Portsmouth 2-2 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 25 March 2023

Result

Portsmouth 2-2 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 25 March 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Portsmouth 2-2 Port Vale: match report

Portsmouth drew with Port Vale 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 25 March 2023. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Matty Taylor opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Colby Bishop (67', penalty) and Michael Jacobs (70'). Port Vale scored through Matty Taylor (8') and Funso Ojo (39').

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Port Vale received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 57 points from 37 and Port Vale 16th on 44 points from 37. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Port Vale 18th with 49.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Port Vale in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Raggett of Portsmouth (7.7), ahead of Michael Jacobs (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 0 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Matty TaylorPort Vale · 0-1
  • 39'Yellow card · A. DonnellyPort Vale
  • 39'Goal · Funso OjoPort Vale · 0-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Sam RobinsonPort Vale
  • 43'Yellow card · Nathan SmithPort Vale
  • 44'Missed penalty · Colby BishopPortsmouth
  • 65'Yellow card · Mal BenningPort Vale
  • 67'Penalty goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 1-2
  • 70'Goal · Michael JacobsPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Jamie ProctorPort Vale

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 0, Port Vale 0.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Matt Macey, Joe Rafferty, Sean Raggett, Ryley Towler, Connor Ogilvie, Louis Thompson, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Paddy Lane, Owen Dale, Reeco Hackett, Colby Bishop

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Aidan Stone, Sam Robinson, Nathan Smith, Aaron Donnelly, David Worrall, F. Ojo, Tom Pett, Tom Conlon, Mal Benning, M. Taylor, Ellis Harrison