Match ends, Port Vale 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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Port Vale claimed their first win in five League One games with a comfortable victory over Shrewsbury.
Vale had an early chance through AJ Leitch-Smith who forced Shrewsbury keeper Jayson Leutwiler to save.
Louis Dodds broke the deadlock on 52 minutes, firing in from 12 yards after racing on to a Colin Daniel pass.
Michael O'Connor then added the second from the penalty spot 10 minutes from time to seal all three points after Matt Tootle had handled in the area.
Shrewsbury Town manager Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
"We were second best. Right from the start we didn't win enough battles for a derby game - which is surprising coming off the back of the game with Bury.
"Our players were not smart enough and too many times we were second best. It took us too long to try to put a dent in their back four. We had no runners around their back players and it took us too long to create some forward firepower.
"We couldn't deliver, we had no aggression. You have to be smart and if you aren't winning battles you have to try doing something different. You can tell from the body language of the players that they didn't give enough."
Line-ups
Port Vale
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 21Alnwick
- 2Purkiss
- 6Duffy
- 5McGivern
- 3Dickinson
- 19Moore
- 8O'Connor
- 42GrantBooked at 61mins
- 14DanielBooked at 29mins
- 10Dodds
- 20Leitch-Smith
Substitutes
- 1Neal
- 4Streete
- 7Birchall
- 11Foley
- 15Hooper
- 16Yates
- 22Lloyd
Shrewsbury
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Leutwiler
- 2TootleBooked at 80mins
- 31Smith
- 4Whitbread
- 20Knight-PercivalBooked at 50minsSubstituted forClarkat 63'minutes
- 12BrownBooked at 31mins
- 17Ogogo
- 26Akpa-Akpro
- 7LawrenceSubstituted forBlackat 82'minutes
- 29ColeSubstituted forCollinsat 45'minutes
- 23BarnettBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 3Sadler
- 6Black
- 9Collins
- 13Gerrard
- 19McAlinden
- 22Clark
- 33Rowley
- Referee:
- Darren Handley
- Attendance:
- 4,880
Match Stats
Home TeamPort ValeAway TeamShrewsbury
- Possession
- Home52%
- Away48%
- Shots
- Home11
- Away4
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away1
- Corners
- Home12
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away19
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Port Vale 2, Shrewsbury Town 0.
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Attempt missed. Jordan Clark (Shrewsbury Town) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Foul by Louis Dodds (Port Vale).
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Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Louis Dodds (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town).
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Louis Dodds (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Junior Brown (Shrewsbury Town).
Booking
Tyrone Barnett (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Byron Moore (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Tyrone Barnett (Shrewsbury Town).
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Attempt saved. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Richard Duffy (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Tyrone Barnett (Shrewsbury Town).
Substitution
Substitution, Shrewsbury Town. Ian Black replaces Liam Lawrence.
Goal!
Goal! Port Vale 2, Shrewsbury Town 0. Michael O'Connor (Port Vale) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Booking
Matt Tootle (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Penalty conceded by Matt Tootle (Shrewsbury Town) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Ryan McGivern.
