Match ends, Shrewsbury Town 1, Port Vale 1.
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Shrewsbury loan striker Sullay Kaikai scored his fifth goal in four matches to rescue a point against Port Vale.
The visitors led through Louis Dodds' header off the underside of the bar from six yards after JJ Hooper nodded on Carl Dickinson's left-wing cross.
But Town levelled on 73 minutes when Kaikai cut in from the right to fire in a brilliant 20-yard left-foot shot.
The hosts went down to 10 men in injury time when skipper Nat Knight-Percival was sent off for shoving Dodds.
But highly-rated on-loan Crystal Palace man Kaikai's 10th goal of the season was enough to stretch Shrewsbury's unbeaten League One run to nine games.
Micky Mellon's men are now nine points clear of trouble in 17th, seven places below Vale, who remain three points shy of a play-off place.
Line-ups
Shrewsbury
Formation 4-4-2
- 21Halstead
- 5Grandison
- 15GrimmerBooked at 15mins
- 20Knight-PercivalBooked at 90mins
- 12BrownBooked at 39mins
- 10WhalleySubstituted forBlackat 69'minutes
- 17OgogoBooked at 64mins
- 8Wellens
- 11Kaikai
- 7VassellSubstituted forAkpa-Akproat 57'minutes
- 19ManganSubstituted forColeat 69'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Leutwiler
- 6Black
- 16Vernon
- 22Clark
- 24Hendry
- 26Akpa-Akpro
- 29Cole
Port Vale
Formation 4-4-2
- 21Alnwick
- 2Purkiss
- 6DuffyBooked at 79mins
- 26InnissBooked at 75mins
- 3Dickinson
- 18KellySubstituted forKennedyat 78'minutes
- 17Brown
- 8O'Connor
- 11FoleySubstituted forMooreat 78'minutes
- 10Dodds
- 15HooperSubstituted forRobinsonat 90+4'minutes
Substitutes
- 5McGivern
- 7Birchall
- 9Kennedy
- 16Yates
- 19Moore
- 23Boot
- 25Robinson
- Referee:
- Mark Heywood
- Attendance:
- 7,019
Match Stats
Home TeamShrewsburyAway TeamPort Vale
- Possession
- Home44%
- Away56%
- Shots
- Home17
- Away14
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away6
- Corners
- Home3
- Away5
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away11
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Shrewsbury Town 1, Port Vale 1.
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. Theo Robinson replaces JJ Hooper.
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Sullay Kaikai (Shrewsbury Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Matthew Kennedy (Port Vale).
Dismissal
Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Shrewsbury Town) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
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Foul by Nathaniel Knight-Percival (Shrewsbury Town).
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Louis Dodds (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Ryan Inniss (Port Vale) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Abu Ogogo.
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Attempt saved. Louis Dodds (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
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Foul by Sullay Kaikai (Shrewsbury Town).
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Carl Dickinson (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Attempt missed. Sullay Kaikai (Shrewsbury Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
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Attempt saved. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Delay in match Ian Black (Shrewsbury Town) because of an injury.
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Attempt blocked. Jean-Louis Akpa-Akpro (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Corner, Shrewsbury Town. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
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Attempt blocked. Larnell Cole (Shrewsbury Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Booking
Richard Duffy (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
