Port Vale 2-2 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 January 2018

Result

Port Vale 2-2 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 27 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Port Vale 2-2 Colchester United: match report

Port Vale drew with Colchester United 2-2 in the League Two on Saturday 27 January 2018. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Courtney Senior opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Port Vale's goals came from David Worrall (33') and David Worrall (87'). Colchester United scored through Courtney Senior (12') and Drey Wright (45+4').

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

Going into the game Port Vale were 18th on 32 points from 29 and Colchester United 11th on 42 points from 29. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Colchester United 13th with 62.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Colchester United in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Courtney SeniorColchester United · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · David WorrallPort Vale · 1-1
  • 45+4'Goal · Drey WrightColchester United · 1-2
  • 56'Yellow card · Michael TongePort Vale
  • 70'Yellow card · Kane Vincent-YoungColchester United
  • 87'Goal · David WorrallPort Vale · 2-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 1, Colchester United 3.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Rob Lainton, Zak Jules, Antony Kay, Cristian Montano, James Gibbons, Nathan Smith, David Worrall, Michael Tonge, Luke Hannant, Tom Pope, Donovan Wilson

Colchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Walker, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Sean Murray, Courtney Senior, Drey Wright, Mikael Mandron