STOKE-ON-TRENT. Swindon Town overcomes Port Vale 3-1. Swindon Town was truly superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Vale Park stadium in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Andy Haines with the collaboration of Thomas Harty and Kevin Morris. The 4th official was Andy Hendley.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Swindon Town was in firm control of the ball 67% while Port Vale was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Swindon Town was putting more pressure with 43 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Swindon Town won the match.​

Port Vale shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Swindon Town shot 20 times, 8 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Port Vale didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Swindon Town received 1 yellow card (J. Lyden).

(Port Vale) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (45′).

Standings

After playing this match, Port Vale will stay with 35 points to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Swindon Town will have 40 points like Sutton United to sit in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Port Vale will play away against Leyton Orient on the 22nd of January with a 6-5 head to head stats in favor of Leyton Orient (2 draws).

Swindon Town will host Bristol Rovers on the 22nd of January with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Swindon Town (3 draws).

Port Vale – Formation

Port Vale started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Darrell Clarke decided to play with the following team: Lucas Covolan (6.4), Lewis Cass (6.3), Connor Hall (7.1), Nathan Smith (6.4), David Worrall (6.5), Ben Garrity (6.9), Tom Pett (7.0), Chris Hussey (6.7), Tom Conlon (7.3), Kian Harratt (6.8) and James Wilson (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Aidan Stone (5.9), D. Amoo, J. Gibbons, Dennis Politic (6.6), B. Walker, A. Martin and Ryan Edmondson (6.4).

Substitutions

Port Vale made 3 changes: J. Wilson for A. Stone (45′), T. Pett for D. Politic (68′) and K. Harratt for R. Edmondson (72′).

Best player: Tom Conlon​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Port Vale was Tom Conlon.

His rating is (7.3) with 38 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 17.

Swindon Town – Formation

Swindon Town started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Ben Garner played with: Lewis Ward (6.3), Robert Donald Hunt (6.5), Jake O’Brien (7.0), Dion Conroy (7.2), Akinwale Odimayo (6.4), Ellis Iandolo (7.0), Ben Gladwin (7.4), Louis Reed (6.9), Jonathan Williams (7.1), Tyreece Simpson (6.5) and Harry McKirdy (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: H. Parsons, R. Aguiar, Jayden Mitchell-Lawson (6.4), Jordan Lyden (6.9), M. Dabre, E. Idem and Ryan East (7.0).

Substitutions

Swindon Town made 3 changes: J. Williams for J. Lyden (73′), L. Reed for R. East (77′) and T. Simpson for J. Mitchell-Lawson (77′).

Best player: Harry McKirdy​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Swindon Town was Harry McKirdy even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 15 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bradford City – Salford City – 2-1
• Bristol Rovers – Hartlepool United – 2-0
• Carlisle United – Crawley Town – 1-1
• Colchester United – Barrow – 0-2
• Exeter City – Scunthorpe United – 2-0
• Mansfield Town – Walsall – 2-0
• Newport County – Harrogate Town – 4-0
• Northampton Town – Forest Green Rovers – 1-1
• Port Vale – Swindon Town – 1-3
• Stevenage – Sutton United – 3-3
• Tranmere Rovers – Rochdale – 2-0