Match Report | Everton 2-1 Port Vale
Ruari Paton becomes the first player to score past Everton in the brand-new Hill Dickinson Stadium as Darren Moore’s Valiants lose narrowly to Premier League opposition in our latest pre-season outing.
The Vale took the lead inside the second minute when a lovely one-touch move between WAINE, Tolaj and Paton resulted in the latter side-footing past Pickford from just inside the area.
Paton came close to adding his second of the game with twenty minutes on the clock when he did well to bring down a ball over the top and outmuscle the defender before curling towards goal from around 20 yards, but Pickford was equal to it and parried out for a Vale corner.
Everton were at near full-strength in the first half, but had to be patient for their first half-chance of the game came when Ndiaye got on the end of a looped free kick into the box, but could only scuff his effort past Marosi’s left-hand post.
Another sweeping one-touch move from Vale almost resulted in the second goal of the game when the ball found its way to WAINE on the left of the box, but his curling effort went just past Pickford’s left-hand post.
Off at half time.
Off at half time.