Match Report
| Oldham Athletic | Oldham Athletic |  |  | Port Vale | Port Vale | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Beekink | B. Beekink |  | 48 | G |  | 1 | | G | 56 |  | Greg Pearce | G. Pearce | |||||||||
| Adrian Byrne | A. Byrne | | 45 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 48 | | Craig Carlton | C. Carlton | |||||||||
| Luke Shearer | L. Shearer | | 45 | D | | 3 | | D | 48 |  | Felipe Lozano | F. Lozano | |||||||||
| Carl Blake | C. Blake | | 44 | D | | 4 | | D | 46 |  | Alejandro Capezzuto | A. Capezzuto | |||||||||
| Colin Caldwell | C. Caldwell |  | 42 | D | | 5 | | M | 60 | | Jody Shearer | J. Shearer | |||||||||
| Alfred Cooke | A. Cooke | | 51 | M | | 6 | | M | 60 | | Titus Carragher | T. Carragher | |||||||||
| Ben Kirkland | B. Kirkland | | 50 | M | | 7 | | M | 59 | | Gavin Griffin | G. Griffin | |||||||||
| Alistair Lawrence | A. Lawrence | | 47 | M | | 8 | | M | 55 | | Lomano Drake | L. Drake | |||||||||
| Andy Marshall | A. Marshall | | 46 | M | | 9 | | A | 51 | | Alan Sturridge | A. Sturridge | |||||||||
| Dean Dichio | D. Dichio | | 55 | A | | 10 | | A | 46 | | Ben Merson | B. Merson | |||||||||
| Neil Hutchison | N. Hutchison | | 53 | A | | 11 | | A | 45 | | Darius Haynes | D. Haynes | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Boundary Park where Oldham Athletic play host to Port Vale. A crowd of 4,654 fill this 5,000 capacity stadium.
Oldham Athletic are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Port Vale appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Oldham Athletic are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while Port Vale appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0Oldham Athletic kick off!
3.16
0-0Alejandro Capezzuto hacks Alfred Cooke from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Alfred Cooke grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
8.10
0-0Carl Blake makes a probing pass to Ben Kirkland. Ben Kirkland knocks the ball to his team mate, Dean Dichio. Dean Dichio shoots from long range but it is tipped over by Greg Pearce.
10.29
0-0Titus Carragher controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ben Merson. Ben Merson knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Luke Shearer.
12.50
0-0Alistair Lawrence threads the ball through to Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It's miles wide!
16.52
Alistair Lawrence makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Dean Dichio. Dean Dichio knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
27.21
Carl Blake knocks the ball forward to Alfred Cooke. Alfred Cooke knocks the ball to his team mate, Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison tries a spectacular long range effort. It's miles wide!
36.21
Craig Carlton chips the ball to his team mate, Jody Shearer. Jody Shearer makes a probing pass to Darius Haynes. Darius Haynes plays a perfect one-two with Ben Merson and rushes in on goal... Darius Haynes tries a spectacular strike but he balloons it over the crossbar!
44.55
0-0Alfred Cooke controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Dean Dichio. Dean Dichio knocks the ball forward to Neil Hutchison but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
45.00
Alistair Lawrence chips the ball to his team mate, Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison threads the ball through to Dean Dichio but he's offside!
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The second half starts with Port Vale kicking off!
51.44
Carl Blake makes a simple pass to Ben Kirkland. Ben Kirkland makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison kicks a strong pass forward to Dean Dichio but the referee indicates it's offside!
53.51
Carl Blake controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ben Kirkland. Ben Kirkland controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison plays a perfect one-two with Dean Dichio and rushes in on goal... Neil Hutchison makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is miles over!
54.37
Gavin Griffin brings the ball forward. Gavin Griffin knocks in a cross ball towards Ben Merson. Ben Merson is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
55.49
Felipe Lozano makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Titus Carragher. What teamwork. Titus Carragher controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Alan Sturridge. Alan Sturridge whips in a cross ball towards Darius Haynes. Darius Haynes directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is tipped over by Billy Beekink.
59.27
Craig Carlton kicks a strong pass forward to Titus Carragher. Titus Carragher deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Darius Haynes. Darius Haynes sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but somehow Billy Beekink manages to keep it out.
63.05
Titus Carragher surges forward with the ball. Titus Carragher shoots from outside the area but somehow Billy Beekink manages to keep it out.
67.05
0-1Titus Carragher advances with the ball. Titus Carragher shoots from distance. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
71.05
0-1Alfred Cooke catches Gavin Griffin on the ankles. The referee calls over Alfred Cooke and warns him to calm down! Gavin Griffin stretches but gets up unharmed.
78.54
Alejandro Capezzuto flicks the ball to his team mate, Jody Shearer. Jody Shearer kicks a strong pass forward to Ben Merson. Ben Merson knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Luke Shearer.
81.33
Alfred Cooke makes a simple pass to Dean Dichio. Dean Dichio finds some space and shoots from distance. The ball comes in low, but Greg Pearce easily smothers it!
84.25
Luke Shearer chips the ball to his team mate, Andy Marshall. Andy Marshall makes a probing pass to Dean Dichio. Dean Dichio goes all the way! Dean Dichio makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is miles over!
90.00
Adrian Byrne takes it forward alone. Adrian Byrne passes the ball forward to Neil Hutchison. Neil Hutchison deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Dean Dichio but the linesman indicates offside!
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
1
Shots on Target
2
4
Shots off Target
4
2
Offsides
4
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
59.6%
40.4%
Play Area
28.7%
44.7%
26.6%
Scorers