Cheltenham Town vs Port Vale

17 February 2024 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee S Purkiss

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Matty Taylor 45+2’
Jack Shepherd 69’
William Ferry 73’

Nathan James Smith 25’
Curtis Davies 65’ (og)

Match summary

Cheltenham Town came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Port Vale. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Nathan James Smith put Port Vale ahead with a header in the 25th minute and Matty Taylor equalised with a direct free kick in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Davies's own goal put Port Vale back in front in the 65th minute, Jack Shepherd equalised from a corner in the 69th minute, and William Ferry won it in the 73rd minute.

Shots finished 16-6 to Cheltenham Town, with 7 on target for Cheltenham Town and 4 for Port Vale.

Match stats

16 Shots 6

7 Shots on Target 4

7 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Cheltenham Town Port Vale

Kick-off

25’

Nathan James Smith

0-1

Matty Taylor

1-1

45+2’

Half-time1-1

65’

Curtis Davies
Own goal

1-2

Jack Shepherd

2-2

69’

William Ferry

3-2

73’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Cheltenham Town

Tom Pett

Port Vale

Connor Ripley
Funso Ojo
Ryan Loft

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Port Vale attacking Cheltenham Town attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players13 players


Luke Southwood	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Curtis Davies	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jack Shepherd	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Lewis Freestone	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Tom Pett	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
Sean Long	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Liam Sercombe Taken off	75′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Liam Kinsella	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
William Ferry	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matty Taylor Taken off	75′	1	–	3	–	–	–	–
George Lloyd Taken off	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Elliot Bonds Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Aidan Keena Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–


Connor Ripley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kacper Łopata	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nathan James Smith	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Daniel Jones Taken off	87′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Gavin Massey	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jason Lowe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Funso Ojo Taken off	67′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Conor Grant Taken off	82′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ethan Chislett	90′	–	–	4	–	–	–	–
Ryan Loft	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–
James Wilson Taken off	67′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jensen Weir Came on as a substitute	23′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Baylee Dipepa Came on as a substitute	23′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Alex Mighten Came on as a substitute	8′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rhys Walters Came on as a substitute	3′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Cheltenham Town win 52% Avg odds 1.79

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.53

Port Vale win 22% Avg odds 4.34

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Cheltenham Town L L L W W

Port Vale D L L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Port Vale 1-2 Cheltenham Town, 28 Oct 23 Next meeting: Cheltenham Town 1-1 Port Vale, 03 Dec 24 All Cheltenham Town vs Port Vale meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.