Coventry City 2-1 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Tuesday 21 March 2017

Result

Coventry City 2-1 Port Vale

League One · Tuesday 21 March 2017, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Coventry City 2-1 Port Vale: match report

Coventry City beat Port Vale 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 21 March 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

K. Reid opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Coventry City's goals came from K. Reid (37') and Kwame Thomas (41'). Port Vale scored through Nathan Smith (74').

Discipline: Coventry City received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Coventry City were 24th on 26 points from 38 and Port Vale 21st on 41 points from 36. Coventry City went on to finish that season 23rd with 39 points, and Port Vale 21st with 49.

Coventry City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Port Vale in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Coventry City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Port Vale.

Going into the match Coventry City's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Port Vale's W-L-W-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · K. ReidCoventry City · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Kwame ThomasCoventry City · 2-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · B. ReevesPort Vale
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Billy ReevesPort Vale
  • 74'Goal · Nathan SmithPort Vale · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Sam FoleyPort Vale
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Farrend RawsonCoventry City

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Coventry City 2, draws 1, Port Vale 0.

Team news

Coventry City line-up (4-4-2)

Lee Burge, Jordan Willis, Nathan Clarke, Farrend Rawson, R. Haynes, Gaël Bigirimana, Kyel Romaine Reid, Callum Reilly, George Thomas, Kwame Thomas, Stuart Beavon

Port Vale line-up (4-4-1-1)

Deniz Mehmet, Ben Purkiss, Remie Streete, Kiko, Nathan Smith, Ryan Taylor, Sam Foley, William Reeves, Rigino Cicilia, Chris Eagles, Olamide Shodipo