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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 40 (setup 4, season 28)
Port Vale
v.
Blackburn Rovers
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Dan BENTLEY818Mamadou SAMASSA
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Kenneth OMERUO72Nicolas MARIN
Jelle VAN DAMME73Bryan OVIEDO Jiménez
Glenn WHELAN84Jack RODWELL
Alex BAPTISTE57Vegard FORREN
Brice DJA DJEDJE66Joost VAN AKEN
Marcus HARNESS7Felipe TEIXEIRA
Oliver BURKE87Kasey PALMER
Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI97Danny GRAHAM
Jordan RHODES610Adam ARMSTRONG
Kevin VANDENBERGH116Gaizka SAIZAR Lekuona
Manager
Christian PANDER12Ben BRERETON DÍAZ
Bram VERBIST13David RAYA Martin
Michael TONGE14Peter WHITTINGHAM
Cristian Alexis MONTAÑO Castillo15JORGE Filipe Avelino TEIXEIRA
David MIRFIN16Dominic SAMUEL

Port Vale 2 Blackburn Rovers 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 21,925, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Steve BENNETT 7)
36 Vandenbergh, 65 StracqualursiScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
17 OmeruoBookings63 Palmer
2Corners7
9Fouls10
2Offsides1
4Shots on9
9Shots off2
13Total shots11
2Shots saved9
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Dan BENTLEY
10The Port Vale 'keeper was able to block a fierce shot.
12The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce strike from BURKE.
12BURKE drilled a right foot shot inches over from twenty yards out.
16BURKE ran onto a wonderful ball from RHODES but dragged his effort wide of the righthand post.
17OMERUO receives a yellow card for a bad tackle on GRAHAM.
18A pin-point pass fell to RHODES and his deadly shot went narrowly wide.
29An exceptional effort from VANDENBERGH scraped the top of the crossbar.
32A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing BENTLEY.
36GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed RHODES to nudge the ball to VANDENBERGH who flicked a right foot shot into the net. (1-0 Port Vale)
38An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by HARNESS.
40A great shot from PALMER was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
 
47A clever cross from RODWELL, was shot goalbound by GRAHAM only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
47STRACQUALURSI stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
55A wonderful save prevented PALMER from scoring a great goal.
62A free-kick from PALMER floated wide.
63PALMER receives a yellow card by the ref for a clumsy foul.
65GOAL!! FORREN tried to play the ball out of the Blackburn Rovers penalty area but was tackled by BURKE who headed the ball to STRACQUALURSI for a simple goal. (2-0 Port Vale)
66The Port Vale 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from GRAHAM.
68OVIEDO's shot was well held by BENTLEY.
69BENTLEY parried a neatly crafted strike from TEIXEIRA.
70VAN DAMME dribbled past MARIN and stroked a poor shot into the crowd.
77A thirty yard drive from MARIN caused the 'keeper little difficulty.
79A cross from BURKE left BAPTISTE in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
82A mix up in the Port Vale defence enabled PALMER to thump the ball over the bar.
86A penalty box meleé resulted in STRACQUALURSI tapping a low shot over.
88A corner found VAN DAMME who turned the ball inches wide.