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League Cup
Referee: Ben Speedie
Birmingham
T U S S S
0–1
Full-time
Port Vale
U T T T S

Retrospective analysis — the model is trained only on matches played before this one.

⚠️ One of the teams has played few league matches recently (e.g. newly promoted). The analysis is therefore more uncertain than usual, and we give no recommendations for this match.
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Team trends

Birmingham Port Vale
Last 6 — all competitions · 6/6 matches
Win Ø 42%
67%
17%
Points per game
2,2
0,8
Over 2.5 Ø 67%
67%
67%
Both score Ø 75%
83%
67%
Average goals
2,8
3,5
Scored
1,7
1,3
Conceded
1,2
2,2
Goal diff per game
+0,5
-0,8
xG created Pro
xG conceded Pro
xG diff Pro
This season — League Cup · 1/1 matches
Win Ø 100%
100%
100%
Points per game
3,0
3,0
Over 2.5 Ø 50%
100%
0%
Both score Ø 50%
100%
0%
Average goals
3,0
1,0
Scored
2,0
1,0
Conceded
1,0
0,0
Goal diff per game
+1,0
+1,0
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Match stats

Half-time score: 0–1

70% Possession 30%
8 Shots 11
0 Shots on target 3
5 Blocked shots 4
2 Goalkeeper saves 0
10 Corners 7
0 Offside 1
14 Free kicks against 8
3 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
The table before the match Birmingham 16. · Port Vale 20.
# Team K V U T +/− xG +/− P
1 Cambridge United 2 2 0 0 +4 -0.1 6
2 Accrington ST 2 2 0 0 +3 +1.9 6
3 Reading 2 2 0 0 +2 -0.3 6
4 Doncaster 1 1 0 0 +4 +0.1 3
5 Swansea 1 1 0 0 +2 +1.6 3
6 Lincoln 1 1 0 0 +2 +2.8 3
7 Grimsby 1 1 0 0 +2 +2.5 3
8 Stockport County 1 1 0 0 +2 +0.9 3
9 Bristol City 1 1 0 0 +2 +0.5 3
10 Mansfield Town 1 1 0 0 +2 +0.2 3
11 Cheltenham 1 1 0 0 +2 +1.5 3
12 Wolves 1 1 0 0 +1 3
13 Plymouth 1 1 0 0 +1 +2.0 3
14 Norwich 1 1 0 0 +1 +0.9 3
15 Bradford 1 1 0 0 +1 -0.7 3
16 Birmingham 1 1 0 0 +1 +1.9 3
17 Cardiff 1 1 0 0 +1 +2.3 3
18 Coventry 1 1 0 0 +1 +1.2 3
19 Wigan 1 1 0 0 +1 +0.3 3
20 Port Vale 1 1 0 0 +1 +0.3 3
21 Oxford 1 1 0 0 +1 +0.2 3
22 Southampton 1 1 0 0 +1 -0.8 3
23 Wycombe 1 1 0 0 +1 -0.4 3
24 Millwall 1 1 0 0 +1 +0.5 3
25 Preston 1 1 0 0 +1 +0.5 3
26 Charlton 2 1 0 1 +0 +0.8 3
27 Wrexham 1 0 1 0 +0 -0.8 1
28 Hull 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.8 1
29 Bolton 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.5 1
30 Sheffield Weds 1 0 1 0 +0 -0.5 1
31 Barnsley 1 0 1 0 +0 -0.5 1
32 Fleetwood Town 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.5 1
33 Huddersfield 1 0 1 0 +0 +1.1 1
34 Leicester 1 0 1 0 +0 -1.1 1
35 Barnet 1 0 1 0 +0 +1.2 1
36 West Brom 1 0 1 0 +0 +1.3 1
37 Derby 1 0 1 0 +0 -1.3 1
38 Bromley 1 0 1 0 +0 -0.2 1
39 Ipswich 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.2 1
40 Tranmere 1 0 1 0 +0 1
41 Burton Albion 1 0 1 0 +0 1
42 Gillingham 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.3 1
43 Stoke 1 0 1 0 +0 -0.6 1
44 Walsall 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.6 1
45 Salford City 1 0 1 0 +0 -0.2 1
46 Rotherham 1 0 1 0 +0 +0.2 1
47 AFC Wimbledon 2 0 1 1 -1 -0.3 1
48 Newport County 2 0 1 1 -1 -1.7 1
49 West Ham 1 0 0 1 -1 0
50 QPR 1 0 0 1 -1 -2.0 0
51 Watford 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.9 0
52 Blackburn 1 0 0 1 -1 +0.7 0
53 Sheffield United 1 0 0 1 -1 -1.9 0
54 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 -1 -2.3 0
55 Portsmouth 1 0 0 1 -1 +0.3 0
56 Peterborough 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.8 0
57 Luton 1 0 0 1 -1 -1.2 0
58 Notts County 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.3 0
59 Blackpool 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.3 0
60 Colchester 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.2 0
61 Northampton 1 0 0 1 -1 +0.8 0
62 Leyton Orient 1 0 0 1 -1 +0.4 0
63 Barrow 1 0 0 1 -1 -0.5 0
64 Stevenage 1 0 0 1 -2 -0.8 0
65 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 -2 -1.6 0
66 Harrogate Town 1 0 0 1 -2 -2.8 0
67 Oldham 1 0 0 1 -2 -1.1 0
68 Shrewsbury 1 0 0 1 -2 -2.5 0
69 Crewe 1 0 0 1 -2 -0.9 0
70 Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 0 1 -2 -0.5 0
71 Chesterfield 1 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0
72 Bristol Rovers 1 0 0 1 -2 +0.1 0
73 Exeter City 1 0 0 1 -2 -1.5 0
74 Middlesbrough 1 0 0 1 -4 -0.1 0

