Scunthorpe United 2-1 Port Vale: result and report
League Two · Saturday 23 November 2019
Result
Scunthorpe United 2-1 Port Vale
League Two · Saturday 23 November 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Scunthorpe United 2-1 Port Vale: match report
Scunthorpe United beat Port Vale 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 23 November 2019. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jake Taylor opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Scunthorpe United's goals came from Kevin van Veen (37') and Kgosi Ntlhe (51'). Port Vale scored through Jake Taylor (30').
Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 19th on 18 points from 18 and Port Vale 8th on 28 points from 18. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 21st with 33 points, and Port Vale 10th with 45.
Scunthorpe United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Port Vale in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Scott Brown of Port Vale (8.3), ahead of Kevin van Veen (8.2).
Going into the match Scunthorpe United's last five read W-D-D-W-L and Port Vale's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Jake Taylor
- 31'Yellow card · James Gibbons
- 37'Goal · Kevin van Veen
- 44'Yellow card · Luke Joyce
- 45+2'Yellow card · Cristian Montano
- 51'Goal · Kgosi Ntlhe
- 57'Yellow card · Alex Gilliead
Team news
Scunthorpe United line-up (4-4-2)
Jake Eastwood, Jordan Clarke, Harrison McGahey, Rory McArdle, Kgosi Ntlhe, Alex Gilliead, James Perch, Matthew Lund, Abo Eisa, Kevin van Veen, Lee Novak
Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)
Scott Brown, James Gibbons, Leon Legge, Nathan Smith, Cristian Montano, Scott Burgess, Luke Joyce, Jake Taylor, David Amoo, Richie Bennett, David Worrall