Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 April 2018

Result

Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Town

League Two · Saturday 7 April 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Port Vale 1-2 Crawley Town: match report

Port Vale were beaten by Crawley Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 7 April 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Tom Pope opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Port Vale's goal came from Tom Pope (20'). Crawley Town scored through Josh Payne (29', penalty) and an own goal by Nathan Smith (82').

Discipline: Port Vale received 4 yellow cards; Crawley Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 19th on 43 points from 41 and Crawley Town 13th on 54 points from 41. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Crawley Town 14th with 59.

Port Vale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crawley Town in a 4-2-3-1.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Tom PopePort Vale · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Tom PopePort Vale
  • 29'Penalty goal · Josh PayneCrawley Town · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Nathan SmithPort Vale
  • 40'Yellow card · A. TajbakhshCrawley Town
  • 47'Yellow card · Panutche CamaraCrawley Town
  • 50'Yellow card · Cristian MontanoPort Vale
  • 82'Own goal · Nathan SmithCrawley Town · 1-2
  • 84'Yellow card · James GibbonsPort Vale
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Moussa SanohCrawley Town

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Port Vale 1, draws 0, Crawley Town 0.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (4-4-2)

Sam Hornby, Charlie Raglan, Antony Kay, Cristian Montano, James Gibbons, Nathan Smith, David Worrall, Ben Whitfield, Michael Tonge, Luke Hannant, Tom Pope

Crawley Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Glenn Morris, Lewis Young, Mark Connolly, Josh Yorwerth, Josh Payne, Enzio Boldewijn, Jimmy Smith, Aryan Tajbakhsh, Castro, Panutche Camara, Karlan Grant