Port Vale 2-2 Burton Albion: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Port Vale 2-2 Burton Albion
League One · Saturday 7 February 2026, 12:31 UTC · half-time 2-1
Port Vale 2-2 Burton Albion: match report
Port Vale drew with Burton Albion 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 7 February 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
E. Archer opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Port Vale's goals came from E. Archer (6') and Ben Waine (29'). Burton Albion scored through Jake Beesley (26') and Jake Beesley (52').
Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Burton Albion received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 24th on 21 points from 27 and Burton Albion 22nd on 31 points from 29. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.
Port Vale lined up in a 4-4-2 and Burton Albion in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jake Beesley of Burton Albion (7.8), ahead of Ben Waine (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Port Vale wins, 2 draws and 4 for Burton Albion.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · U. Godwin-Malife
- 6'Goal · E. Archer
- 26'Goal · Jake Beesley
- 29'Goal · Ben Waine
- 36'Yellow card · T. Vancooten
- 40'Yellow card · George Hall
- 52'Goal · Jake Beesley
- 55'Yellow card · Sulyman Krubally
- 61'Yellow card · Connor Hall
Head-to-head
Team news
Port Vale line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Gauci, Kyle John, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Elijah Campbell, George Hall, Ryan Croasdale, F. Ojo, Ethon Archer, Ben Waine, Jayden Stockley
Burton Albion line-up (3-4-1-2)
Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Terence Vancooten, Alex Hartridge, Kyran Lofthouse, George Evans, JJ McKiernan, Sebastian Revan, Sulyman Krubally, Jake Beesley, Tyrese Shade