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Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City · League Two

Port Vale beat Exeter City 1-0 in the League Two. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Port Vale and Exeter City met in the League Two at Vale Park in Stoke on Saturday, 12 September 2026.

Goalscorers

Port Vale: G. Byers 70'. Exeter City did not score.

How the match went

Port Vale saw more of the ball, 53% of it. Port Vale had 14 shots with 4 on target, Exeter City 10 with 0 on target. There were 10 corners in total, 6 to Port Vale and 4 to Exeter City. Port Vale conceded 14 fouls, Exeter City 9. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (3 for Port Vale, 2 for Exeter City).

Line-ups

Port Vale started in a 3-4-2-1: Jackson Smith, Kyle John, Lewis Montsma, Connor Hall, Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel, Kyle Dempsey, Ben Garrity, Jaheim Headley, George Byers, Ben Waine, Oliver Lynch.

Exeter City started in a 3-4-1-2: Jack Bycroft, Ed James, Jack Fitzwater, Luca Woodhouse, Gwion Edwards, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Charlie Cummins, Vincent Harper, Reece Cole, Danny Rose, Josh Gordon.

More from this competition: League Two fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Port Vale 0-0 Exeter City.
  2. 70'Goal! Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City. G. Byers (Port Vale) converts the penalty.
  3. 90'Full-time. Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City.
Full commentary (57 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Port Vale vs Exeter City.
  2. 11'Corner, Port Vale.
  3. 11'Attempt missed. B. Garrity (Port Vale), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.10.
  4. 18'Attempt blocked. C. Cummins (Exeter City), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  5. 21'Attempt blocked. J. Lawrence-Gabriel (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  6. 24'Attempt missed. D. Rose (Exeter City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  7. 27'Attempt missed. C. Hall (Port Vale), header from a corner. xG 0.02.
  8. 27'Corner, Port Vale.
  9. 30'Attempt missed. R. Cole (Exeter City), right-footed shot from a set piece. xG 0.01.
  10. 37'Attempt missed. J. Headley (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  11. 37'Attempt blocked. B. Garrity (Port Vale), header. xG 0.03.
  12. 39'Corner, Port Vale.
  13. 39'Attempt blocked. B. Garrity (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  14. 41'Corner, Exeter City.
  15. 42'Corner, Exeter City.
  16. 42'Attempt missed. J. Doyle-Hayes (Exeter City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  17. 45'1 minute of added time.
  18. 45'Half-time. Port Vale 0-0 Exeter City.
  19. 46'The second half is under way.
  20. 47'Attempt saved. B. Garrity (Port Vale), header. xG 0.04.
  21. 47'Attempt missed. L. Woodhouse (Exeter City), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
  22. 47'Attempt blocked. R. Cole (Exeter City), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.02.
  23. 47'Attempt blocked. E. James (Exeter City), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.07.
  24. 47'Attempt blocked. J. Gordon (Exeter City), right-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.07.
  25. 51'Corner, Port Vale.
  26. 54'Attempt missed. J. Lawrence-Gabriel (Port Vale), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  27. 56'Attempt missed. J. Lawrence-Gabriel (Port Vale), header. xG 0.04.
  28. 57'Yellow card for J. Doyle-Hayes (Exeter City) for foul.
  29. 63'Substitution, Exeter City: J. Taylor comes on for G. Edwards.
  30. 63'Attempt missed. O. Lynch (Port Vale), header. xG 0.10.
  31. 64'Corner, Port Vale.
  32. 65'Attempt blocked. K. Dempsey (Port Vale), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
  33. 67'Attempt saved. O. Lynch (Port Vale), header. xG 0.15.
  34. 68'Attempt saved. K. Dempsey (Port Vale), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
  35. 70'Goal! Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City. G. Byers (Port Vale) converts the penalty.
  36. 71'Substitution, Exeter City: T. Perry comes on for J. Doyle-Hayes.
  37. 71'Substitution, Exeter City: G. Birch comes on for D. Rose.
  38. 72'Offside, Exeter City.
  39. 73'Yellow card for J. Lawrence-Gabriel (Port Vale) for foul.
  40. 76'Substitution, Port Vale: G. Hall comes on for B. Waine.
  41. 77'Yellow card for G. Byers (Port Vale) for foul.
  42. 79'Substitution, Exeter City: E. Sutherland comes on for V. Harper.
  43. 79'Substitution, Exeter City: L. Samuel comes on for E. James.
  44. 81'Offside, Exeter City.
  45. 82'Attempt blocked. J. Gordon (Exeter City), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
  46. 82'Corner, Exeter City.
  47. 86'Substitution, Port Vale: O. Hernández comes on for G. Byers.
  48. 86'Substitution, Port Vale: C. Humphreys comes on for L. Montsma.
  49. 86'Substitution, Port Vale: T. Simpson comes on for O. Lynch.
  50. 87'Corner, Exeter City.
  51. 89'Attempt missed. R. Cole (Exeter City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.11.
  52. 90'5 minutes of added time.
  53. 90+1'Corner, Port Vale.
  54. 90+1'Attempt blocked. O. Hernández (Port Vale), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.12.
  55. 90+5'Yellow card for T. Perry (Exeter City) for foul.
  56. 90+5'Yellow card for B. Garrity (Port Vale) for argument.
  57. 90'Full-time. Port Vale 1-0 Exeter City.
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