Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers

League Two · Saturday 22 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent · half-time 1-0

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Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Port Vale drew with Tranmere Rovers 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Vale Park. It was 1-0 at half-time.

George Byers opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Port Vale's goal came from George Byers (18', penalty). Tranmere Rovers scored through Tom Ince (72').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Port Vale are 19th on 15 points and Tranmere Rovers are 11th on 19 points.

Port Vale lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tranmere Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Gabriel of Port Vale (7.2), level with Tom Ince (7.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Kyle DempseyPort Vale
  • 18'Penalty goal · George ByersPort Vale · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Nathan SmithTranmere Rovers
  • 72'Goal · Tom InceTranmere Rovers · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Joe IronsideTranmere Rovers
  • 86'Yellow card · Ben GarrityPort Vale
  • 90+10'Yellow card · Sam FinleyTranmere Rovers

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
11Tranmere Rovers144731917+219DLWDW
19Port Vale124351014-415WWDLW

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Port Vale 0, draws 2, Tranmere Rovers 0.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jackson Smith, Jordan Gabriel, Cameron Humphreys, Lewis Montsma, Liam Gordon, Kyle Dempsey, George Byers, Onel Hernández, Oliver Lynch, George Hall, Mo Faal

Tranmere Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Harrison Male, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Nathan Smith, Patrick Brough, Will Vaulks, Tom Conlon, Jordan Davies, Tom Ince, Zane Okoro, Joe Ironside

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