Birmingham 0-1 Port Vale: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Birmingham

Port Vale

J. Headley 45'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

2nd Round

August 26, 2025 6:45pm

St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Key stats

Ball Possession

70%

30%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Birmingham 4-4-2

Port Vale 3-4-3

Goalkeeper

J. Beadle

7.2

J. Gauci

6.9

Defenders

A. Sampsted

6.2

C. Humphreys

6.6

E. Cashin

6.6

B. Heneghan

7.7

P. Neumann

6.2

J. Debrah

7.2

T. Gardner-Hickman

6.3

Midfielders

L. Koumas

6.6

L. Gordon

6.7

T. Doyle

6.6

R. Walters

6.9

M. Leonard

7.0

R. Croasdale

7.5

K. Fujimoto

6.7

J. Lawrence-Gabriel

7.2

Forwards

M. Ducksch

6.6

J. Headley

8.2

L. Dykes

6.9

M. Faal

6.6

R. Curtis

6.2

Show full lineup & players stats

Highest rating

7.2

J. Beadle

8.2

J. Headley

Match Summary

On August 26, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Birmingham faced off against Port Vale at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham. The game concluded with Port Vale securing a victory. With 70% possession, Birmingham versus Port Vale's 30% and shots on goal at 0 to 3. Birmingham and Port Vale both had the same percentage of successful passes. The outstanding efforts by J. Beadle and J. Headley played a key role.

Lineup

4-4-2

3-4-3

Beadle

7.2

Played:
90Min

Saves:
2 of 3

Accurate passes:
29/37

Won duels:
1/1

Gardner-Hickman

6.3

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
28/34

Won duels:
5/14

Dribbles:
1/4

Neumann

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
55/62

Won duels:
3/6

Cashin

6.6

Played:
90Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
96/108

Won duels:
6/12

Sampsted

6.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
18/22

Won duels:
3/8

Fujimoto

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/2

Leonard

7.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
5

Accurate passes:
71/83

Won duels:
7/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Doyle

6.6

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
34/44

Won duels:
2/4

Koumas

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
13/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/8

Dribbles:
1/3

Dykes

6.9

Played:
67Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
11/13

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Ducksch

6.6

Played:
45Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
12/19

Won duels:
1/1

Headley

8.2

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
13/14

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
6/14

Dribbles:
0/2

Faal

6.6

Played:
57Min

Accurate passes:
5/9

Won duels:
5/12

Dribbles:
1/1

Curtis

6.2

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
7/17

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
4/15

Dribbles:
0/1

Gordon

6.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
26/33

Won duels:
4/10

Walters

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
19/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/10

Dribbles:
1/2

Croasdale

7.5

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
13/22

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Lawrence-Gabriel

7.2

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
12/19

Won duels:
8/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Humphreys

6.6

Played:
45Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
16/18

Won duels:
0/1

Heneghan

7.7

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
4

Accurate passes:
15/21

Won duels:
6/8

Debrah

7.2

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
8/17

Won duels:
3/3

Gauci

6.9

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
11/25

Won duels:
2/2

Substitutes

Coach

Christopher Paul Davies

Laird

6.9

Played:
13Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/11

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Furuhashi

6.2

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
2/2

Won duels:
0/3

Cochrane

7.2

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
44/54

Won duels:
6/8

Stansfield

6.2

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
7/11

Won duels:
0/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Seung-Ho

6.7

Played:
45Min

Accurate passes:
28/32

Won duels:
1/1

Dribbles:
1/1

Allsop

Isichei

Klarer

Hall

Coach

Darren Mark Moore

Garrity

6.9

Played:
13Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
0/1

Won duels:
1/1

Clark

6.9

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
1/4

Won duels:
1/1

Paton

6.5

Played:
33Min

Accurate passes:
8/9

Won duels:
1/3

John

7.0

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
3/3

Won duels:
2/2

Shorrock

Richards

Shipley

Waine

Maroši

Stats

Ball Possession

Birmingham: 70%

Port Vale: 30%

Total Shots

Birmingham: 8

Port Vale: 11

Shots on Goal

Birmingham: 0

Port Vale: 3

Corner Kicks

Birmingham: 10

Port Vale: 7

Offsides

Birmingham: 0

Port Vale: 1

Fouls

Birmingham: 14

Port Vale: 8

Yellow Cards

Birmingham: 3

Port Vale: 0

Red Cards

Birmingham: 0

Port Vale: 0

Total Passes

Birmingham: 560

Port Vale: 235

Goals Prevented

Birmingham: 0

Port Vale: 0

Passes Accuracy

Birmingham: 467 (83%)

Port Vale: 157 (67%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Birmingham vs Port Vale

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline