Exeter City 0-1 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 December 2023

Result

Exeter City 0-1 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 9 December 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Exeter City 0-1 Port Vale: match report

Exeter City were beaten by Port Vale 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 9 December 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Oliver Arblaster of Port Vale in the 29th minute.

Discipline: Exeter City received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 20th on 18 points from 18 and Port Vale 19th on 19 points from 18. Exeter City went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Port Vale 23rd with 41.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-3 and Port Vale in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Connor Ripley of Port Vale (8.4), ahead of Ryan Trevitt (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 2 draws and 5 for Port Vale.

Going into the match Exeter City's last five read D-L-L-D-L and Port Vale's L-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Oliver ArblasterPort Vale · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Conor GrantPort Vale
  • 72'Yellow card · Will AimsonExeter City
  • 84'Yellow card · James ScottExeter City
  • 85'Yellow card · Jesse DebrahPort Vale
  • 90+1'Second yellow · Will AimsonExeter City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Exeter City 3, draws 2, Port Vale 5.

Team news

Exeter City line-up (3-4-3)

Viljami Sinisalo, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Zak Jules, Dion Rankine, Tom Carroll, Ryan Trevitt, Ilmari Niskanen, Harry Kite, Y. Wildschut, Jack Aitchison

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

Connor Ripley, Jesse Debrah, Jason Lowe, Nathan Smith, Tom Sang, F. Ojo, Oliver Arblaster, Conor Grant, Ben Garrity, Ethan Chislett, Rhys Walters