Swindon Town 3-2 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 17 February 2018

Result

Swindon Town 3-2 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 17 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Swindon Town 3-2 Port Vale: match report

Swindon Town beat Port Vale 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 17 February 2018. The half-time score was 2-2.

Michael Tonge opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Marc Richards (24'), Marc Richards (40') and Paul Mullin (88'). Port Vale scored through Michael Tonge (11') and Cristian Montano (43').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 2 yellow cards; Port Vale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 6th on 54 points from 33 and Port Vale 19th on 34 points from 32. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Port Vale 20th with 47.

Swindon Town lined up in a 3-5-2 and Port Vale in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Swindon Town wins, 1 draw and 2 for Port Vale.

Going into the match Swindon Town's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Port Vale's L-D-D-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Michael TongePort Vale · 0-1
  • 24'Goal · Marc RichardsSwindon Town · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Marc RichardsSwindon Town · 2-1
  • 43'Goal · Cristian MontanoPort Vale · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Tom PopePort Vale
  • 81'Yellow card · Rollin MenayeseSwindon Town
  • 88'Goal · Paul MullinSwindon Town · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Kyle KnoyleSwindon Town
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luke HannantPort Vale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swindon Town 7, draws 1, Port Vale 2.

Team news

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

Reice Charles-Cook, Ben Purkiss, Chris Robertson, Kyle Knoyle, Matthew Taylor, Rollin Menayese, Timi Max Elsnik, Ollie Banks, Keshi Anderson, Luke Norris, Marc Richards

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

Ryan Boot, Cristian Montano, James Gibbons, Nathan Smith, Kyle Howkins, Marcus Harness, Danny Pugh, David Worrall, Michael Tonge, Luke Hannant, Tom Pope