Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 1 September 2026

Result

Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale

League Two · Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium, Swindon · half-time 1-1

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Swindon Town 3-1 Port Vale: match report

Swindon Town defeated Port Vale 3-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at The Nigel Eady County Ground Stadium. The half-time score was 1-1.

Oliver Lynch opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Swindon Town's goals came from Aaron Drinan (13'), Ben Middlemas (71') and Louis Millard (90+4'). Port Vale scored through Oliver Lynch (2').

Discipline: Swindon Town received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Port Vale 20th on 2 points from 3. In the current table Swindon Town are 13th on 19 points and Port Vale are 19th on 15 points.

Swindon Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Port Vale in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ollie Clarke of Swindon Town (7.4), ahead of Connor Hall (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Swindon Town wins, 2 draws and 4 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Oliver LynchPort Vale · 0-1
  • 13'Goal · Aaron DrinanSwindon Town · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Cameron HumphreysPort Vale
  • 71'Goal · Ben MiddlemasSwindon Town · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jack ThomsonSwindon Town
  • 90+4'Goal · Louis MillardSwindon Town · 3-1

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13Swindon Town145451517-219LDWDW
19Port Vale124351014-415WWDLW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Swindon Town 4, draws 2, Port Vale 4.

Team news

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

Connor Ripley, Mitch Clark, Stephan Negru, Ryan Tafazolli, Kaelan Majekodunmi, Jack Thomson, Anthony Munda, Ollie Clarke, Ollie Palmer, Aaron Drinan, Tom Nichols

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

Jackson Smith, Jordan Gabriel, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Liam Gordon, Rhys Walters, Kyle Dempsey, Onel Hernández, Matthew Craig, Ben Waine, Oliver Lynch

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