Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale · League Two
Swindon Town beat Port Vale 3-1 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Swindon Town and Port Vale met in the League Two at County Ground in Swindon on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
Goalscorers
Swindon Town: A. Drinan 13'; B. Middlemas 71'; L. Millard 90'. Port Vale: O. Lynch 2'.
How the match went
Port Vale saw more of the ball, 54% of it. Swindon Town had 14 shots with 6 on target, Port Vale 8 with 2 on target. There were 14 corners in total, 10 to Swindon Town and 4 to Port Vale. Swindon Town conceded 10 fouls, Port Vale 7. The referee showed 2 yellow cards (1 for Swindon Town, 1 for Port Vale).
Line-ups
Swindon Town started in a 4-3-3: Connor Ripley, Mitchell Clark, Stephan Negru, Ryan Tafazolli, Kaelan Majekodunmi, Jack Thomson, Anthony Munda, Ollie Clarke, Ollie Palmer, Aaron Drinan, Tom Nichols.
Port Vale started in a 4-2-3-1: Jackson Smith, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Liam Gordon, Rhys Walters, Kyle Dempsey, Onel Hernández, Matthew Craig, Ben Waine, Oliver Lynch.
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Minute by minute
- 2'Goal! Swindon Town 0-1 Port Vale. O. Lynch (Port Vale) scores, assisted by J. Lawrence-Gabriel.
- 13'Goal! Swindon Town 1-1 Port Vale. A. Drinan (Swindon Town) scores.
- 45'Half-time. Swindon Town 1-1 Port Vale.
- 71'Goal! Swindon Town 2-1 Port Vale. B. Middlemas (Swindon Town) scores.
- 90+4'Goal! Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale. L. Millard (Swindon Town) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale.
Full commentary (59 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Swindon Town vs Port Vale.
- 2'Goal! Swindon Town 0-1 Port Vale. O. Lynch (Port Vale) scores, assisted by J. Lawrence-Gabriel.
- 5'Attempt blocked. O. Palmer (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 12'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 13'Goal! Swindon Town 1-1 Port Vale. A. Drinan (Swindon Town) scores.
- 13'Attempt blocked. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 16'Attempt missed. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.21.
- 16'Attempt blocked. O. Palmer (Swindon Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.09.
- 18'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 19'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 20'Attempt saved. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.23.
- 21'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 21'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 23'Attempt saved. A. Drinan (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.17.
- 27'Attempt blocked. O. Hernández (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 31'Corner, Port Vale.
- 31'Attempt missed. B. Waine (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.12.
- 39'Offside, Swindon Town.
- 41'Offside, Port Vale.
- 45'Attempt blocked. O. Palmer (Swindon Town), header from a throw-in. xG 0.05.
- 45'3 minutes of added time.
- 45'Half-time. Swindon Town 1-1 Port Vale.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Port Vale: B. Garrity comes on for M. Craig.
- 46'Substitution, Port Vale: L. Montsma comes on for O. Hernández.
- 46'Substitution, Port Vale: T. Simpson comes on for B. Waine.
- 46'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 47'Attempt missed. O. Clarke (Swindon Town), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 49'Offside, Port Vale.
- 50'Offside, Swindon Town.
- 56'Substitution, Swindon Town: B. Middlemas comes on for R. Tafazolli.
- 56'Substitution, Swindon Town: J. Snowdon comes on for T. Nichols.
- 57'Attempt blocked. M. Clark (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 58'Yellow card for C. Humphreys (Port Vale) for foul.
- 60'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 60'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 61'Attempt blocked. B. Garrity (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 61'Attempt saved. S. Negru (Swindon Town), header from a corner. xG 0.10.
- 63'Attempt missed. K. Dempsey (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 65'Attempt blocked. O. Clarke (Swindon Town), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.07.
- 67'Offside, Swindon Town.
- 69'Attempt missed. O. Palmer (Swindon Town), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 70'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 71'Goal! Swindon Town 2-1 Port Vale. B. Middlemas (Swindon Town) scores.
- 73'Offside, Port Vale.
- 74'Substitution, Swindon Town: L. Millard comes on for O. Palmer.
- 76'Substitution, Port Vale: G. Hall comes on for R. Walters.
- 77'Attempt saved. O. Lynch (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.09.
- 77'Corner, Port Vale.
- 81'Substitution, Port Vale: J. Headley comes on for L. Gordon.
- 82'Attempt missed. K. Dempsey (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 87'Yellow card for J. Thomson (Swindon Town) for foul.
- 90'Corner, Port Vale.
- 90'Corner, Port Vale.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Corner, Swindon Town.
- 90+3'Substitution, Swindon Town: J. Ball comes on for A. Drinan.
- 90+4'Goal! Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale. L. Millard (Swindon Town) scores.
- 90'Full-time. Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale.