Match Report
| Port Vale | Port Vale |  |  | Bradford City | Bradford City | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gareth Burbage | G. Burbage |  | 49 | G |  | 1 | | G | 47 |  | Joao Costa | J. Costa | |||||||||
| Alan Hulme | A. Hulme | | 59 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 64 | | Carl Palmer | C. Palmer | |||||||||
| Richard Hughes | R. Hughes | | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 63 | | Ruben Soares | R. Soares | |||||||||
| Ben Standing | B. Standing | | 59 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Stephen Izzet | S. Izzet | |||||||||
| Harvey Watson | H. Watson | | 47 | D | | 5 | | D | 50 | | Ian Lineker | I. Lineker | |||||||||
| Steve Mills | S. Mills | | 66 | M | | 6 | | M | 60 |  | Michael Lima | M. Lima | |||||||||
| Jon Granville | J. Granville | | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 58 | | James Bramble | J. Bramble | |||||||||
| Dion Pallister | D. Pallister | | 48 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | Max Carter | M. Carter | |||||||||
| Alex Mason | A. Mason |  | 47 | M | | 9 | | M | 56 | | Marvin Cooke | M. Cooke | |||||||||
| Joe Wilcox | J. Wilcox | | 58 | A | | 10 | | A | 57 | | Daniel Riggott | D. Riggott | |||||||||
| Dave Campbell | D. Campbell | | 57 | A | | 11 | | A | 50 | | Nicholas Potts | N. Potts | |||||||||
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Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Vale Park where Port Vale play host to Bradford City. A crowd of 9,427 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Port Vale and Bradford City are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Port Vale and Bradford City are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Bradford City kick off and get the first half underway!
3.45
0-0Steve Mills makes a probing pass to Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
6.48
0-0Max Carter knocks the ball to his team mate, Nicholas Potts. Nicholas Potts finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but Gareth Burbage easily smothers it!
15.11
Jon Granville decides to run forward with the ball. Jon Granville knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
18.12
Michael Lima knocks the ball forward to Nicholas Potts. Nicholas Potts knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
22.45
0-0Ben Standing knocks the ball to his team mate, Dion Pallister. Dion Pallister kicks a strong pass forward to Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
28.52
0-0James Bramble flicks the ball to his team mate, Daniel Riggott. Daniel Riggott passes the ball forward but Nicholas Potts is offside!
30.57
0-0Jon Granville comes in with a late challenge on Max Carter. The referee calls over Jon Granville and warns him to calm down! Max Carter stretches but gets up unharmed.
33.39
Stephen Izzet sees space and advances. Stephen Izzet makes a simple pass to Nicholas Potts. Nicholas Potts knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Gareth Burbage who gathers it comfortably.
40.31
Michael Lima threads the ball through to Nicholas Potts. Nicholas Potts finds some space and shoots from distance but Gareth Burbage is on top of it.
44.56
Ben Standing threads the ball through to Steve Mills. Steve Mills takes it forward alone. Steve Mills plays a perfect one-two with Joe Wilcox and rushes in on goal... Steve Mills shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it is tipped over by Joao Costa.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
The whistle blows and Port Vale kick off!
54.18
0-0Bradford City are easily keeping Port Vale at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
55.58
Port Vale are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
59.12
James Bramble kicks a strong pass forward to Daniel Riggott. Daniel Riggott knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
72.20
Jon Granville chips the ball to his team mate, Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell plays a perfect one-two with Joe Wilcox and rushes in on goal... Dave Campbell makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is tipped over by Joao Costa.
78.11
Jon Granville knocks the ball forward to Dave Campbell. Dave Campbell knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Joao Costa who gathers it comfortably.
83.28
Ruben Soares kicks a strong pass forward to James Bramble. James Bramble knocks the ball to his team mate, Nicholas Potts. Nicholas Potts knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Richard Hughes.
85.14
Harvey Watson clumsily knocks into Daniel Riggott. Harvey Watson is warned by the referee! Daniel Riggott hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
2
2
Shots off Target
1
0
Offsides
0
1
Fouls
2
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.9%
44.1%
Play Area
32.4%
50%
17.6%