Tranmere Rovers' winning run in League Two continued with a 3-1 triumph at home to Port Vale. A brace from top goal scorer, James Vaughan, and an excellent goal from attacker Kaiyne Woolery sealed the points for Keith Hill's men. Port Vale made it 2-1 before half time, but overall, it was a contest TRFC controlled throughout.
Tranmere Rovers made one change from the win at Morecambe last weekend, with goalscorer from midweek, Danny Lloyd, coming in for Nya Kirby.
Strong play from Kaiyne Woolery kicked things off for Tranmere as he shielded the ball from the visiting defence but a cross-cum-shot was wayward and over the bar.
An excellent ball into the box just before the quarter hour mark saw Lloyd smash the cross bar after an initial header from Peter Clarke.
Rovers in the blink of an eye as a world class pass from deep inside his own half by Jay Spearing picked out the run of Woolery, who raced through on goal and calmly slotted home to put TRFC ahead with 17 played.
The hosts started controlling possession after the goal, with Port Vale limited to very few half chances, as we dictated the tempo.
It was a quiet opening 30 minutes for Vaughan but the lethal striker was waiting for his first opportunity on goal of the game, and when it came, our top goal scorer delivered.
Turning sweetly, Vaughan took the ball away from his marker and smashed into the far corner, an excellent finish to make it 16 for the campaign.
The hosts were playing beautiful football, and patience from Otis Khan as the attacking full back held onto the ball until he spotted Vaughan’s back post run, as our number nine was denied on the half volley by Vale shot stopper Scott Brown.
Against the run of play, Jake Taylor pulled a goal back as an effort from the edge of the box got past Spearing and Scott Davies.
Vaughan restored Tranmere’s two goal advantage as Feeney and Lloyd linked up with a nice one two, with the former having a shot saved by Brown but the lethal Vaughan was on hand to volley home the rebound just before the hour mark.
Rovers calmly saw out the remainder of the match, with the result not in doubt, with another assures performance by Hill’s men.
Tranmere: Davies, Khan, Clarke, Monthe, MacDonald, Lewis, Spearing, Feeney (O'Connor 90), Woolery, Lloyd (Morris 87), Vaughan. Unused subs: Murphy, Ray, Nelson, Jolley, Crawford.
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