Match Report
Port Vale, 2nd with 80 points, sat 31 points above Newport County (22nd, 49). Port Vale had been under-performing their position — 12th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Port Vale 1.41 scored and 1 conceded per game, Newport County 1.13 and 1.65, with the league averaging 1.25.
Newport County had been beaten in three straight games.
The sides have met 10 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Port Vale, 3 draws and 5 for Newport County, at 2.1 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Recent editions have opened up: 3 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.1 historically.
Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,947. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Newport County led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-2.
Goal scorers
Port Vale: Ben Garrity (29'), Jayden Stockley (62'), Jaheim Headley (77') · Newport County: Bobby Kamwa (12'), Cameron James Evans (33')