Port Vale 0-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Saturday 26 August 2017

Result

Port Vale 0-1 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Saturday 26 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Port Vale 0-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Port Vale were beaten by Crewe Alexandra 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 26 August 2017. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Chris Dagnall of Crewe Alexandra in the 30th minute.

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 16th on 3 points from 3 and Crewe Alexandra 10th on 5 points from 3. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Crewe Alexandra 15th with 56.

Port Vale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 3-4-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 3 draws and 4 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPort Vale
  • 30'Goal · Chris DagnallCrewe Alexandra · 0-1
  • 34'Red card · Michael TongePort Vale
  • 76'Yellow card · E. NolanCrewe Alexandra
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Zoumana BakayogoCrewe Alexandra

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 3, Crewe Alexandra 4.

Team news

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

Sam Hornby, Tyler Denton, Joe Davis, Antony Kay, Nathan Smith, Marcus Harness, David Worrall, Ben Whitfield, Michael Tonge, Jack Stobbs, Tom Pope

Crewe Alexandra line-up (3-4-1-2)

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, Zoumana Bakayogo, Eddie Nolan, Brad Walker, George Cooper, Callum Ainley, Ryan Wintle, Tom Lowery, Chris Porter, Chris Dagnall