Calculated from our results data. “xG +/−” is expected goal difference — a positive number with a low league position suggests an undervalued team. Ties on points are sorted by goal difference; some leagues use other rules.

Match report

Birmingham Port Vale
Phil Neumann 🟨
30′
Marc Leonard 🟨
39′
45′
J. Headley 0–1
R. Croasdale
Half-time 0–1
A. Cochrane 🔁
↦ A. Sampsted
46′
Paik Seung-Ho 🔁
↦ K. Fujimoto
46′
J. Stansfield 🔁
↦ M. Ducksch
46′
46′
🔁 Kyle John
↦ C. Humphreys
57′
🔁 R. Paton
↦ M. Faal
Tommy Doyle 🟨
61′
K. Furuhashi 🔁
↦ L. Dykes
67′
69′
🔁 M. Clark
↦ J. Lawrence-Gabriel
E. Laird 🔁
↦ T. Doyle
77′
77′
🔁 B. Garrity
↦ J. Headley
Full-time 0–1

Line-ups

Birmingham

4-4-2
25 J. Beadle G
19 T. Gardner-Hickman D
5 P. Neumann D
41 E. Cashin D
23 A. Sampsted D
27 K. Fujimoto M
12 M. Leonard M
7 T. Doyle M
30 L. Koumas M
17 L. Dykes F
33 M. Ducksch F
Bench (9)
21 R. Allsop
2 E. Laird
4 C. Klarer
20 A. Cochrane
8 Paik Seung-Ho
35 G. Hall
42 D. Isichei
28 J. Stansfield
9 K. Furuhashi

Coach: Christopher Paul Davies

Port Vale

3-4-3
46 J. Gauci G
22 J. Debrah D
4 B. Heneghan D
25 C. Humphreys D
6 J. Lawrence-Gabriel M
18 R. Croasdale M
12 R. Walters M
15 L. Gordon M
11 R. Curtis F
36 M. Faal F
3 J. Headley F
Bench (9)
1 M. Marosi
2 M. Clark
8 B. Garrity
17 R. Paton
19 B. Waine
20 R. Richards
23 J. Shorrock
24 Kyle John
26 J. Shipley

Coach: Darren Mark Moore

Odds comparison

Green columns are the outcomes that came in.

Over/under goals
U1,5 ✓
U2,5 ✓
U3,5 ✓
Both teams to score
BLS ja
BLS nei ✓

The analysis is a statistical estimate based on the teams' results and underlying performances (xG) — not a guarantee. See the model's results.