Match ends, Gillingham 0, Port Vale 2.
GillinghamGillingham0Port ValePort Vale2
Gillingham's play-off hopes were dented as their winless run extended to four games with defeat by Port Vale.
AJ Leitch-Smith opened the scoring, latching onto Ben Purkiss' cross-field pass to lash his 12th goal of the season into the top corner.
Carl Dickinson added a second before Richard Duffy cleared off the line after Vale keeper Jak Alnwick spilled Bradley Dack's shot.
The Gills remain in sixth but are just two points above Barnsley in seventh.
Line-ups
Gillingham
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 1Nelson
- 2JacksonBooked at 45minsSubstituted forMcGlashanat 61'minutes
- 4Egan
- 5EhmerBooked at 82mins
- 50OshilajaSubstituted forDickensonat 35'minutes
- 15MorrisBooked at 90mins
- 44WrightBooked at 10mins
- 18CroftsSubstituted forHessenthalerat 60'minutes
- 23DackBooked at 62mins
- 17DonnellyBooked at 58mins
- 10McDonald
Substitutes
- 3Garmston
- 8Hessenthaler
- 11McGlashan
- 12Morris
- 16Osadebe
- 19Norris
- 24Dickenson
Port Vale
Formation 3-5-2
- 21AlnwickBooked at 75mins
- 4Streete
- 5McGivern
- 6Duffy
- 2Purkiss
- 8O'ConnorBooked at 45mins
- 42GrantBooked at 90mins
- 11FoleySubstituted forBirchallat 73'minutes
- 3Dickinson
- 10DoddsSubstituted forMooreat 77'minutes
- 20Leitch-SmithSubstituted forHooperat 73'minutes
Substitutes
- 7Birchall
- 15Hooper
- 16Yates
- 17Brown
- 18Kelly
- 19Moore
- 23Boot
- Referee:
- Ross Joyce
- Attendance:
- 5,887
Match Stats
Home TeamGillinghamAway TeamPort Vale
- Possession
- Home56%
- Away44%
- Shots
- Home14
- Away7
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away5
- Corners
- Home12
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home15
- Away7
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Gillingham 0, Port Vale 2.
Booking
Aaron Morris (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Aaron Morris (Gillingham).
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Anthony Grant (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Anthony Grant (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
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Foul by John Egan (Gillingham).
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Byron Moore (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Bradley Dack (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Byron Moore (Port Vale).
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Attempt missed. Josh Wright (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Booking
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Max Ehmer (Gillingham).
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Byron Moore (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Anthony Grant.
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Hand ball by Rory Donnelly (Gillingham).
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. Byron Moore replaces Louis Dodds.
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Hand ball by Jermaine McGlashan (Gillingham).
Booking
Jak Alnwick (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Bradley Dack (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
