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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 1 (setup 5, season 18)
Port Vale
v.
Blackpool
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
Home form:
Rob ELLIOT717Bartosz BIALKOWSKI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Mickaël CIANI2Sebastian PRÖDL
Simone SINI37Clark ROBERTSON
José Manuel JURADO Marín846Wes HOOLAHAN
DANIEL Filipe Martins CARRICO75Jonathan MENSAH
Luke McCULLOUGH666Tom ALDRED
Daniel BRINKMANN776HAMIT Altintop
Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA88Birkir BJARNASON
Tom POPE69Alex REVELL
Somen TCHOYI10Zvonko PAMIC
Javier Pedro SAVIOLA711Nathan DELFOUNESO
Manager
Adam MATUSZCZYK12Sam HUTCHINSON
Thomas KAMINSKI13David BUTTON
Tyrone BARNETT14Callum ROBINSON
Joe DAVIS156Wade SMALL
Abdul RAZAK168Henry CAMERON

Port Vale 2 Blackpool 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 18,061, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Christian BEECK 6½)
33 Pope, 70 VarelaScorers
78 Pope <=> BarnettSubstitutions68 Hoolahan <=> Cameron, 82 Robertson <=> Small
Sendings off
Bookings38 Pamic
0Corners1
14Fouls7
1Offsides4
6Shots on2
6Shots off4
12Total shots6
3Shots saved2
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves VARELA
1BRINKMANN played the ball to POPE who flicked it just beyond the near post.
9The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from BJARNASON.
11SAVIOLA rasped the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
12SINI hit a left foot shot over from long range.
17A mix up in the Port Vale defence enabled BJARNASON to crack the ball over.
24A shot from SAVIOLA held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
24PAMIC fluffed an easy chance.
28A free-kick from HOOLAHAN went wide.
31A header by ROBERTSON at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
33GOAL!! A tackle from HAMIT gave Port Vale a free-kick just outside the area which POPE drove past the 'keeper. (1-0 Port Vale)
37BIALKOWSKI dived to his left to block a fierce drive from Port Vale's TCHOYI.
38PAMIC booked for a poor foul.
 
47BJARNASON headed over the bar.
49MCCULLOUGH's shot was well held by BIALKOWSKI.
57A cross from JURADO left VARELA in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
59POPE beat MENSAH and placed the ball to SAVIOLA who hit his effort wide.
70GOAL!! A long clearance by the Port Vale 'keeper beat the Blackpool defence and VARELA slammed the ball beyond the advancing 'keeper. (2-0 Port Vale)
74JURADO made space on the right and knocked the ball to VARELA who clipped the ball wide.
83BRINKMANN stroked a simple chance past the righthand post.