Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers · League Two
Port Vale drew 1-1 with Tranmere Rovers in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Port Vale and Tranmere Rovers met in the League Two at Vale Park in Stoke on Saturday, 22 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Port Vale: G. Byers 18'. Tranmere Rovers: T. Ince 72'.
How the match went
Possession was almost even at 52% to 48%. Port Vale had 9 shots with 4 on target, Tranmere Rovers 6 with 4 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 4 to Port Vale and 3 to Tranmere Rovers. Port Vale conceded 19 fouls, Tranmere Rovers 17. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Port Vale, 3 for Tranmere Rovers).
Line-ups
Port Vale started in a 4-2-3-1: Jackson Smith, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Cameron Humphreys, Lewis Montsma, Liam Gordon, Kyle Dempsey, George Byers, Onel Hernández, Oliver Lynch, George Hall, Mo Faal.
Tranmere Rovers started in a 4-2-3-1: Harrison Male, Joel Senior, Bobby Faulkner, Nathan James Smith, Patrick Brough, Will Vaulks, Tom Conlon, Jordan Davies, Tom Ince, Zane Okoro, Joe Ironside.
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Minute by minute
- 18'Goal! Port Vale 1-0 Tranmere Rovers. G. Byers (Port Vale) converts the penalty.
- 45'Half-time. Port Vale 1-0 Tranmere Rovers.
- 72'Goal! Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers. T. Ince (Tranmere Rovers) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers.
Full commentary (45 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Port Vale vs Tranmere Rovers.
- 1'Attempt missed. M. Faal (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 5'Yellow card for K. Dempsey (Port Vale) for foul.
- 7'Corner, Port Vale.
- 12'Attempt saved. T. Ince (Tranmere Rovers), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.13.
- 14'Attempt missed. M. Faal (Port Vale), header. xG 0.13.
- 14'Attempt saved. L. Montsma (Port Vale), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.08.
- 16'Attempt saved. J. Davies (Tranmere Rovers), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 18'Goal! Port Vale 1-0 Tranmere Rovers. G. Byers (Port Vale) converts the penalty.
- 20'Attempt blocked. O. Lynch (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 23'Offside, Tranmere Rovers.
- 27'Offside, Tranmere Rovers.
- 27'Substitution, Port Vale: R. Walters comes on for G. Byers.
- 33'Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
- 34'Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
- 35'Offside, Tranmere Rovers.
- 39'Attempt saved. J. Davies (Tranmere Rovers), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 41'Corner, Tranmere Rovers.
- 43'Attempt blocked. Z. Okoro (Tranmere Rovers), header. xG 0.10.
- 45'3 minutes of added time.
- 45+3'Offside, Tranmere Rovers.
- 45'Half-time. Port Vale 1-0 Tranmere Rovers.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 53'Substitution, Tranmere Rovers: J. Turnbull comes on for H. Male.
- 59'Substitution, Tranmere Rovers: J. Slater comes on for P. Brough.
- 59'Substitution, Tranmere Rovers: S. Finley comes on for T. Conlon.
- 63'Attempt saved. M. Faal (Port Vale), header. xG 0.11.
- 65'Attempt missed. O. Lynch (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 68'Yellow card for N. Smith (Tranmere Rovers) for foul.
- 68'Attempt missed. M. Faal (Port Vale), header. xG 0.14.
- 72'Goal! Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers. T. Ince (Tranmere Rovers) scores.
- 75'Substitution, Port Vale: T. Simpson comes on for O. Lynch.
- 79'Yellow card for J. Ironside (Tranmere Rovers) for foul.
- 83'Substitution, Port Vale: B. Garrity comes on for M. Faal.
- 83'Substitution, Port Vale: C. Hall comes on for L. Montsma.
- 84'Substitution, Tranmere Rovers: C. Veevers comes on for Z. Okoro.
- 84'Substitution, Port Vale: B. Waine comes on for G. Hall.
- 86'Yellow card for B. Garrity (Port Vale) for foul.
- 87'Attempt missed. W. Vaulks (Tranmere Rovers), left-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.02.
- 90'14 minutes of added time.
- 90+4'Attempt saved. B. Waine (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 90+10'Yellow card for S. Finley (Tranmere Rovers) for foul.
- 90+12'Corner, Port Vale.
- 90+13'Offside, Tranmere Rovers.
- 90'Full-time. Port Vale 1-1 Tranmere Rovers.