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Match report
English Footie
League 2: Round 27 (setup 1, season 26)
Watford
v.
Port Vale
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
15
Overall form:
Home form:
Matthieu VALVERDE71Yann SOMMER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Chris BAIRD2Mauricio Anibal ISLA
Matt TAYLOR3Ryan BERTRAND
Timmy SIMONS749Cheick Ismael TIOTÉ
Josh MEEKINGS5Evgeni MAKEEV
Grant LEADBITTER66Niklas MOISANDER
Laurent BONNART677Rasmus ELM
Oscar GOBERN87Victor MOSES
Rob EARNSHAW98Dame N'DOYE
TIAGO ALVES Sales107Carlos Henrique CASEMIRO
Nicolas de Roussel DE PRÉVILLE11Nacer CHADLI
ManagerScott Smillie
Jamie ALLEN12Lorik CANA
Dimitris KONSTANTOPOULOS13Vito MANNONE
Aaron FORDE14Craig NOONE
Elliott WHITEHOUSE15Arkadiusz MILIK
Hérita ILUNGA16Alexander KACANIKLIC

Watford 2 Port Vale 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 23,870, Stadium: Vicarage Road, Referee: Jarnail SINGH 5½)
19 Earnshaw, 87 EarnshawScorers39 Chadli
Substitutions
88 Tiago AlvesSendings off
18 Tiago Alves, 57 Earnshaw, 60 Meekings, 62 BonnartBookings7 Makeev, 74 Casemiro
6Corners0
15Fouls3
0Offsides3
3Shots on7
5Shots off11
8Total shots18
1Shots saved6
38%Possession62%
Man of the match: Cheick Ismael TIOTÉ
5The bemused VALVERDE was all agog as a backpass from GOBERN fell just over.
7SINGH yellow cards MAKEEV for a clinical challenge.
15A strike from BAIRD held no problem for SOMMER.
17A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
18TIAGO ALVES booked.
19GOAL!! Unlucky GOBERN hit the post before EARNSHAW rattled the ball into the back of the net as MOISANDER failed to clear. (1-0 Watford)
24N'DOYE booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
32A mix up in the Port Vale defence enabled GOBERN to hammer the ball wide.
39GOAL!! After being forced wide CHADLI was able to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (1-1)
42N'DOYE rattled an easy chance past the righthand post.
44CHADLI headed wide.
45+1A clever pass from ELM, was drove goalbound by CHADLI only for the Watford 'keeper to claw away.
 
50A accurate pass fell to CHADLI and his right foot effort flew narrowly over.
57A high challenge on ISLA by EARNSHAW results in a booking.
60MEEKINGS booked for violent conduct.
62BONNART booked by SINGH for a bad challenge.
65CHADLI fired the ball through a ruck of players but VALVERDE was a match for it as he dived to his left.
70CHADLI placed a right foot shot inches wide from close range.
74CASEMIRO booked for a clinical tackle on SIMONS.
78A penalty box meleé resulted in GOBERN knocking a low shot over.
87GOAL!! Watford's EARNSHAW beat three defenders before firing just inside SOMMER's righthand post. (2-1 Watford)
88TIAGO ALVES sent off.