Macclesfield Town 2-1 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 October 2019

Result

Macclesfield Town 2-1 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 12 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Macclesfield Town 2-1 Port Vale: match report

Macclesfield Town defeated Port Vale 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 12 October 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.

Richie Bennett opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Macclesfield Town's goals came from Arthur Gnahoua (39') and Emmanuel Osadebe (64'). Port Vale scored through Richie Bennett (12').

Discipline: Macclesfield Town received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Macclesfield Town were 16th on 14 points from 12 and Port Vale 10th on 17 points from 12. Macclesfield Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 36 points, and Port Vale 8th with 57.

Macclesfield Town lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Port Vale in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Emmanuel Osadebe of Macclesfield Town (7.3), ahead of Miles Welch-Hayes (7.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Richie BennettPort Vale · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Arthur GnahouaMacclesfield Town · 1-1
  • 61'Yellow card · Theo ArchibaldMacclesfield Town
  • 64'Goal · Emmanuel OsadebeMacclesfield Town · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Theo VassellMacclesfield Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Macclesfield Town 4, draws 1, Port Vale 4.

Team news

Macclesfield Town line-up (3-4-1-2)

Owen Evans, Miles Welch-Hayes, Fiacre Kelleher, Theo Vassell, Theo Archibald, Connor Kirby, Jay Harris, Corey O'Keeffe, Emmanuel Osadebe, Joe Ironside, Arthur Gnahoua

Port Vale expected line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Brown, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, Adam Crookes, James Gibbons, Luke Joyce, Jake Taylor, Cristian Montano, David Worrall, Tom Pope, David Amoo