Match ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Port Vale 0.
FleetwoodFleetwood Town1Port ValePort Vale0
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."
Line-ups
Fleetwood
Formation 4-4-2
- 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
Formation 4-4-2
- 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
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 1, Port Vale 0.
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Attempt missed. Chris Lines (Port Vale) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
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David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Chris Lines (Port Vale).
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Attempt missed. Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Foul by Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town).
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Chris Lines (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. Chris Birchall replaces Louis Dodds.
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Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
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Carl Dickinson (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Carl Dickinson (Port Vale).
Substitution
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Liam McAlinden replaces Stephen Dobbie.
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Foul by Nick Haughton (Fleetwood Town).
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Michael O'Connor (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Booking
Chris Lines (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. Ben Williamson replaces Mark Marshall.
Goal!
Goal! Fleetwood Town 1, Port Vale 0. Stephen Dobbie (Fleetwood Town) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
