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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 27 (setup 1, season 31)
Port Vale
v.
Birmingham City
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Yann SOMMER18Loris KARIUS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
20
Overall form:
Home form:
Santiago ARIAS Naranjo2Justin HOOGMA
Ryan BERTRAND3Chris BRUNT
Carlos Henrique CASEMIRO47Michael CARRICK
JOSÉ Miguel da Rocha FONTE5Matthijs DE LIGT
Adil RAMI6Reece BURKE
Ricardo Jorge da Luz HORTA77Gareth BARRY
Matt PHILLIPS88Andy KING
Kevin GAMEIRO96Carlton MORRIS
Sebastian RUDY106Jason PUNCHEON
Nacer CHADLI711Eric CHOUPO-MOTING
Scott SmillieManager
Victor LINDELÖF12Ahmed MUSA
Jordan PICKFORD13Emmanuel Agyemang BADU
Gylfi Þór SIGURÐSSON14Joe LEDLEY
Dwight GAYLE15Glenn WHELAN
Troy DEENEY16Shane LONG

Port Vale 1 Birmingham City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 26,438, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Alan WILEY 6)
21 ChadliScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners12
8Fouls15
5Offsides0
5Shots on3
6Shots off9
11Total shots12
4Shots saved2
45%Possession55%
Man of the match: Loris KARIUS
4A great effort from HORTA scraped the top of the crossbar.
6KING stepped inside PHILLIPS but nudged the ball into the arms of SOMMER.
11A wonderful save prevented CHADLI from scoring a great goal.
12A strike from GAMEIRO held little difficulty for the Birmingham City 'keeper.
13The bemused SOMMER could only watch as a backpass from PHILLIPS fell just wide.
17A free-kick from CHOUPO-MOTING went inches wide.
21GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from RUDY rebounded off the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was booted into the net by CHADLI. (1-0 Port Vale)
21A twenty-five yard drive from MORRIS caused the Port Vale 'keeper little difficulty.
26A useful ball from HORTA on the left bobbled toward CHADLI who sliced his shot wide.
32A pin-point pass was collected by KING and his right foot shot raced narrowly wide.
36A poor shot from HOOGMA bounced agonisingly wide.
41MORRIS headed over the bar.
44A penalty box scramble resulted in HORTA knocking a low shot over.
 
46The Port Vale 'keeper was able to palm clear a tame shot from MORRIS.
52GAMEIRO steamed through the Birmingham City defence but shot straight at KARIUS.
52BRUNT booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
55GAMEIRO fired a left foot shot over from twenty-five yards out.
58CASEMIRO beat DE LIGT and hit the ball to BERTRAND who fumbled his shot wide.
60RAMI beat two Birmingham City players and blasted a shot over.
66KING made space on the right and touched the ball to MORRIS who fired the ball over.
70KING rattled a simple chance past the near post.
74A cross from KING left BRUNT in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
82A neatly crafted pass from CHADLI, was fired goalbound by GAMEIRO only for the Birmingham City 'keeper to block.