they held on to knock Championship side Wigan Athletic out of the Carabao Cup.
Ged Garner put the hosts ahead midway through the first half as he headed home from close range following a scramble in the box.
Danny Andrew hit the post for Fleetwood after the break with a curling effort.
Wigan came close to a late equaliser when Tom Pearce teed up Stephen Humphrys who could not connect.
The visitors made 11 changes from their draw against Norwich at the weekend, with former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher in attendance, external to see his son James start for the Latics.
Fleetwood made five changes to their side as they made it two wins from two after they registered their first win of the campaign on Saturday when they beat Plymouth in League One.