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Match report
English Footie
League Trophy: Round 2 (setup 4, season 27)
Birmingham City
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Milos VESIC717Bram VERBIST
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Carl JENKINSON62Brice DJA DJEDJE
Dean MOXEY37Jelle VAN DAMME
Stewart DOWNING4Andrew SURMAN
Mike VAN DER HOORN656Kenneth OMERUO
Michael MORRISON6Alex BAPTISTE
Kevin VOLLAND877Thomas BUFFEL
Marko ARNAUTOVIC787Oliver BURKE
Callum WILSON9Jordan RHODES
Martin BRAITHWAITE6107Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI
Jérémie BOGA611Valeri BOJINOV
Manager
Craig GARDNER12Christian PANDER
Jon STEWART136Leroy LITA
Maikel KIEFTENBELD614Kevin VANDENBERGH
Marc ROBERTS15Chris EAGLES
Lukas JUTKIEWICZ16David MIRFIN

Birmingham City 2 Port Vale 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 23,700, Stadium: St.Andrews, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 8, TV: highlights)
17 Boga, 61 ArnautovicScorers14 Buffel
70 Van Der Hoorn <=> KieftenbeldSubstitutions75 Stracqualursi <=> Lita
Sendings off
Bookings15 Stracqualursi, 31 Burke
7Corners2
6Fouls7
1Offsides6
6Shots on1
8Shots off5
14Total shots6
2Shots saved0
48%Possession52%
Man of the match: Kevin VOLLAND
1A corner found WILSON who forced the ball over.
4The Port Vale 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Birmingham City's ARNAUTOVIC.
14GOAL!! An energetic VAN DAMME ran down the right wing and knocked the ball back for BUFFEL to crack home. (1-0 Port Vale)
15STRACQUALURSI booked for a clinical challenge.
17GOAL!! An inswinging corner headed out by SURMAN was blasted into the net by BOGA. (1-1)
20A accurate pass fell to RHODES and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
22ARNAUTOVIC headed just beyond the near post.
31A late tackle gets BURKE a yellow card.
44WILSON fluffed a simple chance.
45+2A good ball from BOJINOV on the left bobbled toward BURKE who mishit his effort just wide.
 
47RHODES booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from just outside the area.
57A cross from STRACQUALURSI left RHODES in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
61GOAL!! A long clearance by the Birmingham City 'keeper beat the Port Vale defence and ARNAUTOVIC fired the ball past the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Birmingham City)
62RHODES flicked an easy chance past the lefthand post.
64The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from WILSON.
70A deadly shot from ARNAUTOVIC was forced wide by the Port Vale 'keeper.
73A shot from WILSON was smothered by the 'keeper.
75BRAITHWAITE knocked the ball to JENKINSON who flicked it over the bar.
79ARNAUTOVIC shot wide.
80A lovely effort from ARNAUTOVIC scraped the upright.
87The hapless VERBIST could only watch as a backpass from BURKE dropped just wide.
90+1VOLLAND ran onto a great ball from BRAITHWAITE but fumbled his shot wide.