Walsall 4-3 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020

Result

Walsall 4-3 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Walsall 4-3 Port Vale: match report

Walsall defeated Port Vale 4-3 in the League Two on Saturday 19 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-2.

Tom Pope opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Walsall's goals came from Jake Scrimshaw (52'), Dan Scarr (56'), Jake Scrimshaw (80') and Dan Scarr (82'). Port Vale scored through Tom Pope (37'), Tom Conlon (44') and Devante Rodney (75').

Discipline: Walsall received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 11th on 27 points from 18 and Port Vale 14th on 24 points from 18. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Port Vale 13th with 60.

Walsall lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Port Vale in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Scrimshaw of Walsall (8.6), ahead of Dan Scarr (8.4).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Luke JoycePort Vale
  • 30'Yellow card · Z. MillsPort Vale
  • 37'Goal · Tom PopePort Vale · 0-1
  • 44'Goal · Tom ConlonPort Vale · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Devante RodneyPort Vale
  • 52'Goal · Jake ScrimshawWalsall · 1-2
  • 56'Goal · Dan ScarrWalsall · 2-2
  • 75'Goal · Devante RodneyPort Vale · 2-3
  • 77'Yellow card · Hayden WhiteWalsall
  • 80'Goal · Jake ScrimshawWalsall · 3-3
  • 82'Goal · Dan ScarrWalsall · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Walsall 4, draws 2, Port Vale 4.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jack Rose, Cameron Norman, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, Hayden White, Alfie Bates, L. Kinsella, Josh Gordon, Rory Holden, Wesley McDonald, Elijah Adebayo

Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)

Scott Brown, Zak Mills, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, David Fitzpatrick, Scott Burgess, Luke Joyce, Tom Conlon, Devante Rodney, Tom Pope, Alex Hurst