League One (Week 40) : Port Vale beats Walsall 1-0
ENGLAND, Apr. 25, 2017 (AMP) — League One / Match day 40: After five straigth defeats, the Valiants bounced back with a 1-0 victory over Walsall this Tuesday.
Walsall made Port Vale doubt themselves for forty-five minutes. 0-0 at half time. Everything was decided in the second period with a saving goal by Eagles Chris with just 5 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Walsall FC are down in 13rd place with 58 points from 45 games, tie on points with Milton Keynes Dons FC.
View : Full League One table (as of March 26, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield United | 45 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 89 | 45 | 44 | 97 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 45 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 65 | 36 | 29 | 83 |
| 3 | Fleetwood Town | 45 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 64 | 43 | 21 | 81 |
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 45 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 53 | 24 | 79 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 45 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 61 | 42 | 19 | 78 |
| 6 | Millwall | 45 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 62 | 54 | 8 | 70 |
| 7 | Southend United | 45 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 16 | 69 |
| 8 | Rochdale | 45 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 68 |
| 9 | Oxford United | 45 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 52 | 11 | 66 |
| 10 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 65 | 66 | -1 | 66 |
| 11 | Peterborough United | 45 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 62 | 59 | 3 | 62 |
| 12 | Milton Keynes Dons | 45 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 57 | -1 | 58 |
| 13 | Walsall | 45 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 54 | -4 | 58 |
| 14 | Charlton Athletic | 45 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 57 | 53 | 4 | 57 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 45 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 52 | 55 | -3 | 56 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 45 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 60 | 73 | -13 | 52 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 52 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 45 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 46 | 61 | -15 | 51 |
| 19 | Bury | 45 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 61 | 72 | -11 | 50 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 45 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 79 | -20 | 49 |
| 21 | Port Vale | 45 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 45 | 70 | -25 | 48 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 45 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 44 | 63 | -19 | 44 |
| 23 | Coventry City | 45 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 65 | -29 | 39 |
| 24 | Chesterfield | 45 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 75 | -34 | 37 |
Fixtures and Results : League One 2016-2017
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Overview
Walsall FC
- Position: 13 -2
- Best performance of the season:Walsall 4-1 Sheffield United (14 Jan.)
- Previous game:Coventry City 1-0 Walsall (22 Apr.)
- Next game:Walsall - Milton Keynes Dons (30 Apr.)
Port Vale FC
- Position: 21
- Best performance of the season:Port Vale 3-1 Millwall (27 Sep.)
- Previous game:Port Vale 0-2 Bolton Wanderers (22 Apr.)
- Next game:Fleetwood Town - Port Vale (30 Apr.)
Walsall
0:1
Port Vale
0:1 (0:0)
- 25 April 2017
- 19:45
- Walsall
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield United | 97 |
| 2 |  Bolton Wanderers | 83 |
| 3 | Fleetwood Town | 81 |
| 4 | Scunthorpe United | 79 |
| 5 | Bradford City | 78 |
Week 40 Results
| Saturday 25 March 2017 | ||||
| Swindon Town | 1-0 | Millwall |  | |
| Chesterfield | 1-3 | Rochdale | ||
| Shrewsbury Town | 0-2 | Bolton Wanderers | | |
| Northampton Town | 0-0 | Oxford United | ||
| AFC Wimbledon | 0-2 | Southend United | ||
| Bury | 0-0 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| Coventry City | 1-0 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 1-1 | Sheffield United | ||
| Gillingham | 0-1 | Peterborough United | ||
| Sunday 26 March 2017 | ||||
| Scunthorpe United | 3-2 | Bradford City | ||
| Tuesday 4 April 2017 | ||||
 | Charlton Athletic | 0-2 | Milton Keynes Dons | |
| Tuesday 25 April 2017 | ||||
| Walsall | 0-1 | Port Vale | ||