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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 4 (setup 1, season 26)
Port Vale
v.
Watford
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Geoffrey JOURDREN616Matthieu VALVERDE
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Mauricio Anibal ISLA26Chris BAIRD
José 'Andrés' GUARDADO Hernández3Layvin KURZAWA
MARIO SUÁREZ Mata847Timmy SIMONS
Lorik CANA75Josh MEEKINGS
Laurent CIMAN767Laurent BONNART
Rasmus ELM77Matthew AMOAH
Alexander KACANIKLIC787Matt TAYLOR
Dame N'DOYE97Rob EARNSHAW
Lewis HOLTBY610TIAGO ALVES Sales
Nacer CHADLI116Nicolas de Roussel DE PRÉVILLE
Scott SmillieManager
Bram NUYTINCK12Ben HUTCHINSON
Vito MANNONE13Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS
Craig NOONE146Hérita ILUNGA
Lorenzo CRISETIG15Steve SIMONSEN
ANDRÉ Felipe Ribeiro de Souza616Aaron FORDE

Port Vale 3 Watford 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 24,142, Stadium: Vale Park (construction in progress), Referee: Graham LAWS 7)
12 Chadli, 17 N'Doye, 82 ChadliScorers5 Taylor, 11 Taylor, 55 Taylor
81 N'Doye <=> AndréSubstitutions55 Earnshaw <=> Ilunga
Sendings off
26 Chadli, 28 Mario Suárez, 43 Kacaniklic, 51 HoltbyBookings85 Taylor
2Corners7
9Fouls7
1Offsides1
8Shots on4
14Shots off5
22Total shots9
5Shots saved0
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
5GOAL!! A KURZAWA run down the middle resulted in an exceptional cross for TAYLOR to drill in. (1-0 Watford)
9KACANIKLIC worked the ball to N'DOYE, CHADLI controlled his pass and headed the ball within easy reach of VALVERDE.
11GOAL!! A poor backpass by CIMAN enabled TAYLOR to nip in and fire the ball past the Port Vale 'keeper. (2-0 Watford)
12GOAL!! A neat one-two left CHADLI clear and he made no mistake by instinctively flicking the ball beyond the oncoming 'keeper. (2-1 Watford)
17A great save prevented CHADLI from scoring a great goal.
17GOAL!! The Watford 'keeper got into trouble with a backpass from BONNART and N'DOYE was able to roll the ball into the net. (2-2)
23TAYLOR beat CIMAN and drove the ball to BAIRD who dragged his effort wide.
26The referee books CHADLI.
28MARIO SUÁREZ booked by the referee for a bad challenge.
29BONNART dribbled past CIMAN and rifled a poor shot past the post.
36A mix up in the Watford defence enabled MARIO SUÁREZ to crack the ball just beyond the far post.
37A cross from HOLTBY left N'DOYE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
43KACANIKLIC cautioned for a clumsy foul.
 
50A right foot shot from CHADLI was clawed past the post by VALVERDE.
51HOLTBY booked for dangerous play.
55GOAL!! A cross from EARNSHAW was nodded away by MARIO SUÁREZ only for TIAGO ALVES to volley the ball back into the box for TAYLOR to force over the line. (3-2 Watford)
65A great effort from CHADLI scraped the top of the crossbar.
67CIMAN beat two Watford players and slammed a great chance just beyond the far post.
71CHADLI headed wide.
72A useful ball from ELM on the left was collected by HOLTBY who scuffed his effort wide.
82GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled CHADLI to run through the Watford defence and score. (3-3)
85The referee yellow cards TAYLOR for dangerous play against CIMAN.