STOKE-ON-TRENT. Port Vale and Tranmere Rovers didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday..

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 8,102 spectators.​ The referee was James Oldham with the help of D. Smith and Anthony Moore. The 4th official was Grant Taylor. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.23 degrees Celsius or 64.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Port Vale was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Tranmere Rovers that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Tranmere Rovers was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Tranmere Rovers to win the contest​.

Port Vale shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Tranmere Rovers shot 7 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Port Vale received 2 yellow cards (Ben Heneghan and Ronan Curtis). Talking about the opposition, Tranmere Rovers received 4 yellow cards (Connor Wood, Lee O’Connor, Cameron Norman and Brad Walker).

Standings

After this contest, Port Vale has 4 points to occupy the 5th place in the table. On the other side, Tranmere Rovers has 2 points (16th).

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Port Vale will play away with Barrow on the 24th of August with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Port Vale (0 draws).

Tranmere Rovers will host Walsall on the 24th of August with a 12-8 head to head in favor of Walsall (7 draws).

Port Vale – Formation

Port Vale started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

The manager Darren Moore decided to play with the following team: Connor Ripley (7.6), Thomas Sang (7.1), Jesse Debrah (7.2), Ben Heneghan (7.3), Connor Hall (7.6), Sam Hart (7.5), Ethan Chislett (7.3), Ben Garrity (7.2), Ryan Croasdale (7.1), Ronan Curtis (7.3) and Ruari Paton (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Jayden Stockley (6.5), Baylee Dipepa (6.8), Ben Amos, Funso Ojo, Jason Lowe, James Plant and Kyle Alex John (6.7).

Substitutions

Port Vale made 3 changes: Sam Hart for Kyle Alex John (84′), Ethan Chislett for Baylee Dipepa (72′) and Ruari Paton for Jayden Stockley (73′).

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 7.55. He performed 1 save.

Tranmere Rovers – Formation

Tranmere Rovers started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Nigel Adkins played with: Luke McGee (7.6), Cameron Norman (7.7), Tom Davies (7.6), Brad Walker (7.0), Connor Wood (6.8), Connor Jennings (7.2), Lee O’Connor (6.6), Regan Hendry (6.9), Omari Patrick (6.6), Josh Davison (6.5) and Luke Norris (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Zak Bradshaw (7.1), Joe Murphy, Kristian Dennis (6.9), Chris Merrie, Harvey Saunders (6.6), Sol Solomon and Joshua Williams.

Tranmere Rovers could not rely on the presence of Zak Bradshaw (injured).

Substitutions

Tranmere Rovers made 3 changes: Luke Norris for Zak Bradshaw (36′), Omari Patrick for Kristian Dennis (60′) and Josh Davison for Harvey Saunders (60′).

Player of the match: Cameron Norman​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tranmere Rovers was Cameron Norman.

His rating is 7.7 with 26 passes (50% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 22. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Bromley – AFC Wimbledon – 2-0
• Carlisle United – Barrow – 1-0
• Accrington Stanley – Harrogate Town – 3-3
• Bradford City – Salford City – 0-0
• Colchester United – Milton Keynes Dons – 2-0
• Crewe Alexandra – Chesterfield – 0-5
• Grimsby Town – Cheltenham Town – 3-2
• Morecambe – Gillingham – 0-1
• Newport County – Doncaster Rovers – 3-1
• Port Vale – Tranmere Rovers – 0-0
• Swindon Town – Walsall – 0-4