Colchester United 1-1 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 23 December 2017

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 1-1 Port Vale: match report

Colchester United drew with Port Vale 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

S. Szmodics opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Colchester United's goal came from S. Szmodics (32'). Port Vale scored through Marcus Harness (75').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 8th on 35 points from 22 and Port Vale 18th on 24 points from 22. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Port Vale 20th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Port Vale.

Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Port Vale's W-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Goal · S. SzmodicsColchester United · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Joe DavisPort Vale
  • 75'Goal · Marcus HarnessPort Vale · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · B. ComleyColchester United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 0, Port Vale 3.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brandon Comley, Kyel Romaine Reid, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron

Port Vale line-up

Ryan Boot, Joe Davis, Antony Kay, Cristian Montano, Nathan Smith, Gavin Gunning, Marcus Harness, Danny Pugh, David Worrall, Ben Whitfield, Tom Pope