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26 August 2025 at 18:45

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Full Time
League Cup · Season 2025
Referee: Ben Speedie

Match Summary

Port Vale defeated Birmingham 1:0. The match was played in League Cup 2025. Goals were scored by J. Headley 45′. 3 yellow cards were shown. Birmingham had 70% possession while Port Vale held 30%. Birmingham had 8 shots (0 on target) compared to 11 (3 on target) for Port Vale. Birmingham made 5 substitutions, Port Vale made 4.

Match Events

Key match events between Birmingham and Port Vale — 1 goals and 3 cards recorded during the match.

Birmingham
Port Vale
Kick Off
45′
J. Headley

assist: R. Croasdale

Half Time
A. SampstedA. Cochrane
46′
K. FujimotoPaik Seung-Ho
46′
M. DuckschJ. Stansfield
46′
46′
C. HumphreysKyle John
57′
M. FaalR. Paton
L. DykesK. Furuhashi
67′
69′
J. Lawrence-GabrielM. Clark
T. DoyleE. Laird
77′
77′
J. HeadleyB. Garrity
Full Time

Match Statistics

Birmingham had 70% possession against Port Vale's 30%. Birmingham registered 8 shots (0 on target) while Port Vale managed 11 (3 on target). Corner kicks: 10–7. Fouls committed: 14–8.

0Shots on Goal3
3Shots off Goal4
8Total Shots11
5Blocked Shots4
4Shots insidebox10
4Shots outsidebox1
14Fouls8
10Corner Kicks7
0Offsides1
70%Ball Possession30%
3Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
2Goalkeeper Saves0
560Total passes235
467Passes accurate157
83%Passes %67%
0expected_goals0
0goals_prevented0

Recent Form

In their last 6 matches, Birmingham have recorded 1 wins, 1 draws and 4 defeats. Port Vale show 2 wins, 1 draws and 3 losses from their last 6 outings.

Birmingham

LDWLLL

Port Vale

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Head to Head

Birmingham and Port Vale have met 1 times — Birmingham won 1, Port Vale won 0, with 0 draws. Their rivalry dates back to 2025. Birmingham leads the head-to-head with 1 victories from 1 meetings. A combined 2 goals have been scored across these fixtures, averaging 2.00 per match (2 for the home side, 0 for the visitors). Both teams scored in 0 matches (0%). Over 2.5 goals landed in 0 games (0%), making it a fixture that tends to produce goals. The highest-scoring encounter finished 0–2 in 2025.

1

Birmingham

0

Drawn

0

Port Vale

Goals: 2Goals: 0

Recent Meetings (1)

26 Jul 2025Port Vale0 – 2Birmingham

API data: 15 Mar 2026

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