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Match report
English Footie
League 1: Round 29 (setup 4, season 28)
Port Vale
v.
Watford
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Dan BENTLEY17Heurelho Silva GOMES
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Kenneth OMERUO2Nathaniel CLYNE
Jelle VAN DAMME73Adam MASINA
Andrew SURMAN747Abdoulaye DOUCOURÉ
Alex BAPTISTE5Craig CATHCART
Brice DJA DJEDJE66Miguel Ángel BRITOS Cabrera
Marcus HARNESS67Tom CLEVERLEY
Oliver BURKE88GERARD Deulofeu Lázaro
Jordan RHODES697Troy DEENEY
Denis Andrés STRACQUALURSI6107Will HUGHES
Valeri BOJINOV6117Andre GRAY
Manager
Glenn WHELAN12Molla WAGUÉ
Bram VERBIST13Pontus DAHLBERG
Cristian Alexis MONTAÑO Castillo14José HOLEBAS
Kevin VANDENBERGH15Nathaniel CHALOBAH
Michael TONGE16Mirco ANTENUCCI

Port Vale 1 Watford 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 23,685, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Mick RUSSELL 6½)
25 RhodesScorers41 Gerard, 42 Hughes
Substitutions
Sendings off
57 Bojinov, 77 BurkeBookings
3Corners0
20Fouls6
2Offsides0
5Shots on9
6Shots off7
11Total shots16
4Shots saved7
39%Possession61%
Man of the match: GERARD Deulofeu Lázaro
5A twenty-five yard drive from BRITOS caused the Port Vale 'keeper little difficulty.
6A lovely pass from CLEVERLEY, was tapped goalbound by HUGHES only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
8A penalty box scramble resulted in GERARD driving the ball wide.
21A useful ball from DOUCOURÉ on the right fell to MASINA who scuffed his shot over.
22MASINA steamed through the Port Vale defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
25BURKE flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
25GOAL!! A delightful dribble from SURMAN gave HARNESS space on the right and RHODES stroked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Port Vale)
26A cross from DOUCOURÉ left DEENEY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
34A mix up in the Port Vale defence enabled DOUCOURÉ to crack the ball inches over.
38A corner fell to BURKE who forced an effort just beyond the near post.
41GOAL!! A neat one-two left GERARD clear and he made no mistake by lobbing the ball beyond the oncoming Port Vale 'keeper. (1-1)
42GOAL!! GERARD drove an amazing shot against the crossbar with HUGHES driving in the rebound. (2-1 Watford)
42VAN DAMME beat three Watford players and fired a shot over.
 
47An exceptional strike from DEENEY was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
48STRACQUALURSI worked the ball to RHODES, VAN DAMME controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Watford 'keeper.
50A tame shot from DEENEY bounced agonisingly wide.
57BOJINOV receives a yellow card by RUSSELL for a high challenge.
69RHODES nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
69GOMES dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Port Vale's BURKE.
77The ref cautions BURKE for a clumsy tackle.
81DEENEY clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Port Vale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
88GRAY made space on the right and pulled the ball to DEENEY who clipped the ball over.