STOKE-ON-TRENT. Shrewsbury Town conquered Port Vale to win 2-1. It was Shrewsbury Town to strike first with an early goal of Daniel Udoh at the 6′. Then Tom Bloxham scored again for Shrewsbury Town in the 53′ minute. Eventually, Baylee Dipepa reduced the distance for Port Vale (69′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Port Vale lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Vale Park stadium in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 6,900 spectators. The referee was Ben Toner who had the assistance of and Matthew Sowerby. The 4th official was Kenwyn Hughes. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.29 degrees Celsius or 48.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 3 On Target 2
- 11 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 122 Attack 90
- 40 Dangerous attack 31
- 127 Ball safe 111
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 7
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Port Vale had a strong ball possession 59% while Shrewsbury Town was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Port Vale was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Shrewsbury Town found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Port Vale shot 16 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Shrewsbury Town shot 8 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Port Vale received 4 yellow cards (Thomas Sang, , Daniel Jones and Connor Ripley). On the other side, Shrewsbury Town received 2 yellow cards (Taylor Perry and Carl Winchester).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Port Vale stays with 32 points like Fleetwood Town to sit in the 23rd place. Talking about the opposition, Shrewsbury Town will has 41 points like Exeter City to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League One, Port Vale will play away against Leyton Orient on the 12th of March with a 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Leyton Orient (3 draws).
Shrewsbury Town will host Exeter City on the 12th of March with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Shrewsbury Town (3 draws).
Port Vale – Formation
Port Vale
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69'Port Vale started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Darren Moore decided to play with the following team: Connor Ripley , Jesse Debrah , Nathan Smith , Daniel Jones , Thomas Sang , Funso Ojo , Ben Garrity , Conor Grant , Jensen Weir , Gavin Massey and James Wilson .
The home team had on the bench: Ethan Chislett , A. Mighten , Jayson Leutwiler, Jason Lowe, Alex Iacovitti, James Plant and Baylee Dipepa .
Substitutions
Port Vale made 2 changes: Jensen Weir for Ethan Chislett (66′) and Conor Grant for A. Mighten (57′).
Player of the match: James Wilson
The most impressive player for Port Vale was James Wilson.
His rating is with 26 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 10 duels out of 16.
Shrewsbury Town – Formation
Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury Town started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Paul Hurst played with: Marko Maroši , Morgan Feeney , Cheyenne Dunkley , Jason Sraha , Malvind Benning , Carl Winchester , Jack Hinchy , Tom Bloxham , Tom Bayliss , Jordan Shipley and Daniel Udoh .
They had on the bench: Rayhaan Tulloch, Harry Burgoyne, Taylor Perry , Tunmise Sobowale , Elliott Bennett, Aiden O’Brien and Tom Flanagan.
Substitutions
Shrewsbury Town made 3 changes: Jack Hinchy for Taylor Perry (55′), Carl Winchester for Elliott Bennett (90′) and Tom Bloxham for Tunmise Sobowale (84′).
Player of the match: Carl Winchester
The most impressive player for Shrewsbury Town was Carl Winchester even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 21 passes (57% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League One.
- Wigan Athletic – Leyton Orient – 1-0
- Stevenage – Fleetwood Town – 0-0
- Reading – Wycombe Wanderers – 1-2
- Port Vale – Shrewsbury Town – 1-2
- Oxford United – Cheltenham Town – 2-1
- Exeter City – Bolton Wanderers – 2-2
- Charlton Athletic – Carlisle United – 3-2
- Cambridge United – Northampton Town – 1-1
- Burton Albion – Peterborough United – 1-3
- Bristol Rovers – Derby County – 0-3
- Blackpool – Portsmouth – 0-0
- Barnsley – Lincoln City – 1-5
