We visited the Swansea.com stadium on Saturday, 8 August 2026, to photograph the EFL Cup First Round game between EFL Championship sides Swansea City and Birmingham City.
Swansea City were knocked out of the Carabao Cup as August Priske’s late first-half goal gave Birmingham City a 1–0 victory.
The Blues forward scored the only goal of the game in the final minute of normal time before the break, converting a volleyed cross from close range.
Swansea had enjoyed the better of the opening period, with both Adam Idah and Elijah Just going closest for the home side.
The Swans pushed for an equaliser after the break, but were denied when Marko Stamenic’s effort was brilliantly saved by James Beadle as the visitors held on to progress to the second round.
You can browse the complete Swansea City v Birmingham City EFL Cup match image gallery our dedicated photography website.
Swansea City
Lawrence Vigouroux; Filip Lissah (Josh Key 63), Ben Cabango (captain), Cameron Burgess, Josh Tymon; Marko Stamenic (Jisung Eom 81), Melker Widell (Jay Fulton 63), Elijah Just; Moussa Yeo (Leo Walta 63), Joseph Opoku; Adam Idah (Zan Vipotnik 63).
Unused Substitutes: Andy Fisher, Tiago Parente, Stephen Welsh, Ronald.
Birmingham City
James Beadle, Christoph Klarer (captain), Phil Neumann, Carlos Vicente (Scott Wright 95), Paik Seung-ho (Demarai Gray 63), August Priske (Luis Vazquez 72), Jhon Solis, Alex Cochrane (Lee Buchanan 46), Tomoki Iwata, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Jay Stansfield (Ethan Laird 72).
Unused Substitutes: Ryan Allsop, Patrick Roberts, Dael Fry, Kristoffer Lund.
Match Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
Assistant Referee: Jacob Leharne
Assistant Referee: Matthew Sowerby
Fourth Official: Jacob Miles
