STOKE-ON-TRENT. Port Vale was eventually too much to handle for Colchester United with the goal of J. Gibbons (6′), J. Wilson (16′) and A. Martin (61′).

The match was played at the Vale Park stadium in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday and it started at 2:00 pm local time. The referee was Seb Stockbridge who was helped by Peter Gooch and Steven Plane. The 4th official was Chris Husband.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Port Vale was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Colchester United that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Colchester United was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Port Vale was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Port Vale shot 18 times, 8 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Colchester United shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Port Vale received 1 yellow card (J. Gibbons). Talking about the opposition, Colchester United received 2 yellow cards (N. Chilvers and L. Chambers).

Standings

After this encounter, Port Vale will have 25 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, Colchester United will stay with 14 points like Stevenage to stay in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Port Vale will play away against Crawley Town on the 30th of October with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Port Vale (2 draws).

Colchester United will host Scunthorpe United on the 30th of October with a 6-2 head to head statistic in favor of Scunthorpe United (9 draws).

Port Vale – Formation

Port Vale started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Darrell Clarke decided to play with the following team: Lucas Covolan (7.4), Lewis Cass (7.4), Nathan Smith (7.3), Daniel Jones (7.1), David Worrall (6.6), Tom Pett (7.3), Tom Conlon (7.4), James Gibbons (8.3), Devante Rodney (6.2), James Wilson (7.8) and Dennis Politic (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: B. Walker, A. Stone, Jake Taylor (6.5), Aaron Martin (7.3), David Amoo (6.1), G. Lloyd and M. Benning.

Substitutions

Port Vale made 3 changes: D. Worrall for A. Martin (58′), D. Politic for J. Taylor (64′) and D. Rodney for D. Amoo (71′).

Best player: James Gibbons​

The most impressive player for Port Vale was James Gibbons.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 44 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14.

Colchester United – Formation

Colchester United started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

On the opposite side, Hayden Mullins played with: Shamal George (6.6), Luke Chambers (6.4), Tom Eastman (6.2), Tommy Smith (6.8), Charlie Daniels (7.2), Luke Hannant (7.1), Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (6.1), Cole Skuse (6.2), Noah Chilvers (6.3), Frank Nouble (6.8) and Freddie Sears (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: J. Turner, A. Dobra, Gene Kennedy (6.6), Samson Tovide (6.4), S. Jasper, C. Coxe and Miles Welch-Hayes (6.2).

Substitutions

Colchester United made 3 changes: T. Eastman for M. Welch-Hayes (46′), F. Sears for S. Tovide (68′) and C. Skuse for G. Kennedy (80′).

Best player: Charlie Daniels​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Colchester United was Charlie Daniels.

His rating is (7.2) with 42 passes (71% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Bristol Rovers – Newport County – 1-3
• Carlisle United – Oldham Athletic – 0-0
• Exeter City – Mansfield Town – 2-1
• Forest Green Rovers – Salford City – 3-1
• Hartlepool United – Harrogate Town – 3-2
• Port Vale – Colchester United – 3-0
• Rochdale – Sutton United – 3-2
• Scunthorpe United – Crawley Town – 2-1
• Stevenage – Leyton Orient – 0-0
• Swindon Town – Bradford City – 1-3
• Tranmere Rovers – Northampton Town – 0-2
• Walsall – Barrow – 2-2