Port Vale 3-1 Morecambe: result and report
League Two · Saturday 5 October 2019
Result
Port Vale 3-1 Morecambe
League Two · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Port Vale 3-1 Morecambe: match report
Port Vale defeated Morecambe 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 5 October 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
J. O'Sullivan opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Luke Joyce (49'), Tom Pope (68') and Tom Pope (90'). Morecambe scored through J. O'Sullivan (18').
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Morecambe received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 15th on 14 points from 11 and Morecambe 22nd on 7 points from 11. Port Vale went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Morecambe 23rd with 26.
Port Vale lined up in a 4-3-3 and Morecambe in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom Pope of Port Vale (8.9), ahead of Luke Joyce (7.8).
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read D-D-L-W-L and Morecambe's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · J. O'Sullivan
- 32'Red card · J. Cranston
- 45+1'Yellow card · T. Brewitt
- 48'Yellow card · L. Alessandra
- 49'Goal · Luke Joyce
- 68'Goal · Tom Pope
- 73'Yellow card · Adam Crookes
- 76'Yellow card · Sam Lavelle
- 90'Goal · Tom Pope
Team news
Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Brown, Will Atkinson, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, Adam Crookes, Scott Burgess, Luke Joyce, Jake Taylor, David Worrall, Tom Pope, David Amoo
Morecambe line-up (4-4-2)
Barry Roche, George Tanner, Sam Lavelle, Steven Old, Adam Buxton, John O'Sullivan, Tom Brewitt, Alex Kenyon, Jordan Cranston, Lewis Alessandra, AJ Leitch-Smith