Port Vale 3-1 Scunthorpe United: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 August 2016

Result

Port Vale 3-1 Scunthorpe United

League One · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Port Vale 3-1 Scunthorpe United: match report

Port Vale beat Scunthorpe United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 27 August 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Anton Forrester opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Anton Forrester (33'), A. Jones (49') and A. Jones (84'). Scunthorpe United scored through Josh Morris (45+2').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Scunthorpe United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 6th on 7 points from 4 and Scunthorpe United 2nd on 10 points from 4. Port Vale went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Scunthorpe United 3rd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Port Vale wins, 4 draws and 2 for Scunthorpe United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Jerome ThomasPort Vale
  • 23'Yellow card · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United
  • 33'Goal · Anton ForresterPort Vale · 1-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · A. JonesPort Vale · 2-1
  • 55'Second yellow · Jordan ClarkeScunthorpe United
  • 58'Yellow card · Conor TownsendScunthorpe United
  • 84'Goal · A. JonesPort Vale · 3-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Josh MorrisScunthorpe United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Port Vale 0, draws 4, Scunthorpe United 2.

Team news

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Port Vale line-up

Jak Alnwick, Ben Purkiss, Remie Streete, Kjell Knops, Nathan Smith, Paulo Tavares, Sam Foley, Jerome Thomas, Anthony Grant, Anton Forrester, Alex Jones

Scunthorpe United line-up

Luke Daniels, Murray Wallace, David Mirfin, Conor Townsend, Jordan Clarke, Stephen Dawson, Josh Morris, Neal Bishop, Kevin van Veen, Tom Hopper, Duane Holmes