Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 April 2018
Result
Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Town
League Two · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Town: match report
Port Vale were beaten by Crawley Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Tom Pope opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Port Vale's goal came from Tom Pope (20'). Crawley Town scored through Josh Payne (29', penalty) and an own goal by Nathan Smith (82').
Discipline: Port Vale received 4 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 19th on 43 points from 41 and Crawley Town 13th on 54 points from 41. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Crawley Town 14th with 59.
Port Vale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crawley Town in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 2 for Crawley Town.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read D-W-D-L-D and Crawley Town's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Tom Pope
- 22'Yellow card · Tom Pope
- 29'Penalty goal · Josh Payne
- 29'Yellow card · Nathan Smith
- 40'Yellow card · A. Tajbakhsh
- 47'Yellow card · Panutche Camara
- 50'Yellow card · Cristian Montano
- 82'Own goal · Nathan Smith
- 84'Yellow card · James Gibbons
- 90+6'Yellow card · Moussa Sanoh
Head-to-head
Team news
Port Vale line-up (4-4-2)
Sam Hornby, Charlie Raglan, Antony Kay, Cristian Montano, James Gibbons, Nathan Smith, David Worrall, Ben Whitfield, Michael Tonge, Luke Hannant, Tom Pope
Crawley Town line-up (4-2-3-1)
Glenn Morris, Lewis Young, Mark Connolly, Josh Yorwerth, Josh Payne, Enzio Boldewijn, Jimmy Smith, Aryan Tajbakhsh, Castro, Panutche Camara, Karlan Grant