Port Vale: Match stats - Notts County
NOTTS COUNTY 3
(Hughes 16, 45 pen, Collins 58 og)
PORT VALE1
Richards 43 pen
GOAL ATTEMPTS
County 19 (5 on target)
Vale 8 (2 on target)
THE REFEREE
Anthony Taylor (Cheshire) 6
CARD WATCH
YELLOW – County: None. Vale: McCrory (foul, 74), Fraser (foul, 77), R Taylor (foul, 85). RED – None.
THE CROWD
Attendance 7,561
MATCH RATING
Entertainment 6
MARTIN: Made some typically neat saves, but also looked nervous on occasions when coming to collect 6
STOCKLEY: Kept Matt Ritchie fairly quiet and tried his best to get forward to offer support to the strikers 6
McCOMBE: Gave away an unnecessary penalty at a crucial time just before the half-time break 5
COLLINS: A day to forget for one of the club's most consistent performers. Allowed Rodgers to escape him on a couple of occasions and scored a second-half own goal 5
OWEN: Tried his best to hold the defence together and didn't do a lot wrong in the face of large periods of pressure 6
K TAYLOR: Won't want to come across the likes of talented midfielder Ben Davies every week. Still not back to his best 6
R TAYLOR: Pretty anonymous all afternoon and rarely threatened to break free 5
FRASER: Plenty of effort from Vale's skipper who constantly wanted the ball but was unable to make his presence felt 6
GRIFFITH: Did a solid job in the heart of midfield and refused to give an inch despite fighting a losing battle 6
HALDANE: Showed flashes of pace and power and earned a first-half penalty, but also went missing for long spells 6
RICHARDS: Not at his most comfortable when given target-man duties, but still hit his sixth goal of the campaign, albeit from the penalty spot 6
SUBSTITUTES
DODDS (for McCombe, 63): Failed to make much of an impact on the right-hand side of the pitch 5
McCRORY (for Owen, 67): Did a solid job on his arrival and executed some decent deliveries 6
RICHMAN (for Stockley, 69): Too big an ask to expect the youngster to transform Vale's fortunes in the middle of the park, but gave it good go 5
Not used: Anyon, Yates.
NOTTS COUNTY: Schmeichel, Moloney, Thompson, Edwards, Jones, Davies, Ravenhill (Bishop, 63), Jackson, Ritchie, Hughes (Facey, 82), Rodgers (Hawley, 74). Not used: Hamshaw, Pilkington, Clapham, Westcarr.
