Port Vale 1-3 Exeter

Match summary

Exeter beat Port Vale 3-1 in League One on Sat, 24 Jan 2026.

Goals — Port Vale: C. Humphreys 75' | Exeter: Mendes Gomes 22'; J. Wareham 47'; Tuterov 59'.

Port Vale had 49% of the possession and 13 shots (3 on target) against 11 (4) for Exeter; corners 12-4, yellow cards 1-4.

In their last 14 meetings Port Vale won 8, Exeter won 5 and 1 ended level.

Venue: Vale Park (Stoke on Trent). Referee: Declan Bourne.

Match timeline

1. 22'Mendes GomesAssist: I. NiskanenGoal0-1
2. 28'OjoYellow card
3. 47'J. WarehamGoal0-2
4. 55'⇄In McMillanOut Doyle-HayesSubstitution
5. 55'⇄In TuterovOut Mendes GomesSubstitution
6. 59'TuterovAssist: AitchisonGoal0-3
7. 64'⇄In StockleyOut J. ShipleySubstitution
8. 64'⇄In C. HumphreysOut OjoSubstitution
9. 64'⇄In D. BrownOut G. HallSubstitution
10. 68'⇄In MagennisOut J. WarehamSubstitution
11. 68'⇄In ColeOut L. OakesSubstitution
12. 73'⇄In J. HeadleyOut GordonSubstitution
13. 75'C. HumphreysAssist: HeneghanGoal1-3
14. 75'AitchisonYellow card
15. 82'⇄In CoxOut AitchisonSubstitution
16. 89'J. WhitworthYellow card
17. 90'⇄In WaineOut E. ArcherSubstitution
18. 90'CoxYellow card
19. 90'MagennisYellow card

Top performers

G. HallPort Vale · Attacker

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target0
• Minutes63

CoxExeter · Attacker

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target0
• Minutes9

CroasdalePort Vale · Midfielder

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target1
• Minutes90

L. OakesExeter · Midfielder

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target0
• Minutes67

C. HumphreysPort Vale · Defender

• Interceptions1
• Tackles0
• Minutes27

L. WoodhouseExeter · Defender

• Interceptions4
• Tackles0
• Minutes90

Lineups

1J. Whitworth6.8

26Sweeney6.65Fitzwater7.020L. Woodhouse7.2

14I. Niskanen7.031↓Doyle-Hayes6.36E. Brierley6.334↓L. Oakes6.6

10↓Aitchison7.1

9↓J. Wareham7.17↓Mendes Gomes7.3

11↓E. Archer7.044Cole6.233↓G. Hall6.7

26↓J. Shipley6.114↓Ojo5.618Croasdale6.8

15↓Gordon6.15Hall6.44Heneghan7.66Gabriel6.2

46J. Gauci5.7

Statistics

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Previous meetings

• Sat, 20 FebExeter–-–Port ValeLeague Two
• Sat, 12 SepPort Vale1-0ExeterLeague Two
• Sat, 13 SepExeter0-2Port ValeLeague One
• Sat, 13 AprPort Vale2-4ExeterLeague One
• Sat, 9 DecExeter0-1Port ValeLeague One
• Sat, 18 FebPort Vale1-0ExeterLeague One
• Sat, 5 NovPort Vale2-3ExeterFA Cup - 1st Round
• Sat, 6 AugExeter4-0Port ValeLeague One
• Sat, 7 MayExeter0-1Port ValeLeague Two
• Tue, 22 MarPort Vale0-0ExeterLeague Two

Match information

Competition

League One

Round

Round 28

Kick-off

Sat, 24 Jan 2026

Stadium

Vale Park (Stoke on Trent)

Capacity

19,052

Attendance

8,432

Referee

Declan Bourne