Port Vale 1-3 Exeter City: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 January 2026

Result

Port Vale 1-3 Exeter City

League One · Saturday 24 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Port Vale 1-3 Exeter City: match report

Port Vale lost to Exeter City 1-3 in the League One on Saturday 24 January 2026. The half-time score was 0-1.

Carlos Gomes opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Port Vale's goal came from C. Humphreys (75'). Exeter City scored through Carlos Gomes (22'), Jayden Wareham (47') and Timur Tuterov (59').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Exeter City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 24th on 18 points from 24 and Exeter City 14th on 33 points from 25. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Exeter City 21st with 49.

Port Vale lined up in a 4-3-3 and Exeter City in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Gomes of Exeter City (7.5), ahead of Luca Woodhouse (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 0 draws and 2 for Exeter City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Carlos GomesExeter City · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · F. OjoPort Vale
  • 47'Goal · Jayden WarehamExeter City · 0-2
  • 59'Goal · Timur TuterovExeter City · 0-3
  • 75'Yellow card · J. AitchisonExeter City
  • 75'Goal · C. HumphreysPort Vale · 1-3
  • 89'Yellow card · J. WhitworthExeter City
  • 90+4'Yellow card · S. CoxExeter City
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Joshua Brendan David MagennisExeter City

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 0, Exeter City 2.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (4-3-3)

Joe Gauci, Jordan Gabriel, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Liam Gordon, Ryan Croasdale, F. Ojo, Jordan Shipley, George Hall, Devante Cole, Ethon Archer

Exeter City line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Whitworth, Pierce Sweeney, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Ilmari Niskanen, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Ethan Brierley, Liam Oakes, Jack Aitchison, Jayden Wareham, Carlos Gomes