Carlisle United vs Port Vale

18 April 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee M Woods

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–0

Georgie Kelly 36’
Matthew Dennis 43’
Aaron Hayden 49’

Jayden Stockley 61’
Sam Hart 70’

Match summary

Carlisle United beat Port Vale 3-2. Carlisle United led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Georgie Kelly put Carlisle United ahead in the 36th minute and Matthew Dennis made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute. In the second half, Aaron Hayden made it 3-0 with a header in the 49th minute, Jayden Stockley pulled one back to make it 3-1 with a header in the 61st minute, and Sam Hart made it 3-2 in the 70th minute.

Shots finished 16-14 to Carlisle United, with 4 on target for Carlisle United and 6 for Port Vale. Lorent Tolaj had a penalty saved for Port Vale. Carlisle United had a player sent off.

Match stats

16 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 5

4 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

Key events

Carlisle United Port Vale

Kick-off

Georgie Kelly

1-0

36’

Matthew Dennis

2-0

43’

Half-time2-0

Aaron Hayden

3-0

49’

61’

Jayden Stockley

3-1

70’

Sam Hart

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Carlisle United

Matthew Dennis
Aaron Hayden
Terell Thomas
Stephen Wearne

Port Vale

George Byers

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Port Vale attacking Carlisle United attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players


Gabriel Breeze	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jack Ellis	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aaron Hayden	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–
Terell Thomas	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cameron Harper	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sean Fusire Taken off	84′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Callum Whelan	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Kadeem Harris	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Stephen Wearne Taken off	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Georgie Kelly	90′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
Matthew Dennis Taken offSent off	85′	1	–	6	–	–	–
Callum Anthony Guy Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Hugill Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Ben Amos	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jesse Debrah	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Nathan James Smith	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Connor Hall Taken off	87′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Rhys Walters Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mitchell Clark	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ryan Croasdale	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Garrity Taken off	77′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jack Shorrock Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lorent Tolaj	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jayden Stockley	90′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Sam Hart Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
George Byers Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	2	–	–	–
Ronan Curtis Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rico Richards Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Carlisle United win 24% Avg odds 3.86

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.47

Port Vale win 49% Avg odds 1.93

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Carlisle United D L L W W

Port Vale L W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Port Vale 0-0 Carlisle United, 21 Dec 24 All Carlisle United vs Port Vale meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.