Asamoah scores as Port Vale blanks Mansfield at home
STOKE-ON-TRENT, United Kingdom (Interstat) — Port Vale beat Mansfield 2-0 in a football match on Tuesday at Vale Park, scoring twice and getting a 58th-minute goal from Maleace Asamoah, who played 33 minutes. Asamoah’s finish broke a scoreless match after Mansfield’s Brady J. was booked in the 44th minute. Mansfield also received yellow cards for Sweeney R. in the 67th and Russell J. in the 72nd, while Port Vale’s Headley J. was cautioned in the 82nd. Port Vale’s competition record moved to 1-1 and its overall record stands at 2-5-3. Mansfield’s competition record fell to 0-1, with an overall mark of 2-4-3. Port Vale made a halftime substitution involving Hall G., and Mansfield brought on McLaughlin S. and Oshilaja A. Mansfield added Reed L. in the 56th, while Port Vale introduced Hernandez O. and Watters M. in the 57th. Mansfield then used Oates R. and Knoyle K. in the 63rd, and Port Vale brought on Lawrence-Gabriel J. in the 77th and Garrity B. in the 81st. Mansfield next hosts Bromley, while Port Vale next hosts Grimsby.