Port Vale 2-1 Mansfield Town: result and report
League One · Saturday 20 September 2025
Result
Port Vale 2-1 Mansfield Town
League One · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Port Vale 2-1 Mansfield Town: match report
Port Vale beat Mansfield Town 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Devante Cole opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Devante Cole (53') and Ronan Curtis (90+5', penalty). Mansfield Town scored through R. Oates (86').
Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Mansfield Town received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 21st on 5 points from 8 and Mansfield Town 13th on 11 points from 8. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Mansfield Town 10th with 65.
Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Mansfield Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ronan Curtis of Port Vale (7.6), ahead of Ben Garrity (7.3).
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Mansfield Town's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 14'Red card · Ryan Sweeney
- 53'Goal · Devante Cole
- 56'Yellow card · A. Lewis
- 56'Yellow card · R. Paton
- 71'Yellow card · Liam Gordon
- 86'Goal · R. Oates
- 90+5'Penalty goal · Ronan Curtis
Team news
Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Gauci, Jesse Debrah, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Jordan Gabriel, Ryan Croasdale, George Byers, Ben Garrity, Liam Gordon, Devante Cole, R. Paton
Mansfield Town line-up (4-1-4-1)
Liam Roberts, Kyle Knoyle, Jordan Bowery, Ryan Sweeney, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Jamie McDonnell, Joe Gardner, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, A. Lewis, Will Evans, Tyler Roberts