Grimsby Town 5-2 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 24 August 2019

Result

Grimsby Town 5-2 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 24 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Grimsby Town 5-2 Port Vale: match report

Grimsby Town won against Port Vale 5-2 in the League Two on Saturday 24 August 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Grimsby Town's goals came from Jordan Cook (20'), Moses Ogbu (51'), Matt Green (57'), Luke Waterfall (80') and J. Hanson (86'). Port Vale scored through an own goal by Elliott Whitehouse (13') and Nathan Smith (62').

Discipline: Grimsby Town received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Grimsby Town were 14th on 5 points from 4 and Port Vale 11th on 6 points from 4. Grimsby Town went on to finish that season 13th with 47 points, and Port Vale 8th with 57.

Grimsby Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Port Vale in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to James Hanson of Grimsby Town (9.1), ahead of M. Ogbu (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Grimsby Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Own goal · Elliott WhitehousePort Vale · 0-1
  • 20'Goal · Jordan CookGrimsby Town · 1-1
  • 51'Goal · Moses OgbuGrimsby Town · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · David WorrallPort Vale
  • 57'Goal · Matt GreenGrimsby Town · 3-1
  • 62'Goal · Nathan SmithPort Vale · 3-2
  • 72'Yellow card · Elliott WhitehouseGrimsby Town
  • 73'Yellow card · Luke JoycePort Vale
  • 80'Goal · Luke WaterfallGrimsby Town · 4-2
  • 86'Goal · J. HansonGrimsby Town · 5-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Elliott HewittGrimsby Town

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Grimsby Town 4, draws 1, Port Vale 3.

Team news

Grimsby Town line-up (4-3-3)

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Harry Davis, Luke Waterfall, Elliott Hewitt, Jake Hessenthaler, Elliott Whitehouse, Jordan Cook, Matt Green, James Hanson, M. Ogbu

Port Vale line-up (4-1-4-1)

Scott Brown, James Gibbons, Adam Crookes, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, Luke Joyce, David Worrall, Tom Conlon, David Amoo, Ryan Lloyd, Richie Bennett