Port Vale 1-0 Coventry City · League Two
Port Vale beat Coventry City 1-0 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Port Vale and Coventry City met in the League Two at Vale Park in Stoke on Tuesday, 26 December 2017.
Goalscorers
Port Vale: N. Smith 79'. Coventry City did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 7 yellow cards (4 for Port Vale, 3 for Coventry City).
Line-ups
Port Vale started: Ryan Boot, Joe Davis, Danny Pugh, Michael Tonge, Nathan James Smith, Gavin Gunning, Marcus Harness, Antony Kay, Tom Pope, Tyrone Barnett, Ben Whitfield.
Coventry City started: Lee Burge, Jack Grimmer, Christopher Stokes, Rod McDonald, Jordan Willis, Tom Davies, Michael Doyle, Jordan Shipley, Marc McNulty, Maxime Biamou, Tom Bayliss.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Port Vale 0-0 Coventry City.
- 79'Goal! Port Vale 1-0 Coventry City. N. Smith (Port Vale) scores, assisted by M. Harness.
- 90'Full-time. Port Vale 1-0 Coventry City.
Full commentary (17 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Port Vale vs Coventry City.
- 28'Yellow card for M. Tonge (Port Vale) for foul.
- 36'Yellow card for R. McDonald (Coventry City) for foul.
- 45'Half-time. Port Vale 0-0 Coventry City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Port Vale: C. Montano comes on for T. Barnett.
- 50'Yellow card for T. Davies (Coventry City) for foul.
- 62'Yellow card for M. Doyle (Coventry City) for argument.
- 67'Substitution, Port Vale: T. Denton comes on for B. Whitfield.
- 69'Substitution, Coventry City: D. Nazon comes on for M. Biamou.
- 71'Yellow card for A. Kay (Port Vale) for foul.
- 79'Goal! Port Vale 1-0 Coventry City. N. Smith (Port Vale) scores, assisted by M. Harness.
- 84'Substitution, Coventry City: S. Beavon comes on for J. Shipley.
- 84'Substitution, Coventry City: J. Ponticelli comes on for J. Willis.
- 90+2'Yellow card for J. Davis (Port Vale) for foul.
- 90+2'Yellow card for G. Gunning (Port Vale) for time wasting.
- 90'Full-time. Port Vale 1-0 Coventry City.