Match Report
The table read 2nd (Port Vale, 6 pts) against 4th (Liverpool U21, 0 pts), 6 points apart.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Port Vale, having scored in 13 consecutive games. Liverpool U21 arrived off four straight defeats, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Over the last five, Port Vale had taken 13 of 15 points to Liverpool U21's 1.
Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent, capacity 18,947, hosted the game. Port Vale led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 5-0 full-time score.