Port Vale 1-2 Grimsby Town: result and report
League Two · Saturday 7 October 2017
Result
Port Vale 1-2 Grimsby Town
League Two · Saturday 7 October 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Port Vale 1-2 Grimsby Town: match report
Port Vale were beaten by Grimsby Town 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 7 October 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Tom Pope opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Port Vale's goal came from Tom Pope (39'). Grimsby Town scored through Sam Jones (51') and Siriki Dembélé (67').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 22nd on 5 points from 11 and Grimsby Town 15th on 14 points from 11. Port Vale went on to finish that season 20th with 47 points, and Grimsby Town 18th with 51.
Port Vale lined up in a 3-4-3 and Grimsby Town in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Grimsby Town's D-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 39'Goal · Tom Pope
- 51'Goal · Sam Jones
- 67'Goal · Siriki Dembélé
Team news
Port Vale line-up (3-4-3)
Kelle Roos, Tyler Denton, Antony Kay, James Gibbons, Nathan Smith, Gavin Gunning, Marcus Harness, Danny Pugh, Ben Whitfield, Michael Tonge, Tom Pope
Grimsby Town line-up (4-4-2)
James McKeown, Ben Davies, Paul Dixon, Nathan Clarke, Danny Collins, James Berrett, Luke Summerfield, Martyn Woolford, Siriki Dembélé, Sam Jones, Scott Vernon