Port Vale: Match and player statistics

PORT VALE 0

MORECAMBE 1

(Alessandra 63)

POSSESSION

Port Vale 49%

Morecambe 51%

GOAL ATTEMPTS

Port Vale 16 (7 on target)

Morecambe 5 (2 on target)

CORNERS

Port Vale 6

Morecambe 4

THE REFEREE

David Phillips (Sussex) 6

FOULS

Port Vale 8

Morecambe 11

CARD WATCH

YELLOW – Port Vale: Myrie-Williams (foul, 29); Burge (foul, 80); Morecambe: Redshaw (foul, 18); Wright (foul, 39); Burrow (ungentlemanly conduct, 78). RED – Port Vale: None; Morecambe: Wright (second yellow, 72).

THE CROWD

Attendance 5,153

MATCH RATING

Entertainment 6

NEAL: Couldn't quite cut out the cross that led to the goal, but the keeper was otherwise largely untroubled 6

YATES: The full-back marked his return the side with a solid effort and supported the attack when he could 6

PURSE: Another impressive display at the back from the veteran, who also had a header cleared off the line 7

DUFFY: The versatile defender took the switch to centre-half in his stride 6

JONES: Terrific energy to get up and down. He defended well and was Vale's best attacking threat with a string of crosses and shots 9

MYRIE-WILLIAMS: One of those frustrating afternoons in which the winger seemed to find the going tough 5

BURGE: Plenty of industry, but his dead-ball delivery was not up to his usual standard 6

LOFT: The skipper was the driving force in midfield and looked hungry for a goal, but just couldn't find the target 7

VINCENT: A couple of exciting runs apart, he was short of his best form 5

HUGHES: Not a day to remember. He had no chances to add to his goals record and was substituted 5

POPE: Hold-up play was good and had a late header kept out on the line. But he was otherwise starved of decent service 6

SUBSTITUTES

WILLIAMSON (for Hughes, 69): Injected pace into the front line, but couldn't unlock the door 6

SHUKER (for Yates, 78): Kept the forward momentum 6

ANDREW (for Vincent, 81): Little chance to make an impression 6

Not used: Taylor, Morsy, Birchall, Dodds.

MORECAMBE: Roche, Haining, McCready, Fenton, Wright, Parrish, Drummond, McDonald, Alessandra (Holroyd, 75), Ellison (Williams, 86), Redshaw (Burrow, 70). Subs not used: Arestidou, Doyle, Fleming, Mwasile.