Port Vale 7-1 Burton Albion: result and report
League Two · Friday 5 April 2013
Result
Port Vale 7-1 Burton Albion
League Two · Friday 5 April 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
Port Vale 7-1 Burton Albion: match report
Port Vale beat Burton Albion 7-1 in the League Two on Friday 5 April 2013. The half-time score was 3-0.
Lee Hughes opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Lee Hughes (12'), Lee Hughes (22', penalty), Chris Birchall (25'), Lee Hughes (51', penalty), Tom Pope (56'), B. Williamson (73') and B. Williamson (90+1'). Burton Albion scored through Matthew Paterson (70').
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 2nd on 71 points from 41 and Burton Albion 6th on 64 points from 40. Port Vale went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Burton Albion 5th with 76.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 3 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Burton Albion's D-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Lee Hughes
- 22'Penalty goal · Lee Hughes
- 25'Goal · Chris Birchall
- 38'Yellow card · Damien McCrory
- 51'Yellow card · Lee Hughes
- 51'Penalty goal · Lee Hughes
- 56'Goal · Tom Pope
- 70'Goal · Matthew Paterson
- 73'Goal · B. Williamson
- 90+1'Goal · B. Williamson
Head-to-head
Team news
Port Vale expected line-up
Chris Neal, Darren Purse, Daniel Jones, Liam Chilvers, Doug Loft, Anthony Griffith, Tom Pope, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Lee Hughes, Ashley Vincent
Burton Albion expected line-up
Stuart Tomlinson, Lee Bell, Damien McCrory, Anthony O'Connor, Zander Diamond, Ian Sharps, Robbie Weir, Jacques Maghoma, Adam Drury, Billy Kee, Calvin Makongo Zola