Oxford United 1-2 Port Vale: result and report
League One · Saturday 2 September 2023
Result
Oxford United 1-2 Port Vale
League One · Saturday 2 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Oxford United 1-2 Port Vale: match report
Oxford United were beaten by Port Vale 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 2 September 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Alex Iacovitti opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Oxford United's goal came from Greg Leigh (90+3'). Port Vale scored through Alex Iacovitti (74') and Alfie Devine (90+9', penalty).
Discipline: Oxford United received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Oxford United were 1st on 12 points from 5 and Port Vale 7th on 10 points from 5. Oxford United went on to finish that season 5th with 84 points, and Port Vale 23rd with 41.
Oxford United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Port Vale in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alfie Devine of Port Vale (8.2), ahead of Greg Leigh (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Oxford United win, 1 draw and 0 for Port Vale.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Funso Ojo
- 20'Yellow card · Greg Leigh
- 62'Red card · Mark Harris
- 62'Yellow card · Gavin Massey
- 74'Goal · Alex Iacovitti
- 90+3'Goal · Greg Leigh
- 90+5'Second yellow · Greg Leigh
- 90+8'Yellow card · Finley Stevens
- 90+9'Penalty goal · Alfie Devine
Head-to-head
Team news
Oxford United line-up (4-2-3-1)
J. Beadle, Fin Stevens, Elliott Moore, Stephan Negru, Greg Leigh, Marcus McGuane, Cameron Brannagan, Tyler Goodrham, Rúben Rodrigues, Billy Bodin, Mark Harris
Port Vale line-up (3-4-2-1)
Connor Ripley, Lewis Cass, Nathan Smith, Alex Iacovitti, Mitch Clark, F. Ojo, Oliver Arblaster, James Plant, Ethan Chislett, Gavin Massey, James Wilson