Birmingham 2-1 Sheffield Utd: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Birmingham

K. Furuhashi 5'

J. Stansfield 87'

Sheffield Utd

G. Hamer 72'

EFL Cup 2025/2026

1st Round

August 13, 2025 7:00pm

St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham

Key stats

Ball Possession

54%

46%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Birmingham 4-2-3-1

Sheffield Utd 4-1-4-1

Goalkeeper

J. Beadle

6.2

A. Davies

6.9

Defenders

A. Cochrane

8.3

S. McCallum

6.9

E. Cashin

6.0

J. Robinson

7.3

C. Klarer

7.9

D. Sasnauskas

5.9

E. Laird

7.0

S. Curtis

6.6

Midfielders

M. Leonard

7.2

El Hadji Djibril Soumaré

7.3

T. Iwata

7.3

R. Oné

5.9

D. Gray

7.5

L. Marsh

7.0

T. Doyle

7.2

C. O'Hare

6.2

W. Willumsson

6.6

E. Ukaki

6.0

Forwards

K. Furuhashi

6.9

T. Cannon

5.9

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Highest rating

8.3

A. Cochrane

8.2

G. Hamer

Match Summary

On August 13, 2025 during the 2025/2026 EFL Cup match, Birmingham faced off against Sheffield Utd at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham. The game concluded with Birmingham securing a victory. With 54% possession, Birmingham versus Sheffield Utd's 46% and shots on goal at 5 to 1. Birmingham had 78% successful passes (of 432 passes) over Sheffield Utd which had 74% successful passes (of 383 passes). The outstanding efforts by A. Cochrane and G. Hamer played a key role.

Lineup

4-2-3-1

4-1-4-1

Beadle

6.2

Played:
90Min

Accurate passes:
33/54

Key passes:
1

Laird

7.0

Played:
68Min

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
15/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/18

Dribbles:
4/6

Klarer

7.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
53/58

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
10/18

Cashin

6.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
49/56

Won duels:
4/7

Cochrane

8.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
25/32

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/11

Iwata

7.3

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
39/52

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/6

Leonard

7.2

Played:
77Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
31/34

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Willumsson

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
27/35

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
4/11

Doyle

7.2

Played:
67Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
20/26

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
2/2

Gray

7.5

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
8/10

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Furuhashi

6.9

Played:
57Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
2/3

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/12

Dribbles:
0/2

Cannon

5.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
5/11

Won duels:
1/11

Dribbles:
0/1

Oné

5.9

Played:
56Min

Accurate passes:
4/8

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/9

Marsh

7.0

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
21/26

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
6/12

Dribbles:
1/2

O'Hare

6.2

Played:
45Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
19/21

Won duels:
0/4

Ukaki

6.0

Played:
82Min

Accurate passes:
11/17

Won duels:
4/12

Dribbles:
1/2

Soumaré

7.3

Played:
56Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
20/25

Won duels:
6/10

Dribbles:
2/2

McCallum

6.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
4

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
21/35

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
11/18

Robinson

7.3

Played:
56Min

Tackles:
3

Accurate passes:
26/30

Won duels:
7/8

Sasnauskas

5.9

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
49/62

Won duels:
7/9

Dribbles:
1/1

Curtis

6.6

Played:
90Min

Tackles:
3

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
30/39

Won duels:
7/10

Davies

6.9

Played:
90Min

Saves:
3 of 5

Accurate passes:
25/43

Won duels:
0/1

Substitutes

Coach

Christopher Paul Davies

Dykes

6.3

Played:
14Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
0/3

Osayi-Samuel

6.3

Played:
23Min

Accurate passes:
7/10

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/2

Seung-Ho

6.3

Played:
24Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
13/18

Won duels:
1/1

Dribbles:
1/1

Stansfield

8.0

Played:
34Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/4

Dribbles:
2/3

Anderson

6.6

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
8/10

Won duels:
4/8

Dribbles:
0/1

Allsop

Gardner-Hickman

Neumann

Fujimoto

Coach

Rubén Sellés

Brooks

6.5

Played:
9Min

Accurate passes:
7/7

Won duels:
1/4

Dribbles:
0/1

Hamer

8.2

Played:
35Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
13/17

Won duels:
1/1

Campbell

6.5

Played:
35Min

Accurate passes:
4/6

Won duels:
2/7

Bindon

6.2

Played:
35Min

Accurate passes:
12/15

Won duels:
2/2

Peck

6.7

Played:
45Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
17/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Cooper

Norrington-Davies

Barry

Seriki

Stats

Ball Possession

Birmingham: 54%

Sheffield Utd: 46%

Total Shots

Birmingham: 20

Sheffield Utd: 5

Shots on Goal

Birmingham: 5

Sheffield Utd: 1

Corner Kicks

Birmingham: 5

Sheffield Utd: 2

Offsides

Birmingham: 3

Sheffield Utd: 1

Fouls

Birmingham: 9

Sheffield Utd: 12

Yellow Cards

Birmingham: 2

Sheffield Utd: 1

Red Cards

Birmingham: 0

Sheffield Utd: 0

Total Passes

Birmingham: 432

Sheffield Utd: 383

Goals Prevented

Birmingham: 0

Sheffield Utd: 0

Passes Accuracy

Birmingham: 337 (78%)

Sheffield Utd: 284 (74%)

Birmingham vs Sheffield Utd

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

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