Port Vale 2-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 15 September 2018

Result

Port Vale 2-0 Northampton Town

League Two · Saturday 15 September 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Port Vale 2-0 Northampton Town: match report

Port Vale won against Northampton Town 2-0 in the League Two on Saturday 15 September 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ben Whitfield opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ben Whitfield (24') and Emmanuel Oyeleke (69'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 17th on 7 points from 7 and Northampton Town 20th on 6 points from 7. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 49 points, and Northampton Town 15th with 61.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Port Vale wins, 4 draws and 4 for Northampton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Ben WhitfieldPort Vale · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Ricky MillerPort Vale
  • 55'Yellow card · Aaron PierreNorthampton Town
  • 56'Yellow card · Tom PopePort Vale
  • 59'Second yellow · Aaron PierreNorthampton Town
  • 69'Goal · Emmanuel OyelekePort Vale · 2-0
  • 81'Yellow card · Matt CrooksNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 4, Northampton Town 4.

Team news

Port Vale line-up

Scott Brown, Connell Rawlinson, Mitch Clark, Emmanuel Oyeleke, Nathan Smith, Leon Legge, Ben Whitfield, Tom Conlon, Ricky Miller, Tom Pope, Luke Hannant

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, Shay Facey, David Buchanan, Sam Foley, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, Sam Hoskins, Matt Crooks, Kevin van Veen, Andy Williams, Jack Bridge