Port Vale 3-0 Burton Albion: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 6 March 2012

Result

Port Vale 3-0 Burton Albion

League Two · Tuesday 6 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Port Vale 3-0 Burton Albion: match report

Port Vale defeated Burton Albion 3-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 6 March 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Marc Richards opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Marc Richards (43'), Louis Dodds (86') and Louis Dodds (88'). Burton Albion did not score.

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 9th on 50 points from 33 and Burton Albion 15th on 43 points from 33. Port Vale went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 2 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Robert TaylorPort Vale
  • 41'Yellow card · D. LoftPort Vale
  • 42'Yellow card · Jimmy PhillipsBurton Albion
  • 43'Goal · Marc RichardsPort Vale · 1-0
  • 86'Goal · Louis DoddsPort Vale · 2-0
  • 88'Goal · Louis DoddsPort Vale · 3-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 2, Burton Albion 1.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, John McCombe, Lee Collins, Robert Taylor, Anthony Griffith, Doug Loft, Paul Marshall, Sean Rigg, Chris Shuker, Louis Dodds, Marc Richards

Burton Albion line-up

Ross Atkins, Aaron Webster, James Loveridge, Andy Corbett, Ryan Austin, Jack Dyer, Lionel Ainsworth, Jimmy Phillips, Matthew Harriott, Adam Bolder, Justin Richards