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Commentary
1¹BELLINGHAM receives a yellow card for a clumsy foul.
2¹GOAL!! A free-kick was pushed away by the 'keeper, JOHNSTON was first to the loose ball and floated the ball to BURGESS to fire home. (1-0 Port Vale)
4¹HOGAN beat two Port Vale players and blasted a golden opportunity wide.
12¹The stunned Port Vale 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from SØRENSEN fell just wide.
13¹A poor foul gets CHONG a yellow card.
24¹SELVIK managed to block a fierce shot.
29¹GOAL!! Unlucky JOHNSTON hit the woodwork before NISBET rattled the ball home as ROBERTS failed to clear. (2-0 Port Vale)
32¹JANELT made space on the right and knocked the ball to BURGESS who touched the ball wide.
35¹A corner fell to BACUNA who touched the ball wide.
39¹PHILLIPS receives a yellow card by the referee.
42¹NISBET headed inches over.
7²A neatly crafted pass from CHONG was lashed goalbound by ESTUPIÑÁN only for BOND to block.
12²A delightful save prevented BACUNA from scoring an exceptional goal.
18²GOAL!! A patient Birmingham City side were rewarded with a lovely strike from BELLINGHAM. (2-1 Port Vale)
23²GOAL!! A great solo effort from JOHNSTON who beat two defenders before blasting the ball into the net. (3-1 Port Vale)
24²ESTUPIÑÁN flicked a deadly shot over from thirty yards out.
31²ESTUPIÑÁN played the ball to BELLINGHAM who turned it just wide.
37²A accurate pass was collected by BURGESS and his left foot effort flew narrowly over.
38²ECCLES poked an easy chance past the righthand post.
39²The ref books JANELT.
44²JOHNSTON beat JAMES and placed the ball to NISBET who blasted his effort wide.
47²A poor strike from NISBET bounced agonisingly wide.

 
Port Vale
 
League position: 4
Home league form: WLLW
Overall league form: WWWLWLXX
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jonathan BOND6½17 Egil SELVIK
Tariq LAMPTEY7 27 Maxime COLIN(c)
Cameron BURGESS7 36½George FRIEND
Vitaly JANELT7 47 Jordan JAMES
Dion SANDERSON7 56½Nathaniel PHILLIPS
(c)Dennis ODOI8 66 Marc ROBERTS
Josh ECCLES7 76½Juninho BACUNA
Mikey JOHNSTON8 86 Tahith CHONG
(p)Kevin NISBET7 96½Óscar ESTUPIÑÁN(p)
(f)Elias SØRENSEN5½106½Jobe BELLINGHAM(f)
Oliver BURKE6 116½Scott HOGAN
Manager
Jamie ALLEN  12  Ivan SUNJIC
Jack STEVENS  13  Zach JEACOCK
Cody DRAMEH  14  George HALL
Mipo ODUBEKO5½15  Niall HUGGINS
Marc BOLA8 16  Gary GARDNER
 
Birmingham City
 
League position: 15
Away league form: LLLW
Overall league form: WWLWLLWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Port Vale 3 Birmingham City 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 21,180, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Lee Probert 6)

Burgess 2¹, Nisbet 29¹, Johnston 23²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Bellingham 18²
SørensenóOdubeko 7², LampteyóBola 16² 
  
Janelt 39²Bellingham 1¹, Chong 13¹, Phillips 39¹
125
510
914
53
98
1411
21
55%45%
Man of the match: Marc Bola