Vale hit back as Butterworth turned on Worrall’s low cross and won a corner that pinballed around the area before it was hacked away. He slid in and connected but could only send the ball wide as 7,000 Vale fans dared to breathe again. And Vale took the lead on 56 minutes as Butterworth’s powerful low strike was only parried by Wildsmith low to his right. Port Vale: Stevens 8, Cass 7 (Forrester, 80, 6), Smith 7, Jones 6, Worrall 7, Garrity 7, Ojo 8, Benning 6, Politic 6 (Odubeko, 63, 6), Massey 6, Butterworth 7 (Pett, 73, 6). Derby County: Wildsmith, Forsyth, Hourihane (Dobbin, 68), Barkhuizen (Collins, 68), Bird, McGoldrick (Rooney,93), Mendez-Laing, Smith, Roberts (Springett, 80), Davies, Knight.
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