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
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.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Ben Whitfield
- 49'Yellow card · Ricky Miller
- 55'Yellow card · Aaron Pierre
- 56'Yellow card · Tom Pope
- 59'Second yellow · Aaron Pierre
- 69'Goal · Emmanuel Oyeleke
- 81'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
Head-to-head
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