Port Vale vs Cheltenham Town

28 October 2023 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee M Corlett

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

  • Alfie Devine 32’
  • Sean Long 42’, 66’

Match summary

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

Alfie Devine put Port Vale ahead from a corner in the 32nd minute, Sean Long equalised in the 42nd minute, and Long won it in the 66th minute.

Shots finished 16-9 to Port Vale, with 5 on target for Port Vale and 3 for Cheltenham Town.

Match stats

Port Vale Cheltenham Town
16 Shots 9
5 Shots on Target 3
11 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Port Vale Cheltenham Town
Kick-off
Alfie Devine1-0 (Port Vale)
32’
42’
Sean Long1-1 (Cheltenham Town)
Half-time1-1
66’
Sean Long1-2 (Cheltenham Town)
Full-time1-2

Bookings

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

Port Vale
  • Jesse Debrah
  • Josh Thomas
Cheltenham Town
  • Curtis Davies
  • Ben Williams
  • William Ferry
  • Will Goodwin

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cheltenham Town attacking Port Vale attacking 
22’ Owen Bevan (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, off target 25’ Robert Street (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 30’ George Lloyd (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 31’ Ethan Chislett (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 32’ Alfie Devine (Port Vale), from a corner, goal 32’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 38’ Alfie Devine (Port Vale), open play, saved 40’ Ryan Loft (Port Vale), open play, saved 41’ Ryan Loft (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 42’ Sean Long (Cheltenham Town), set piece, goal 44’ Ryan Loft (Port Vale), open play, off target 46’ Curtis Davies (Cheltenham Town), set piece, blocked 50’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 46’ Elliot Bonds (Cheltenham Town), open play, hit the woodwork 57’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 57’ Unknown (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 63’ Will Goodwin (Cheltenham Town), set piece, off target 64’ Uche Ikpeazu (Port Vale), open play, blocked 65’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 66’ Sean Long (Cheltenham Town), set piece, goal 66’ Will Goodwin (Cheltenham Town), set piece, off target 78’ Jesse Debrah (Port Vale), set piece, saved 79’ Thomas Sang (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 90+2’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), open play, off target 90+4’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 90+8’ Connor Ripley (Port Vale), from a corner, saved 22’ Owen Bevan (Cheltenham Town), from a corner, off target 25’ Robert Street (Cheltenham Town), open play, saved 30’ George Lloyd (Cheltenham Town), open play, off target 31’ Ethan Chislett (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 32’ Alfie Devine (Port Vale), from a corner, goal 32’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 38’ Alfie Devine (Port Vale), open play, saved 40’ Ryan Loft (Port Vale), open play, saved 41’ Ryan Loft (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 42’ Sean Long (Cheltenham Town), set piece, goal 44’ Ryan Loft (Port Vale), open play, off target 46’ Curtis Davies (Cheltenham Town), set piece, blocked 50’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 46’ Elliot Bonds (Cheltenham Town), open play, hit the woodwork 57’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 57’ Unknown (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 63’ Will Goodwin (Cheltenham Town), set piece, off target 64’ Uche Ikpeazu (Port Vale), open play, blocked 65’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 66’ Sean Long (Cheltenham Town), set piece, goal 66’ Will Goodwin (Cheltenham Town), set piece, off target 78’ Jesse Debrah (Port Vale), set piece, saved 79’ Thomas Sang (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 90+2’ Funso Ojo (Port Vale), open play, off target 90+4’ Nathan James Smith (Port Vale), set piece, blocked 90+8’ Connor Ripley (Port Vale), from a corner, saved
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
Connor Ripley
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Lewis Cass
90′ – – – – – – –
Jesse Debrah
90′ – – 1 – – –
Nathan James Smith
90′ – – 2 – – – –
Thomas Sang
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Funso Ojo
90′ – – 4 – – – –
James Plant Taken off
79′ – – – – – – –
Ethan Chislett Taken off
79′ – – 1 – – – –
Alfie Devine
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Josh Thomas
90′ – – – – – –
Ryan Loft Taken off
63′ – – 3 – – – –
Uche Ikpeazu Came on as a substitute
27′ – – 1 – – – –
Oliver Arblaster Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
Gavin Massey Came on as a substitute
11′ – – – – – – –
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

Port Vale win 56% Avg odds 1.67
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.72
Cheltenham Town win 19% Avg odds 5.11

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

Form going into the game

Port Vale LLLDL
Cheltenham Town LLDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cheltenham Town 0-0 Port Vale, 28 Jan 23 Next meeting: Cheltenham Town 3-2 Port Vale, 17 Feb 24  All Port Vale vs Cheltenham Town 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.