Port Vale 3-0 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 9 January 2021

Result

Port Vale 3-0 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 9 January 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Port Vale 3-0 Grimsby Town: match report

Port Vale won against Grimsby Town 3-0 in the League Two on Saturday 9 January 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

S. Brisley opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Port Vale's goals came from S. Brisley (8'), Devante Rodney (15') and an own goal by Luke Waterfall (60'). Grimsby Town did not score.

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 18th on 25 points from 22 and Grimsby Town 23rd on 20 points from 22. Port Vale went on to finish that season 13th with 60 points, and Grimsby Town 24th with 43.

Port Vale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Grimsby Town in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David Worrall of Port Vale (7.8), level with Kyle Bennett (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 5 for Grimsby Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · S. BrisleyPort Vale · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · Luke JoycePort Vale
  • 15'Goal · Devante RodneyPort Vale · 2-0
  • 60'Own goal · Luke WaterfallPort Vale · 3-0
  • 70'Yellow card · S. BrisleyPort Vale
  • 86'Yellow card · Max WrightGrimsby Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 1, Grimsby Town 5.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Brown, Zak Mills, Nathan Smith, Shaun Brisley, Cristian Montano, David Worrall, Luke Joyce, Tom Conlon, Alex Hurst, Devante Rodney, Tom Pope

Grimsby Town line-up (4-5-1)

James McKeown, Luke Hendrie, Mattie Pollock, Luke Waterfall, Danny Preston, Filipe Morais, Elliott Hewitt, Daniel Rose, Harry Clifton, Kyle Bennett, Matt Green