Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 16 December 2023

Result

Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 16 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Port Vale · Wigan Athletic · League One predictions

Port Vale 3-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Port Vale beat Wigan Athletic 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 16 December 2023. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ethan Chislett opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ethan Chislett (21'), Ethan Chislett (43') and Ethan Chislett (83'). Wigan Athletic scored through Chris Sze (63') and Charlie Wyke (77').

Discipline: Port Vale received 4 yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 17th on 22 points from 19 and Wigan Athletic 9th on 31 points from 20. Port Vale went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Wigan Athletic 10th with 70.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Chislett of Port Vale (10.0), ahead of Oliver Arblaster (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Ethan ChislettPort Vale · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Ethan ChislettPort Vale · 2-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Alfie DevinePort Vale
  • 59'Yellow card · Jordan JonesWigan Athletic
  • 63'Goal · Chris SzeWigan Athletic · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Kofi BalmerPort Vale
  • 67'Yellow card · Callum McManamanWigan Athletic
  • 68'Yellow card · Gavin MasseyPort Vale
  • 77'Goal · Charlie WykeWigan Athletic · 2-2
  • 83'Goal · Ethan ChislettPort Vale · 3-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Sam TickleWigan Athletic
  • 85'Yellow card · Connor RipleyPort Vale
  • 85'Yellow card · Chris SzeWigan Athletic
  • 90'Yellow card · Scott SmithWigan Athletic

Team news

Unavailable

  • Jason KerrWigan Athletic · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)

Port Vale line-up (3-4-2-1)

Connor Ripley, Jesse Debrah, Jason Lowe, Kofi Balmer, Gavin Massey, Oliver Arblaster, F. Ojo, Conor Grant, Alfie Devine, Ethan Chislett, Ben Garrity

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Tickle, Steven Sessegnon, Sean Clare, Charlie Hughes, Kell Watts, Scott Smith, Baba Adeeko, Jonny Smith, Callum Lang, Jordan Jones, Stephen Humphrys