League position: 21st JJ Hooper was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering a quadriceps injury in the pre-match warm-up. Rigino Cicilia was promoted to the starting XI so Port Vale named only six of a possible seven substitutes.

2 Coventry City

Goals:

Kyel Reid		37
Kwame Thomas		41

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lee Burge

Defender Nathan Clarke

Defender Ryan Haynes

Defender Farrend Rawson

Defender Jordan Willis

Midfielder Gaël Bigirimana

Midfielder Kyel Reid

Midfielder Callum Reilly

Midfielder George Thomas

Forward Stuart Beavon

Forward Kwame Thomas

Substitutions:

Jodi Jones for Stuart Beavon	81
Chris Stokes for Kyel Reid	84

Cards:

Farrend Rawson

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook

Defender Jordan Turnbull

Defender/Midfielder Dion Kelly-Evans

Defender/Left back Chris Stokes

Midfielder Ruben Lameiras

Midfielder Ben Stevenson

Forward Jodi Jones

Comments:

League position: 24th

1 Port Vale

Goals:

Nathan Smith

Starting lineup:

Deniz Mehmet Goalkeeper

Kiko Defender

Ben Purkiss Defender

Nathan Smith Defender

Remie Streete Defender

Ryan Taylor Defender/Midfielder

Chris Eagles Midfielder

Sam Foley Midfielder

Billy Reeves Midfielder

Olamide Shodipo Midfielder/Forward

Rigino Cicilia Forward

Substitutions:

Sam Kelly for Billy Reeves	46
Dan Turner for Chris Eagles	61
Paulo Tavares for Ben Purkiss	79

Cards:

Billy Reeves	45	Y
Sam Foley	78	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Leo Fasan

Defender André Bikey

Defender Scott Tanser

Defender/Midfielder Sam Kelly

Midfielder Paulo Tavares

Forward Dan Turner

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