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Walsall

2 — 0 Sep 19, 2026 · 05:00 PM IST

Port Vale

League Two · Round 7

Venue Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium, Walsall, West Midlands

Referee James Oldham

Attendance 6,902

Player of the Match James Connolly 8.7 90' played

Match Events

17' Home ↔ Lewis Simper → Antony Evans

27' Home Sven Sprangler

40' Home Elicha Ahui

45 + 5' Home ⚽ James Connolly — 1-0

HT

46' Away ↔ Max Watters → Oliver Lynch

50' Home James Connolly

51' Away Kyle Dempsey ↗

61' Away ↔ Onel Hernández → George Byers

61' Away ↔ George Hall → Ben Waine

61' Away ↔ Rhys Walters → Kyle Dempsey ↗

70' Home ↔ Andrew Dallas → Tai Sodje

73' Away ↔ Jasper Moon → Kyle John

84' Away Ben Garrity

85' Home ↔ Albert Adomah → Courtney Clarke

85' Home ↔ Charlie Crew → Reece Smith

90' Home ⚽ Andrew Dallas — 2-0

90 + 3' Away Jasper Moon

FT

Match Stats

64 36

Ball possession

0.87 0.54

Expected goals (xG)

15 9

Total shots

5 1

Shots on target

25 15

Touches in opposition box

1 0

Big chances

1 0

Big chances missed

347 (77%) 132 (53%)

Accurate passes

3 3

Yellow cards

7 4

Corners

Lineups

Walsall (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Lee Grant

Starting XI

1 Jed Ward 7.2

22 Elicha Ahui 8.3

25 Declan Skura 7.5

4 James Connolly 8.7

3 Mason Hancock 7.4

15 Isaac Moore 7.5

6 Sven Sprangler 7.6

17 Courtney Clarke 7.7

14 Antony Evans 6.5

11 Reece Smith 6.4

7 Tai Sodje 6.8

Substitutes

10 Lewis Simper 7

9 Andrew Dallas 7.1

8 Charlie Crew

37 Albert Adomah

31 Tom Wooster

26 Ryan Leak

29 James Furlong

Port Vale (3-5-2)

Coach: Jon Brady

Starting XI

20 Marko Maroši 6.1

2 Kyle John 7.1

22 Lewis Montsma 6.5

5 Connor Hall 5.9

6 Jordan Gabriel 6.2

10 Kyle Dempsey ↗ 6.4

7 George Byers 7

8 Ben Garrity 6.7

3 Jaheim Headley 6.7

19 Ben Waine 5.7

14 Oliver Lynch 5.7

Substitutes

36 Max Watters 6.1

33 George Hall 5.8

38 Rhys Walters 6.6

11 Onel Hernández 6

4 Jasper Moon 6.1

31 Keaton Moseley

25 Cameron Humphreys ↗