Walsall vs Port Vale

League Two · 2026 · Regular Season - 7

Walsall

Full time

Port Vale

Bescot Stadium

Timeline

Kick-off
17'Substitution. Antony Evans replaced by L. SimperSubstitution 1Team: Walsall
27'Yellow card. Sven SpranglerYellow Card · FoulTeam: Walsall
40'Yellow card. E. AhuiYellow Card · DissentTeam: Walsall
45'Substitution. O. Lynch replaced by Max WattersSubstitution 1Team: Port Vale
45+5'1-0Goal. J. Connolly (Courtney Clarke)Normal GoalTeam: Walsall
1-0Half time
Second half
50'Yellow card. J. ConnollyYellow CardTeam: Walsall
51'Yellow card. K. DempseyYellow Card · FoulTeam: Port Vale
61'Substitution. B. Waine replaced by G. HallSubstitution 3Team: Port Vale
61'Substitution. G. Byers replaced by Onel HernándezSubstitution 2Team: Port Vale
61'Substitution. K. Dempsey replaced by R. WaltersSubstitution 4Team: Port Vale
70'Substitution. Taione Richard Evumena Sodje replaced by A. DallasSubstitution 2Team: Walsall
73'Substitution. K. John replaced by J. MoonSubstitution 5Team: Port Vale
84'Yellow card. B. GarrityYellow Card · FoulTeam: Port Vale
85'Substitution. Courtney Clarke replaced by Albert AdomahSubstitution 3Team: Walsall
85'Substitution. R. Smith replaced by C. CrewSubstitution 4Team: Walsall
89'2-0Goal. A. Dallas (E. Ahui)Normal GoalTeam: Walsall
2-0Full time

Line-ups

Walsall

Formation 4-2-3-1

J. Ward6.9

M. Hancock6.6

J. Connolly8.0

E. Ahui7.0

D. Skura7.2

Sven Sprangler6.7

R. Smith6.2

Antony Evans6.9

Isaac Moore6.4

Courtney Clarke7.7

Taione Richard Evumena Sodje6.3

Port Vale

Formation 3-5-2

M. Maroši5.8

K. John6.7

C. Hall6.5

L. Montsma6.1

J. Headley6.4

J. Lawrence-Gabriel5.8

G. Byers6.1

B. Garrity5.5

K. Dempsey6.8

O. Lynch6.0

B. Waine6.6

Walsall

4-2-3-1

Substitutes

8C. Crew
9A. Dallas
10L. Simper
26R. Leak
29J. Furlong
31Tom Wooster
37Albert Adomah

Coach: Lee Grant

Port Vale

3-5-2

Substitutes

4J. Moon
11Onel Hernández
25C. Humphreys
33G. Hall
36Max Watters
38R. Walters

Coach: Jon Brady

We publish a page only for players we can describe properly. Names without a link are in our records but have no page yet.

Match statistics

64%
Possession: 36%; 16
Shots: 9; 5
Shots on target: 1; 4
Shots off target: 8; 7
Shots blocked: 0; 11
Shots inside the box: 4; 5
Shots outside the box: 5; 1
Saves: 3; 7
Corners: 4; 5
Offsides: 1; 13
Fouls: 17; 3
Yellow cards: 2; 423
Passes: 240; 326
Accurate passes: 127

League Two

League Two
Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1Salford City	14	10	1	3	+10	31
2Barnet	13	7	5	1	+10	26
3Walsall	13	5	7	1	+9	22
4Crewe	14	5	7	2	0	22
5Cheltenham	14	6	3	5	-2	21
6Grimsby	14	5	5	4	+6	20
7York	14	5	5	4	+3	20
8Gillingham	14	5	5	4	+1	20
9Accrington ST	14	4	7	3	+6	19
10Chesterfield	14	5	4	5	+3	19
11Tranmere	14	4	7	3	+2	19
12Exeter City	14	5	4	5	+2	19
13Swindon Town	14	5	4	5	-2	19
14Newport County	14	4	6	4	+3	18
15Shrewsbury	14	5	3	6	-5	18
16Fleetwood Town	14	4	5	5	0	17
17Bristol Rovers	14	5	1	8	-6	16
18Oldham	14	4	3	7	-4	15
19Port Vale	12	4	3	5	-4	15
20Rochdale	14	4	3	7	-9	15
21Northampton	13	3	5	5	-1	14
22Rotherham	14	2	6	6	-7	12
23Colchester	13	2	6	5	-7	12
24Crawley Town	12	2	3	7	-8	9

Head to head

Up to the ten most recent meetings between these clubs in the fixtures we hold.

Walsall: 7
Drawn: 1
Port Vale: 2

The record over the 10 meetings listed below.

Sat 5 Apr11:30 am UTCWalsallPort ValeFTLeague Two
Sat 7 Dec12:30 pm UTCPort ValeWalsallFTLeague Two
Sat 23 Apr2:00 pm UTCWalsallPort ValeFTLeague Two
Tue 23 Nov7:45 pm UTCPort ValeWalsallFTLeague Two
Sat 23 Jan3:00 pm UTCPort ValeWalsallFTLeague Two
Sat 19 Dec3:00 pm UTCWalsallPort ValeFTLeague Two
Sat 22 Feb3:00 pm UTCWalsallPort ValeFTLeague Two
Sat 7 Dec3:00 pm UTCPort ValeWalsallFTLeague Two
Tue 25 Apr6:45 pm UTCWalsallPort ValeFTLeague One
Mon 26 Dec3:00 pm UTCPort ValeWalsallFTLeague One

Walsall beat Port Vale 2-0 in League Two on Saturday 19 September. 442ball records this match from the fixture feed and recomputes every table and total from the match record rather than copying a feed.

Times are shown in UTC.