Port Vale 3-1 Exeter City: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 28 January 2020
Result
Port Vale 3-1 Exeter City
League Two · Tuesday 28 January 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Port Vale 3-1 Exeter City: match report
Port Vale won against Exeter City 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 28 January 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Nicky Ajose opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Richie Bennett (50', penalty), Leon Legge (64') and Richie Bennett (70'). Exeter City scored through Nicky Ajose (22').
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 10th on 41 points from 29 and Exeter City 2nd on 54 points from 28. Port Vale went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Exeter City 4th with 68.
Port Vale lined up in a 4-3-3 and Exeter City in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Richie Bennett of Port Vale (8.6), ahead of David Worrall (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 6 for Exeter City.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Nicky Ajose
- 30'Yellow card · Cristian Montano
- 49'Yellow card · Brennan Dickenson
- 50'Penalty goal · Richie Bennett
- 64'Goal · Leon Legge
- 70'Goal · Richie Bennett
Head-to-head
Team news
Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Brown, James Gibbons, Leon Legge, Shaun Brisley, Cristian Montano, Scott Burgess, Luke Joyce, Tom Conlon, David Amoo, Richie Bennett, David Worrall
Exeter City line-up (5-3-2)
Jonathan Maxted, Brennan Dickenson, Pierce Sweeney, Aaron Martin, Tom Parkes, Jayden Richardson, Jake Taylor, Nigel Atangana, Archie Collins, R. Bowman, Nicky Ajose