Port Vale 0-2 Peterborough United

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Ephron Mason-Clark heads Peterborough's opening goal

Ephron Mason-Clark struck a quickfire second-half double to hand Darren Ferguson a winning start to his fourth spell as Peterborough manager at Port Vale.

The victory lifts Posh two places to seventh in League One, while Port Vale remain 11th.

Mason-Clark fired narrowly wide when presented with the clearest opening of the first half.

But the 23-year-old found his range after 56 minutes as Jonson Clarke-Harris headed Joe Ward's deep delivery back across goal for Mason-Clark to stoop and convert into an empty net.

Clarke-Harris was fractionally off target with a header on the hour, but Mason-Clark bundled home from Ward's square ball soon after and only a full-length stop from Jack Stevens prevented Kwame Poku from adding a third for the visitors.

Will Norris was rarely tested after an eighth-minute save at the feet of Mal Benning and the Peterborough goalkeeper, on loan from Burnley, marked his first senior appearance for 20 months with a clean sheet.

Match report supplied by PA Media.

Line-ups

Port Vale

Formation 3-4-1-2

25Stevens
2Cass
6Smith
3JonesSubstituted forForresterat 81'minutes
7WorrallSubstituted forRobinsonat 65'minutes
8Garrity
23PettSubstituted forOjoat 81'minutes
11Benning
26ButterworthSubstituted forPoliticat 65'minutes
21Odubeko
19Massey

Substitutes

1Stone
14Ojo
15Forrester
17Holden
24Agyakwa
27Robinson
33Politic

Peterborough

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Norris
12Thompson
6Kent
4Edwards
3Butler
8Taylor
22Kyprianou
23Ward
11PokuBooked at 77minsSubstituted forBurrowsat 81'minutes
10Mason-Clark
9Clarke-Harris

Substitutes

5Knight
14Marriott
15Ogbeta
16Burrows
17Jones
24Thompson
28Blackmore

Referee:Peter Wright

Attendance:5,109

Live Text

Match ends, Port Vale 0, Peterborough United 2.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 0, Peterborough United 2.
Attempt saved. Funso Ojo (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Lewis Cass.
Attempt missed. Harrison Burrows (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Hector Kyprianou.
Ademipo Odubeko (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Frankie Kent (Peterborough United).
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough United).
Offside, Peterborough United. Will Norris tries a through ball, but Joe Ward is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Dan Butler (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner, Peterborough United. Conceded by William Forrester.
Foul by Dennis Politic (Port Vale).
Hector Kyprianou (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Jonson Clarke-Harris (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Port Vale. William Forrester replaces Dan Jones.
Substitution, Port Vale. Funso Ojo replaces Tom Pett.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Harrison Burrows replaces Kwame Poku.
Kwame Poku (Peterborough United) is shown the yellow card.
Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Nathan Thompson.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.