Portsmouth 2-0 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 October 2023

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 7 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 2-0 Port Vale: match report

Portsmouth defeated Port Vale 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 7 October 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Colby Bishop opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Colby Bishop (53') and Colby Bishop (58', penalty). Port Vale did not score.

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 2nd on 25 points from 11 and Port Vale 8th on 17 points from 11. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 1st with 97 points, and Port Vale 23rd with 41.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Port Vale in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Colby Bishop of Portsmouth (8.9), ahead of Joe Rafferty (8.4).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Yellow card · Oliver ArblasterPort Vale
  • 52'Yellow card · Paddy LanePortsmouth
  • 53'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Kofi BalmerPort Vale
  • 58'Penalty goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Jason LowePort Vale

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Will Norris, Joe Rafferty, Sean Raggett, Conor Shaughnessy, Jack Sparkes, Joe Morrell, Ben Stevenson, Paddy Lane, Christian Saydee, Abu Kamara, Colby Bishop

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

Connor Ripley, Jason Lowe, Nathan Smith, Kofi Balmer, Tom Sang, Oliver Arblaster, F. Ojo, Conor Grant, Ethan Chislett, Ben Garrity, James Plant