Carlisle United 3-2 Port Vale: result and report
League Two · Friday 18 April 2025
Result
Carlisle United 3-2 Port Vale
League Two · Friday 18 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Carlisle United 3-2 Port Vale: match report
Carlisle United defeated Port Vale 3-2 in the League Two on Friday 18 April 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.
Georgie Kelly opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Carlisle United's goals came from Georgie Kelly (36'), Matthew Dennis (43') and Aaron Hayden (49'). Port Vale scored through Jayden Stockley (61') and Sam Hart (70').
Discipline: Carlisle United received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card; Port Vale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Carlisle United were 23rd on 37 points from 42 and Port Vale 1st on 76 points from 42. Carlisle United went on to finish that season 23rd with 42 points, and Port Vale 4th with 80.
Carlisle United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Port Vale in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Georgie Kelly of Carlisle United (8.2), ahead of Nathan Smith (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Carlisle United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Port Vale.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Georgie Kelly
- 43'Goal · Matthew Dennis
- 49'Goal · Aaron Hayden
- 61'Goal · Jayden Stockley
- 68'Yellow card · George Byers
- 70'Goal · Sam Hart
- 79'Yellow card · Stephen Wearne
- 85'Yellow card · Matthew Dennis
- 86'Yellow card · Aaron Hayden
- 90+2'Yellow card · Terell Thomas
- 90+3'Missed penalty · Lorent Tolaj
- 90+4'Second yellow · Matthew Dennis
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ben Barclay
- 90+4'Yellow card
Head-to-head
Team news
Carlisle United line-up (4-3-1-2)
Gabe Breeze, Jack Ellis, Aaron Hayden, Terell Thomas, Cameron Harper, Sean Sheunesu Fusire, Callum Whelan, Kadeem Harris, Stephen Wearne, Georgie Kelly, Matthew Dennis
Port Vale line-up (3-1-4-2)
Ben Amos, Jesse Debrah, Nathan Smith, Connor Hall, Rhys Walters, Mitch Clark, Ryan Croasdale, Ben Garrity, Jack Shorrock, L. Tolaj, Jayden Stockley