Match Report
Level on 5 points, Port Vale (22nd) and Exeter City (20th) met as equals in the table. Port Vale's recent output outran their position: 17th on form over five rounds, 22nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Port Vale 0.5 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Exeter City 0.67 and 0.83, with the league averaging 1.33.
Port Vale had gone 6 games without a win. The last-five ledger: Port Vale 2/15, Exeter City 8/15.
20 meetings are on record — 9 won by Port Vale, 9 by Exeter City, 2 drawn, at 2.25 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 35% of the wins in this fixture. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 25% of meetings.
L. Doughty took charge of the match — our records show 100 games refereed with an average of 2.1 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Vale Park (capacity 19,052). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.
Goal scorers
Port Vale: George Byers (70')
Key stats
Possession: Port Vale 53% · Exeter City 47% · Total shots: 14-10 · On target: 4-0 · Corners: 6-4