Port Vale 7-1 Burton Albion: result and report

League Two · Friday 5 April 2013

Result

Port Vale 7-1 Burton Albion

League Two · Friday 5 April 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Port Vale 7-1 Burton Albion: match report

Port Vale beat Burton Albion 7-1 in the League Two on Friday 5 April 2013. The half-time score was 3-0.

Lee Hughes opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Lee Hughes (12'), Lee Hughes (22', penalty), Chris Birchall (25'), Lee Hughes (51', penalty), Tom Pope (56'), B. Williamson (73') and B. Williamson (90+1'). Burton Albion scored through Matthew Paterson (70').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 2nd on 71 points from 41 and Burton Albion 6th on 64 points from 40. Port Vale went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Burton Albion 5th with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 3 draws and 1 for Burton Albion.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Lee HughesPort Vale · 1-0
  • 22'Penalty goal · Lee HughesPort Vale · 2-0
  • 25'Goal · Chris BirchallPort Vale · 3-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Damien McCroryBurton Albion
  • 51'Yellow card · Lee HughesPort Vale
  • 51'Penalty goal · Lee HughesPort Vale · 4-0
  • 56'Goal · Tom PopePort Vale · 5-0
  • 70'Goal · Matthew PatersonBurton Albion · 5-1
  • 73'Goal · B. WilliamsonPort Vale · 6-1
  • 90+1'Goal · B. WilliamsonPort Vale · 7-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 3, Burton Albion 1.

Team news

Port Vale expected line-up

Chris Neal, Darren Purse, Daniel Jones, Liam Chilvers, Doug Loft, Anthony Griffith, Tom Pope, Jennison Myrie-Williams, Lee Hughes, Ashley Vincent

Burton Albion expected line-up

Stuart Tomlinson, Lee Bell, Damien McCrory, Anthony O'Connor, Zander Diamond, Ian Sharps, Robbie Weir, Jacques Maghoma, Adam Drury, Billy Kee, Calvin Makongo Zola