Match ends, Port Vale 1, Swindon Town 0.
Port ValePort Vale1SwindonSwindon Town0
Carl Dickinson scored the only goal of the game as Port Vale earned a narrow win over Swindon to move within a point of the League One play-off zone.
The Vale captain headed in Louis Dodds' sixth-minute right-wing cross.
Dodds almost doubled the lead shortly after as he shot against the post, while Robins striker Jonathan Obika had a shot well-saved by Jak Alnwick.
Fabien Robert went close with a volley after the break, but Rob Page's Vale held on to secure all three points.
Vale climb three places back up to 8th in the table, while Swindon remain 17th, six points clear of trouble.
Port Vale manager Rob Page told BBC Radio Stoke:
"We were far too sloppy in the second half, not clinical enough. It wasn't the best performance but sometimes you have to win ugly.
"Even on a bad day like we have had here really, we have proved we can still grind out results. Defensively, our discipline was outstanding.
"They have had all the possession. But, on another day, as stupid as it sounds, we might have won three or four nil. Our final pass was nowhere near good enough."
Line-ups
Port Vale
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 21Alnwick
- 2Purkiss
- 6Duffy
- 26Inniss
- 3Dickinson
- 10DoddsSubstituted forMooreat 71'minutes
- 42Grant
- 11Foley
- 9KennedySubstituted forKellyat 71'minutes
- 25RobinsonSubstituted forHooperat 62'minutes
- 20Leitch-Smith
Substitutes
- 4Streete
- 15Hooper
- 16Yates
- 17Brown
- 18Kelly
- 19Moore
- 23Boot
Swindon
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Vigouroux
- 27Barry
- 2ThompsonBooked at 42mins
- 14Doughty
- 3Ormonde-OttewillBooked at 90mins
- 26Rodgers
- 4Robert
- 8Kasim
- 19BalmySubstituted forMarshallat 62'minutes
- 24HyltonSubstituted forYoungat 62'minutes
- 20Obika
Substitutes
- 15Brophy
- 22Marshall
- 23Cooke
- 25Belford
- 28Iandolo
- 35Young
- Referee:
- Peter Bankes
- Attendance:
- 3,256
Match Stats
Home TeamPort ValeAway TeamSwindon
- Possession
- Home36%
- Away64%
- Shots
- Home6
- Away8
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away3
- Corners
- Home5
- Away6
- Fouls
- Home7
- Away13
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Port Vale 1, Swindon Town 0.
Booking
Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Anthony Grant (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill (Swindon Town).
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Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Lawrence Vigouroux.
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Attempt saved. JJ Hooper (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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Byron Moore (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Fabien Robert (Swindon Town).
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Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
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Attempt missed. JJ Hooper (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
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Attempt saved. Fabien Robert (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Foul by Anthony Grant (Port Vale).
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Fabien Robert (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. Byron Moore replaces Louis Dodds.
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. Sam Kelly replaces Matthew Kennedy.
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Sam Foley (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Jonathan Obika (Swindon Town).
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Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Ben Purkiss.
