Port Vale 5-1 Blackpool: result and report

Port Vale 5-1 Blackpool

League One · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Port Vale beat Blackpool 5-1 in the League One on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tom Bloxham opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Jayden Stockley (54'), George Byers (58'), Jaheim Headley (73'), Devante Cole (86') and Ronan Curtis (90+4'). Blackpool scored through Tom Bloxham (27').

Discipline: Port Vale received 3 yellow cards; Blackpool received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Port Vale were 24th on 15 points from 22 and Blackpool 13th on 29 points from 23. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Blackpool 13th with 60.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Blackpool in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ronan Curtis of Port Vale (9.6), ahead of Jayden Stockley (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Port Vale win, 1 draw and 0 for Blackpool.