Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City: result and report

League Two · Saturday 12 September 2026

Result

Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City

League Two · Saturday 12 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent · half-time 0-0

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Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City: match report

Port Vale defeated Exeter City 1-0 in the League Two on Saturday 12 September 2026 at Vale Park. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from George Byers of Port Vale in the 70th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Port Vale received 3 yellow cards; Exeter City received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 24th on 2 points from 5 and Exeter City 16th on 5 points from 5. In the current table Port Vale are 19th on 15 points and Exeter City are 12th on 19 points.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Exeter City in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Kyle Dempsey of Port Vale (7.7), ahead of Ben Garrity (7.3).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 57'Yellow card · Jake Doyle-HayesExeter City
  • 70'Penalty goal · George ByersPort Vale · 1-0
  • 73'Yellow card · Jordan GabrielPort Vale
  • 77'Yellow card · George ByersPort Vale
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Ben GarrityPort Vale
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Taylor PerryExeter City

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
12Exeter City14545119+219WDWWL
19Port Vale124351014-415WWDLW

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Head-to-head

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

Team news

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  • E. TurnsExeter City · injury (Hip Injury)

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Jackson Smith, Kyle John, Lewis Montsma, Connor Hall, Jordan Gabriel, Kyle Dempsey, George Byers, Ben Garrity, Jaheim Headley, Oliver Lynch, Ben Waine

Exeter City line-up (3-5-2)

Jack Bycroft, Ed James, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Gwion Edwards, Reece Cole, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Charlie Cummins, Vincent Harper, Danny Rose, Josh Gordon

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