Birmingham City 0-1 Port Vale · Carabao Cup
Birmingham City lost to Port Vale 0-1 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Birmingham City and Port Vale met in the Carabao Cup at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park in Birmingham on Tuesday, 26 August 2025.
Goalscorers
Birmingham City did not score. Port Vale: J. Headley 45'.
How the match went
Birmingham City saw more of the ball, 70% of it. Birmingham City had 9 shots with 0 on target, Port Vale 11 with 3 on target. There were 17 corners in total, 10 to Birmingham City and 7 to Port Vale. Birmingham City conceded 14 fouls, Port Vale 8. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (3 for Birmingham City, 0 for Port Vale).
Line-ups
Birmingham City started in a 4-4-2: James Beadle, Taylor Gardner-Hickman, Phil Neumann, Eiran Cashin, Alfons Sampsted, Kanya Fujimoto, Marc Leonard, Tommy Doyle, Lewis Koumas, Lyndon Dykes, Marvin Ducksch.
Port Vale started in a 3-4-3: Joe Gauci, Jesse Debrah, Ben Heneghan, Cameron Humphreys, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Ryan Croasdale, Rhys Walters, Liam Gordon, Ronan Curtis, Mo Faal, Jaheim Headley.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Goal! Birmingham City 0-1 Port Vale. J. Headley (Port Vale) scores, assisted by R. Croasdale.
Full commentary (34 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Birmingham City vs Port Vale.
- 2'Attempt blocked. L. Dykes (Birmingham City), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 14'Attempt missed. L. Koumas (Birmingham City), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
- 16'Attempt blocked. M. Leonard (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 19'Attempt blocked. R. Curtis (Port Vale), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.07.
- 30'Yellow card for P. Neumann (Birmingham City).
- 34'Attempt blocked. C. Humphreys (Port Vale), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.03.
- 35'Attempt missed. L. Gordon (Port Vale), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 35'Attempt saved. M. Faal (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 38'Attempt missed. R. Croasdale (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.19.
- 39'Yellow card for M. Leonard (Birmingham City).
- 43'Attempt blocked. R. Croasdale (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
- 44'Attempt saved. M. Faal (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.26.
- 44'Attempt blocked. R. Curtis (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.21.
- 45'Goal! Birmingham City 0-1 Port Vale. J. Headley (Port Vale) scores, assisted by R. Croasdale.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Port Vale: K. John comes on for C. Humphreys.
- 46'Substitution, Birmingham City: J. Stansfield comes on for M. Ducksch.
- 46'Substitution, Birmingham City: S. Paik comes on for K. Fujimoto.
- 46'Substitution, Birmingham City: A. Cochrane comes on for A. Sampsted.
- 46'Attempt missed. L. Koumas (Birmingham City), header. xG 0.07.
- 57'Substitution, Port Vale: R. Paton comes on for M. Faal.
- 61'Yellow card for T. Doyle (Birmingham City).
- 67'Substitution, Birmingham City: K. Furuhashi comes on for L. Dykes.
- 68'Attempt missed. R. Curtis (Port Vale), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.16.
- 69'Substitution, Port Vale: M. Clark comes on for J. Lawrence-Gabriel.
- 71'Attempt missed. T. Doyle (Birmingham City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 73'Attempt blocked. M. Leonard (Birmingham City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 77'Substitution, Birmingham City: E. Laird comes on for T. Doyle.
- 77'Substitution, Port Vale: B. Garrity comes on for J. Headley.
- 79'Attempt missed. M. Leonard (Birmingham City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 79'Attempt blocked. E. J. Cashin (Birmingham City), left-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 85'Attempt missed. B. Heneghan (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 88'Attempt blocked. J. Stansfield (Birmingham City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.