Port Vale 2-3 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Port Vale 2-3 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Port Vale · Northampton Town · League One predictions

Port Vale 2-3 Northampton Town: match report

Port Vale were beaten by Northampton Town 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 10 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Gabriel Zakuani opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ryan Taylor (52') and Rigino Cicilia (90+2'). Northampton Town scored through Gabriel Zakuani (22'), Sam Hoskins (78') and Paul Anderson (90').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 12th on 27 points from 20 and Northampton Town 17th on 24 points from 20. Port Vale went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Northampton Town 16th with 53.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Gabriel ZakuaniNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Jak McCourtNorthampton Town
  • 45'Yellow card · Aaron PhillipsNorthampton Town
  • 52'Goal · Ryan TaylorPort Vale · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · David BuchananNorthampton Town
  • 69'Yellow card · Paulo TavaresPort Vale
  • 78'Goal · Sam HoskinsNorthampton Town · 1-2
  • 90'Goal · Paul AndersonNorthampton Town · 1-3
  • 90+2'Goal · Rigino CiciliaPort Vale · 2-3

Team news

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Port Vale line-up

Jak Alnwick, Remie Streete, Kiko, Nathan Smith, Sam Kelly, Paulo Tavares, Sebastien Amoros, Anthony De Freitas, Ryan Taylor, Rigino Cicilia, Alex Jones

Northampton Town line-up

David Cornell, David Buchanan, Gabriel Zakuani, Aaron Phillips, Lewin Nyatanga, Matthew Taylor, Jak McCourt, Sam Hoskins, Paul Anderson, Marc Richards, A. Revell