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Commentary
A twenty-five yard drive from BRITOS caused the Port Vale 'keeper little difficulty.
A lovely pass from CLEVERLEY was tapped goalbound by HUGHES only for the 'keeper to palm clear.
A penalty box scramble resulted in GERARD driving the ball wide.
20¹A useful ball from DOUCOURÉ on the right fell to MASINA who scuffed his shot over.
21¹MASINA steamed through the Port Vale defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
24¹BURKE flicked an easy chance past the righthand post.
24¹GOAL!! A delightful dribble from SURMAN gave HARNESS space on the right and RHODES stroked in his accurate pass. (1-0 Port Vale)
25¹A cross from DOUCOURÉ left DEENEY in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
33¹A mix up in the Port Vale defence enabled DOUCOURÉ to crack the ball inches over.
37¹A corner fell to BURKE who forced an effort just beyond the near post.
40¹GOAL!! A neat one-two left GERARD clear and he made no mistake by lobbing the ball beyond the oncoming Port Vale 'keeper. (1-1)
41¹GOAL!! GERARD drove an amazing shot against the crossbar with HUGHES driving in the rebound. (2-1 Watford)
41¹VAN DAMME beat three Watford players and fired a shot over.
An exceptional strike from DEENEY was dealt with by a good parry from the 'keeper.
STRACQUALURSI worked the ball to RHODES, VAN DAMME controlled his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the Watford 'keeper.
A tame shot from DEENEY bounced agonisingly wide.
11²BOZHINOV receives a yellow card by RUSSELL for a high challenge.
23²RHODES nodded the ball wide of the goal from the edge of the box.
23²GOMES dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Port Vale's BURKE.
31²The ref cautions BURKE for a clumsy tackle.
35²DEENEY clipped the ball through a ruck of players but the Port Vale 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
42²GRAY made space on the right and pulled the ball to DEENEY who clipped the ball over.

 
Port Vale
 
League position: 16
Home league form: OLLW
Overall league form: OLLWLXWL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Daniel BENTLEY1Heurelho GOMES(c)
Kenneth OMERUO2Nathaniel CLYNE
Jelle VAN DAMME3Adam MASINA
(c)Andrew SURMAN4Abdoulaye DOUCOURÉ
Alex BAPTISTE5Craig CATHCART
Brice DJA DJEDJE6Miguel BRITOS
Marcus HARNESS7Tom CLEVERLEY
Oliver BURKE8GERARD Deulofeu
(p)Jordan RHODES9Troy DEENEY(p)
(f)Denis STRACQUALURSI10Will HUGHES(f)
Valeri BOZHINOV11Andre GRAY
Manager
Glenn WHELAN  12  Molla WAGUÉ
Bram VERBIST  13  Pontus DAHLBERG
Cristian MONTAÑO  14  José HOLEBAS
Kevin VANDENBERGH  15  Nathaniel CHALOBAH
Michael TONGE  16  Mirco ANTENUCCI
 
Watford
 
League position: 2
Away league form: WWWL
Overall league form: WLWXWLWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Port Vale 1 Watford 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 23,685, Stadium: Vale Park, Referee: Mick Russell 6)

Rhodes 24¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Gerard 40¹, Hughes 41¹
  
  
Bozhinov 11², Burke 31² 
30
206
20
59
67
1116
47
39%61%
Man of the match: Gerard Deulofeu