Birmingham City 1-6 Brentford RECAP as Blues are dumped out of the Carabao Cup in embarrassing defeat

SportFootballBirmingham City FCLIVEUpdated 9 mins agoBirmingham City are out of the Carabao CupNathan Collins of Brentford celebrates scoring during the Carabao Cup Second Round match between Birmingham City and Brentford at St Andrews at Knighthead Park Updated 22:50, 25 Aug 2026Birmingham City were handed their heaviest home defeat in nearly 12 years as they were swept aside and out of the Carabao Cup by Premier League Brentford.Three goals in each half were too much for Chris Davies' over-matched side who barely laid a glove on a powerful, pacy and clinical Bees team.Nathan Collins scored twice either side of the break, Aaron Hickey and Callum Wilson - who scored for Bournemouth in that infamous 8-0 defeat in 2014 - also stuck before the interval.Mikkel Damsgaard and Igor Thiago made it