Fleetwood Town 1-0 Port Vale

Stephen Dobbie's penalty gave Fleetwood victory over 10-man Port Vale to end a run of seven games without a win.

The Scottish striker, on loan from Crystal Palace, scored from the spot with 10 minutes remaining after David Ball was fouled by Ryan McGivern.

Second-bottom Vale played the second half without Jordan Slew after the Blackburn loanee caught Stephen Jordan with a flailing arm and was sent off.

Vale went closest to levelling when top scorer Tom Pope headed against the bar.

After netting five goals in Vale's first four games this season, Pope has now gone nine games without scoring.

Port Vale interim manager Rob Page told BBC Radio Stoke:

"When you come to places like this you know you're in for a tough game.

"It was a similar set-up to what we had against Bradford. But I was extremely proud of the effort they put in.

"We wanted to frustrate them into playing risky passes, intercepting and catching them on the break a little bit."

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Line-ups

Fleetwood

• 28Maxwell
• 2McLaughlin
• 5Roberts
• 25Jordan
• 3Andrew
• 7Evans
• 8Schumacher
• 18SarcevicSubstituted forHaughtonat 68'minutes
• 12Morris
• 19ProctorSubstituted forBallat 68'minutes
• 9DobbieSubstituted forMcAlindenat 82'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Davies
• 4Murdoch
• 14Hogan
• 17Blair
• 20McAlinden
• 23Ball
• 27Haughton

Port Vale

• 1Neal
• 2Yates
• 6Duffy
• 5McGivernBooked at 79mins
• 3Dickinson
• 8DoddsSubstituted forBirchallat 85'minutes
• 10LinesBooked at 81mins
• 15O'Connor
• 20MarshallSubstituted forWilliamsonat 81'minutes
• 11Pope
• 25SlewBooked at 44mins

Substitutes

• 7Birchall
• 9Williamson
• 12Johnson
• 14Daniel
• 17Brown
• 19Moore
• 32Zubar

Referee:

Kevin Johnson

Attendance:

4,196

Match Stats

Home TeamFleetwoodAway TeamPort Vale

Possession

Home55%

Away45%

Shots

Home16

Away5

Shots on Target

Home7

Away0

Corners

Home7

Away3

Fouls

Home10

Away10

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Port Vale 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Port Vale 0.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt missed. Chris Lines (Port Vale) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 90'

Attempt saved. Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.

Posted at 89'

David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Chris Lines (Port Vale).

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 86'

Chris Lines (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Substitution

Posted at 85'

Substitution, Port Vale. Chris Birchall replaces Louis Dodds.

Posted at 85'

Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 85'

Carl Dickinson (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 83'

David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 83'

Foul by Carl Dickinson (Port Vale).

Substitution

Posted at 82'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Liam McAlinden replaces Stephen Dobbie.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town).

Posted at 82'

Michael O'Connor (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Booking

Posted at 81'

Chris Lines (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, Port Vale. Ben Williamson replaces Mark Marshall.

Goal!

Posted at 80'

Goal! Fleetwood Town 1, Port Vale 0. Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

Booking

Posted at 79'

Ryan McGivern (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 79'

Penalty Fleetwood Town. David Ball draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 79'

Penalty conceded by Ryan McGivern (Port Vale) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 76'

Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town) hits the left post with a right footed shot from very close range.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town) header from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.

Posted at 72'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Louis Dodds.

Posted at 72'

Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 70'

Tom Pope (Port Vale) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box.

Posted at 70'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Conor McLaughlin.

Posted at 69'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Steven Schumacher.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Nick Haughton replaces Antoni Sarcevic.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Jamie Proctor.

Posted at 67'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Adam Yates.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Richard Duffy.

Posted at 61'

Attempt missed. Stephen Jordan (Fleetwood Town) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 60'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Carl Dickinson.

Posted at 59'

Attempt missed. Antoni Sarcevic (Fleetwood Town) with an attempt from very close range is too high.

Posted at 58'

Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Carl Dickinson.

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