Port Vale 3-1 Barrow: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021

Result

Port Vale 3-1 Barrow

League Two · Saturday 16 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Port Vale 3-1 Barrow: match report

Port Vale beat Barrow 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ollie Banks opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Dennis Politic (51'), an own goal by James Jones (56') and Mal Benning (85'). Barrow scored through Ollie Banks (33').

Discipline: Port Vale received no yellow cards; Barrow received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 4th on 18 points from 11 and Barrow 11th on 16 points from 11. Port Vale went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Barrow 22nd with 44.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Barrow in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mal Benning of Port Vale (8.0), ahead of Tom Pett (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Port Vale win, 0 draws and 1 for Barrow.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Ollie BanksBarrow · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Ollie BanksBarrow
  • 51'Goal · Dennis PoliticPort Vale · 1-1
  • 56'Own goal · James JonesPort Vale · 2-1
  • 85'Goal · Mal BenningPort Vale · 3-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Port Vale 1, draws 0, Barrow 1.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Lucas, Lewis Cass, Nathan Smith, Dan Jones, David Worrall, Ben Garrity, Tom Pett, Tom Conlon, James Gibbons, James Wilson, Jamie Proctor

Barrow line-up (3-4-2-1)

Paul Farman, James Jones, Mark Ellis, Joe Grayson, Remeao Hutton, Tom White, Ollie Banks, Patrick Brough, Jordan Stevens, Robbie Gotts, Josh Gordon