English League One

FT Sunday, May 8, 2016
Walsall WDLWW 5
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Port Vale LWWWL 0
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Vale Park · 8,595 att.

Match Report

Five-star Walsall thrash Port Vale but miss out on automatic promotion

Five-star Walsall thrash Port Vale but miss out on automatic promotion

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Head to Head

PTV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

PTV · 3-5-2

  1. 21Jak AlnwickG
  2. 6Richard DuffyCD
  3. 5Ryan McGivernCD-L
  4. 4Remie StreeteCD-R
  5. 17Michael BrownCM-L
  6. 8Michael O'ConnorCM-R
  7. 11Sam FoleyAM
  8. 3Carl DickinsonLM
  9. 2Ben PurkissRM
  10. 20A-Jay Leitch-SmithCF-L
  11. 15Jonathan HooperCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Theo RobinsonSUB
  2. 19Byron MooreSUB
  3. 18Sam KellySUB
  4. 23Ryan BootSUB
  5. 7Chris BirchallSUB
  6. 30Dan TurnerSUB
  7. 16Adam YatesSUB

WAL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Neil EtheridgeG
  2. 6Paul DowningCD-L
  3. 4James O'ConnorCD-R
  4. 7Adam ChambersDM
  5. 14Rico HenryLB
  6. 2Jason DemetriouRB
  7. 10Romaine SawyersCM-L
  8. 18Kieron MorrisCM-R
  9. 12Anthony FordeLM
  10. 15Milan LalkovicRM
  11. 9Tom BradshawF

Substitutes

  1. 31Jordi HiwulaSUB
  2. 21Jordan CookSUB
  3. 8Sam MantomSUB
  4. 26Isaiah OsbourneSUB
  5. 13Craig MacGillivraySUB
  6. 3Andy TaylorSUB
  7. 16Matt PrestonSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal! Port Vale 0, Walsall 1. Paul Downing (Walsall) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 26' Goal! Port Vale 0, Walsall 2. Tom Bradshaw (Walsall) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 38' Goal! Port Vale 0, Walsall 3. Anthony Forde (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers.
  4. 45'+1' Richard Duffy (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Port Vale. Sam Kelly replaces Ryan McGivern.
  6. 56' Substitution, Port Vale. Adam Yates replaces Remie Streete because of an injury.
  7. 60' Sam Foley (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 64' Substitution, Walsall. Sam Mantom replaces Kieron Morris.
  9. 67' Goal! Port Vale 0, Walsall 4. Anthony Forde (Walsall) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  10. 70' Substitution, Port Vale. Byron Moore replaces Michael O'Connor.
  11. 71' Goal! Port Vale 0, Walsall 5. Sam Mantom (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Rico Henry.
  12. 76' Substitution, Walsall. Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila replaces Tom Bradshaw.
  13. 84' Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 85' Substitution, Walsall. Jordan Cook replaces Milan Lalkovic.

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