Exeter City 0-2 Port Vale: result and report
League One · Saturday 13 September 2025
Result
Exeter City 0-2 Port Vale
League One · Saturday 13 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Exeter City 0-2 Port Vale: match report
Exeter City lost to Port Vale 0-2 in the League One on Saturday 13 September 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.
R. Paton opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Exeter City did not score. Port Vale scored through R. Paton (4') and Devante Cole (45').
Discipline: Exeter City received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 14th on 9 points from 7 and Port Vale 23rd on 2 points from 7. Exeter City went on to finish that season 21st with 49 points, and Port Vale 22nd with 42.
Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Port Vale in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Paton of Port Vale (8.0), ahead of George Byers (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Exeter City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Port Vale.
Key events
- 4'Goal · R. Paton
- 12'Yellow card · C. Humphreys
- 45'Goal · Devante Cole
- 56'Yellow card · Jake Doyle Hayes
- 79'Yellow card · Liam Gordon
Head-to-head
Team news
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Joe Whitworth, E. Turns, Jack Fitzwater, Danny Andrew, J. McMillan, Ethan Brierley, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Ilmari Niskanen, Sonny Cox, Jack Aitchison, Josh Magennis
Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Gauci, Cameron Humphreys, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Kyle John, Ryan Croasdale, George Byers, Ben Garrity, Liam Gordon, Devante Cole, R. Paton