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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 4 (setup 1, season 32)
Port Vale
v.
Cheltenham Town
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Yann SOMMER1Jan OBLAK
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Sebastian RUDY727FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski
AARÓN Martín Caricol36Stephan EL SHAARAWY
Carlos Henrique CASEMIRO4Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé
Gabriel Iván MERCADO757Jan VERTONGHEN
Adil RAMI6Gerard PIQUÉ Bernabeu
Santiago ARIAS Naranjo7Thomas LEMAR
Matt RITCHIE8Blaise MATUIDI
Kevin GAMEIRO797Manuel TRIGUEROS Muñoz
Gylfi Þór SIGURÐSSON107ROBERTO FIRMINO Barbosa de Oliveira
Javier Matías PASTORE118Henrikh MKHITARYAN
Scott SmillieManagerLee Haigh
Victor LINDELÖF12Ignazio ABATE
Jordan PICKFORD13Anthony LOPES
Joe ALLEN14Wissam BEN YEDDER
Ricardo Jorge da Luz HORTA615OLIVER Torres Muñoz
Amine HARIT616DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza

Port Vale 1 Cheltenham Town 1
(Half-time: 0-1, Attendance: 42,559, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Andy PENN 6½)
90+2 RitchieScorers10 Sánchez
81 Pastore <=> Horta, 81 Sigurðsson <=> HaritSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings71 Mkhitaryan
6Corners2
2Fouls12
5Offsides5
5Shots on7
4Shots off10
9Total shots17
2Shots saved5
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Henrikh MKHITARYAN
7A clever cross from ROBERTO FIRMINO, was tapped goalbound by SÁNCHEZ only for the Port Vale 'keeper to claw away.
10GOAL!! MKHITARYAN made space for SÁNCHEZ who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, drilled the ball past SOMMER. (1-0 Cheltenham Town)
17RITCHIE nutmegged FILIPE LUIS but slammed the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
30The hapless Cheltenham Town 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from VERTONGHEN dropped just wide.
37A header from RITCHIE was booted off the line by EL SHAARAWY.
43The Cheltenham Town 'keeper did well to hold onto a wicked strike from PASTORE.
44A free-kick from VERTONGHEN floated over the bar.
 
47The Port Vale 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from ROBERTO FIRMINO.
49A cross from LEMAR left ROBERTO FIRMINO in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
52A pin-point pass found RITCHIE and his looping shot raced narrowly wide.
54SÁNCHEZ galloped through the Port Vale defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
59LEMAR worked the ball to TRIGUEROS, ROBERTO FIRMINO controlled his pass and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
63RITCHIE hit a looping shot inches wide from just outside the area.
66ROBERTO FIRMINO was put clear by MATUIDI and he nutmegged the Port Vale 'keeper but struck his shot over.
70GAMEIRO made space on the right and knocked the ball to PASTORE who fired the ball over.
71MKHITARYAN given a yellow card for a late tackle on CASEMIRO.
72A penalty box meleé resulted in SÁNCHEZ driving a low shot wide.
78A great effort from SÁNCHEZ scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
79FILIPE LUIS ran onto a wonderful ball from LEMAR but hit his shot wide.
85The Port Vale 'keeper was able to palm clear an amazing effort.
89RITCHIE's shot was well held by the Cheltenham Town 'keeper.
90+2GOAL!! An inswinging corner headed out by MATUIDI was lashed into the net by RITCHIE. (1-1)