Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report
League One · Saturday 12 September 2015
Result
Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic
League One · Saturday 12 September 2015, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic: match report
Port Vale won against Wigan Athletic 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 12 September 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.
Anthony Grant opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Anthony Grant (34'), Louis Dodds (64') and Uche Ikpeazu (90'). Wigan Athletic scored through C. McCann (66') and an own goal by Richard Duffy (83').
Discipline: Port Vale received 3 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 15th on 6 points from 5 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 10 points from 6. Port Vale went on to finish that season 12th with 65 points, and Wigan Athletic 1st with 87.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read L-W-D-D-D and Wigan Athletic's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · B. Moore
- 34'Goal · Anthony Grant
- 60'Yellow card · Jonjoe Kenny
- 64'Goal · Louis Dodds
- 66'Goal · C. McCann
- 68'Yellow card · Anthony Grant
- 83'Own goal · Richard Duffy
- 85'Yellow card · David Perkins
- 87'Yellow card · Jak McCourt
- 88'Red card · Leon Barnett
- 90'Goal · Uche Ikpeazu
Team news
Wigan Athletic expected line-up (4-4-2)
James Perch, Emmerson Orlando Boyce, Robert Kiernan, James McClean, Jean Beausejour, Jordi Gómez, Callum McManaman, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Shaun Maloney, G. Caldwell