Port Vale 1-0 Exeter

Match summary

Port Vale beat Exeter 1-0 in League Two on Sat, 12 Sep 2026.

Goals — Port Vale: Byers 70' (pen).

Port Vale had 53% of the possession and 14 shots (4 on target) against 10 (0) for Exeter; corners 6-4, yellow cards 3-2.

In their last 14 meetings Port Vale won 7, Exeter won 6 and 1 ended level.

Venue: Vale Park (Stoke on Trent). Referee: Leigh Doughty.

Match timeline

1. 57'Doyle-HayesYellow card
2. 63'⇄In J. TaylorOut EdwardsSubstitution
3. 70'ByersPenalty goal1-0
4. 71'⇄In T. PerryOut Doyle-HayesSubstitution
5. 71'⇄In BirchOut D. RoseSubstitution
6. 73'GabrielYellow card
7. 76'⇄In G. HallOut WaineSubstitution
8. 77'ByersYellow card
9. 79'⇄In SamuelOut JamesSubstitution
10. 79'⇄In SutherlandOut V. HarperSubstitution
11. 86'⇄In C. HumphreysOut L. MontsmaSubstitution
12. 86'⇄In HernándezOut ByersSubstitution
13. 86'⇄In T. SimpsonOut O. LynchSubstitution
14. 90'B. GarrityYellow card
15. 90'T. PerryYellow card

Top performers

O. LynchPort Vale · Attacker

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target1
• Minutes85

SutherlandExeter · Attacker

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target0
• Minutes12

B. GarrityPort Vale · Midfielder

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target1
• Minutes90

EdwardsExeter · Midfielder

• Expected Goals0
• Shots On Target0
• Minutes62

HallPort Vale · Defender

• Interceptions0
• Tackles0
• Minutes90

FitzwaterExeter · Defender

• Interceptions0
• Tackles0
• Minutes90

Lineups

1J. Bycroft6.6

40↓James6.95Fitzwater7.03L. Woodhouse5.7

7↓Edwards6.931↓Doyle-Hayes6.316C. Cummins6.624↓V. Harper6.5

12Cole6.7

32↓D. Rose6.210J. Gordon6.0

14↓O. Lynch6.7

19↓Waine6.37↓Byers7.0

3J. Headley6.68B. Garrity7.110Dempsey6.76Gabriel6.8

5Hall6.922↓L. Montsma6.92John6.8

1J. Smith7.0

Statistics

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Previous meetings

• Sat, 20 FebExeter–-–Port ValeLeague Two
• Sat, 24 JanPort Vale1-3ExeterLeague One
• 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 Two

Round

Round 6

Kick-off

Sat, 12 Sep 2026

Stadium

Vale Park (Stoke on Trent)

Capacity

19,052

Referee

Leigh Doughty