Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 1 September 2026
Result
Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale
League Two · Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium, Swindon · half-time 1-1
Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale: match report
Swindon Town defeated Port Vale 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium. The half-time score was 1-1.
Oliver Lynch opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Aaron Drinan (13'), Ben Middlemas (71') and Louis Millard (90+4'). Port Vale scored through Oliver Lynch (2').
Discipline: Swindon Town received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Swindon Town were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Port Vale 20th on 2 points from 3. In the current table Swindon Town are 13th on 19 points and Port Vale are 19th on 15 points.
Swindon Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Port Vale in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Clarke of Swindon Town (7.4), ahead of Connor Hall (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Swindon Town wins, 1 draw and 1 for Port Vale.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Oliver Lynch
- 13'Goal · Aaron Drinan
- 58'Yellow card · Cameron Humphreys
- 71'Goal · Ben Middlemas
- 87'Yellow card · Jack Thomson
- 90+4'Goal · Louis Millard
Form and table
- Swindon TownLast five: D W L
- Port ValeLast five: L D D
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Swindon Town | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -2 | 19 | LDWDW |
| 19 | Port Vale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 15 | WWDLW |
Head-to-head
Team news
Swindon Town line-up (4-3-3)
Connor Ripley, Mitch Clark, Stephan Negru, Ryan Tafazolli, Kaelan Majekodunmi, Jack Thomson, Anthony Munda, Ollie Clarke, Ollie Palmer, Aaron Drinan, Tom Nichols
Port Vale line-up (4-2-3-1)
Jackson Smith, Jordan Gabriel, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Liam Gordon, Rhys Walters, Kyle Dempsey, Onel Hernández, Matthew Craig, Ben Waine, Oliver Lynch
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