Walsall vs Port Vale

5 April 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee Lewis Smith

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 2–3

  • Taylor Allen 7’ (pen)
  • Levi Amantchi 11’
  • Lorent Tolaj 4’, 45+2’ (pen)
  • Ben Garrity 41’

Match summary

Port Vale came from behind to win 3-2 away at Walsall. Port Vale led 3-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Lorent Tolaj put Port Vale ahead in the 4th minute, Taylor Allen equalised from the penalty spot in the 7th minute, Levi Amantchi put Walsall in front in the 11th minute, Ben Garrity equalised in the 41st minute, and Tolaj won it from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time.

Shots finished 14-10 to Port Vale, with 5 on target for Walsall and 4 for Port Vale.

Match stats

Walsall Port Vale
10 Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 3
5 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Walsall Port Vale
Kick-off
4’
Lorent Tolaj0-1 (Port Vale)
Taylor Allen
Penalty
1-1 (Walsall)
7’
Levi Amantchi2-1 (Walsall)
11’
41’
Ben Garrity2-2 (Port Vale)
45+2’
Lorent Tolaj
Penalty
2-3 (Port Vale)
Half-time2-3
Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Walsall
  • Oisin McEntee
  • David Okagbue
  • Nathan Asiimwe
  • Taylor Allen
  • Liam Gordon
Port Vale
  • Lorent Tolaj
  • Sam Hart

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Port Vale attacking Walsall attacking 
4’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, goal 6’ Levi Amantchi (Walsall), set piece, blocked 7’ Taylor Allen (Walsall), penalty, goal 11’ Levi Amantchi (Walsall), set piece, goal 13’ Levi Amantchi (Walsall), open play, saved 17’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, off target 17’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 22’ Taylor Allen (Walsall), open play, saved 24’ Kyle John (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 24’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 38’ Sam Hart (Port Vale), set piece, off target 40’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 41’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), set piece, goal 47’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), penalty, goal 48’ Liam Gordon (Walsall), open play, off target 48’ Jamille Matt (Walsall), open play, blocked 58’ George Hall (Walsall), open play, saved 59’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), direct free kick, off target 60’ Mitchell Clark (Port Vale), open play, off target 72’ George Hall (Walsall), open play, off target 76’ Ryan Stirk (Walsall), from a corner, blocked 80’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), set piece, saved 85’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), open play, off target 90+3’ Antwoine Hackford (Port Vale), open play, blocked 4’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, goal 6’ Levi Amantchi (Walsall), set piece, blocked 7’ Taylor Allen (Walsall), penalty, goal 11’ Levi Amantchi (Walsall), set piece, goal 13’ Levi Amantchi (Walsall), open play, saved 17’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, off target 17’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 22’ Taylor Allen (Walsall), open play, saved 24’ Kyle John (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 24’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 38’ Sam Hart (Port Vale), set piece, off target 40’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 41’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), set piece, goal 47’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), penalty, goal 48’ Liam Gordon (Walsall), open play, off target 48’ Jamille Matt (Walsall), open play, blocked 58’ George Hall (Walsall), open play, saved 59’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), direct free kick, off target 60’ Mitchell Clark (Port Vale), open play, off target 72’ George Hall (Walsall), open play, off target 76’ Ryan Stirk (Walsall), from a corner, blocked 80’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), set piece, saved 85’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), open play, off target 90+3’ Antwoine Hackford (Port Vale), open play, blocked
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Sam Hornby
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – –
Evan Weir Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Nathan Asiimwe Taken off
46′ – – – – – –
Jamie Jellis Taken off
74′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
90′ 1 – 2 – – –
90′ – – 1 – – –
Jamille Matt Taken off
74′ – – 1 – – – –
Levi Amantchi Taken off
85′ 1 – 3 – – – –
Connor Barrett Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
George Hall Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 2 – – – –
Albert Adomah Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Ethan Wheatley Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Danny Johnson Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
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

Walsall win 40% Avg odds 2.34
Draw 31% Avg odds 3.06
Port Vale win 29% Avg odds 3.19

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

Form going into the game

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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.