Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 October 2023

Result

Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town

League One · Saturday 28 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Port Vale · Cheltenham Town · League One predictions

Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town: match report

Port Vale were beaten by Cheltenham Town 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 28 October 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Alfie Devine opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Port Vale's goal came from Alfie Devine (32'). Cheltenham Town scored through Sean Long (42') and Sean Long (66').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Cheltenham Town received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 15th on 18 points from 14 and Cheltenham Town 24th on 5 points from 14. Port Vale went on to finish that season 23rd with 41 points, and Cheltenham Town 21st with 44.

Port Vale lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cheltenham Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sean Long of Cheltenham Town (8.9), ahead of Alfie Devine (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Will FerryCheltenham Town
  • 32'Goal · Alfie DevinePort Vale · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Darrell ClarkeCheltenham Town
  • 34'Yellow card · Curtis DaviesCheltenham Town
  • 42'Goal · Sean LongCheltenham Town · 1-1
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Ben WilliamsCheltenham Town
  • 59'Yellow card · Will GoodwinCheltenham Town
  • 66'Goal · Sean LongCheltenham Town · 1-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Jesse DebrahPort Vale
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Joshua ThomasPort Vale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 2, draws 5, Cheltenham Town 3.

Team news

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

Connor Ripley, Lewis Cass, Jesse Debrah, Nathan Smith, Tom Sang, F. Ojo, James Plant, Ethan Chislett, Alfie Devine, Josh Thomas, Ryan Loft

Cheltenham Town line-up (3-4-3)

Luke Southwood, Owen Bevan, Curtis Davies, Ben Williams, Sean Long, Curtis Thompson, Elliot Bonds, Will Ferry, George Lloyd, Rob Street, Will Goodwin