Cheltenham Town 3-2 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 February 2024

Result

Cheltenham Town 3-2 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 17 February 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Cheltenham Town 3-2 Port Vale: match report

Cheltenham Town defeated Port Vale 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 17 February 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nathan Smith opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from Matty Taylor (45+2'), Jack Shepherd (69') and Will Ferry (73'). Port Vale scored through Nathan Smith (25') and an own goal by Curtis Davies (65').

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 22nd on 29 points from 30 and Port Vale 21st on 31 points from 29. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 21st with 44 points, and Port Vale 23rd with 41.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Port Vale in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ethan Chislett of Port Vale (7.8), level with Nathan Smith (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Cheltenham Town wins, 5 draws and 1 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Nathan SmithPort Vale · 0-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Matty TaylorCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 45+7'Yellow card · Connor RipleyPort Vale
  • 52'Yellow card · Funso OjoPort Vale
  • 63'Yellow card · Ryan LoftPort Vale
  • 65'Own goal · Curtis DaviesPort Vale · 1-2
  • 69'Goal · Jack ShepherdCheltenham Town · 2-2
  • 73'Goal · Will FerryCheltenham Town · 3-2
  • 79'Yellow card · Tom PettCheltenham Town

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cheltenham Town 4, draws 5, Port Vale 1.

Team news

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Cheltenham Town line-up (3-5-2)

Luke Southwood, Curtis Davies, Jack Shepherd, Lewis Freestone, Sean Long, Liam Sercombe, Tom Pett, L. Kinsella, Will Ferry, M. Taylor, George Lloyd

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

Connor Ripley, Kacper Łopata, Nathan Smith, Dan Jones, Gavin Massey, Jason Lowe, F. Ojo, Conor Grant, Ethan Chislett, Ryan Loft, James Wilson