STOKE-ON-TRENT. Portsmouth snatched a late win Port Vale 1-0 after C. Bishop scored a penalty (88′). Portsmouth was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%) 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 Craig Hicks with the help of Darren Wilding and Kenwyn Hughes. The 4th official was Matthew Corlett. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.38 degrees Celsius or 43.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Portsmouth had a superior ball possession 65% while Port Vale was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Portsmouth was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Portsmouth won the match.​

Port Vale shot 7 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Portsmouth shot 20 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Port Vale received 4 yellow cards (Gavin Massey, Ethan Chislett, Nathan Smith and Alex Iacovitti). On the opposite side, Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards (Paddy Lane and Tom Lowery).

Standings

After this contest, Port Vale stays with 30 points to sit in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Portsmouth will has 59 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Port Vale will play away with Fleetwood Town on the 3rd of February with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Port Vale (3 draws).

Portsmouth will play away against Oxford United on the 30th of January with a 5-5 head to head.

Port Vale – Formation

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

The manager Andy Crosby decided to play with the following team: Connor Ripley (7.5), Nathan Smith (7.0), Jason Lowe (7.0), Alex Iacovitti (7.0), Gavin Massey (7.0), Daniel Gore (7.0), Jensen Weir (7.0), Conor Grant (6.7), Ethan Chislett (7.0), Uche Ikpeazu (6.7) and James Wilson (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Thomas Sang (6.6), Ryan Loft (7.0), Jayson Leutwiler, Jack Shorrock (6.7), Rhys Walters, Baylee Dipepa and Jesse Debrah.

Port Vale could not rely on the presence of Ryan Loft (injured).

Substitutions

Port Vale made 2 changes: Uche Ikpeazu for Ryan Loft (39′) and Daniel Gore for Thomas Sang (54′).

Player of the match: Connor Ripley​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Port Vale was the goalkeeper: Connor Ripley. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Portsmouth – Formation

Portsmouth started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

John Mousinho played with: Will Norris (7.0), Terry Devlin (7.1), Conor Shaughnessy (7.0), Sean Raggett (7.3), Connor Ogilvie (7.3), Abu Kamara (7.3), Joe Morrell (7.3), Myles Peart-Harris (7.1), Paddy Lane (7.7), Tom Lowery (7.0) and Colby Bishop (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Ryley Towler, Anthony Scully, Gavin Whyte, Matt Macey, Christian Saydee, Jack Sparkes (6.8) and Josh Martin (6.4).

Substitutions

Portsmouth made 3 changes: Connor Ogilvie for Jack Sparkes (61′), Paddy Lane for Josh Martin (82′) and Colby Bishop for Ryley Towler (90′).

Player of the match: Colby Bishop​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Portsmouth was Colby Bishop.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Wycombe Wanderers – Fleetwood Town – 2-2
• Wigan Athletic – Stevenage – 2-3
• Reading – Leyton Orient – 1-1
• Port Vale – Portsmouth – 0-1
• Northampton Town – Shrewsbury Town – 0-2
• Lincoln City – Peterborough United – 0-0
• Derby County – Cheltenham Town – 2-1
• Carlisle United – Bolton Wanderers – 1-4
• Cambridge United – Burton Albion – 0-0
• Bristol Rovers – Oxford United – 3-1
• Blackpool – Charlton Athletic – 1-1
• Barnsley – Exeter City – 1-2