Match officials Mansfield

The Valiants will welcome Mansfield Town to Vale Park on Saturday as they look to extend their unbeaten home run to five league games. The match officials for the fixture have been confirmed and can be found below:

Josh Smith has been confirmed as the official who will take charge of Port Vale's fifth home game of the season against The Stags, having officiated 32 games across all competitions last season and one EFL game so far this season.

 

Sky Bet League Two: 1 (19/20)

FA Youth Cup: 1 (18/19)

Premier League 2: 12 (18/19)

National League: 19 (18/19)

Over the course of the 32 games Smith refereed last season, he handed out a total of 103 yellow cards and six red cards. In the game refereed this season he gave out 5 yellow cards and one red card. Saturday will be the first time that Smith has refereed the Valiants.

His assistants on Saturday will be Gary Hilton and Wade Smith, with Ravel Cheosiaua taking on the role as fourth official.