Port Vale vs Swindon Town

28 September 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee T Parsons

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • George Byers 61’
  • Brandon Cover 85’
  • Will Wright 89’

Match summary

Port Vale saw off Swindon Town 2-1. It was goalless at half-time.

George Byers put Port Vale ahead with a header in the 61st minute, Brandon Cover made it 2-0 in the 85th minute, and Will Wright pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a direct free kick in the 89th minute.

Shots finished 20-4 to Port Vale, with 6 on target for Port Vale and 1 for Swindon Town.

Match stats

Port Vale Swindon Town
20 Shots 4
6 Shots on Target 1
12 Corners 3
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Port Vale Swindon Town
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
George Byers1-0 (Port Vale)
61’
Brandon Cover2-0 (Port Vale)
85’
89’
Will Wright2-1 (Swindon Town)
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Port Vale
  • Thomas Sang
  • George Byers
  • Ben Garrity
Swindon Town
  • Joel Cotterill

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Swindon Town attacking Port Vale attacking 
3’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, off target 7’ Ben Heneghan (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 7’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 7’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, blocked 24’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 27’ George Byers (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 34’ Brandon Cover (Port Vale), open play, off target 38’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, off target 40’ George Cox (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 47’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, saved 48’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, hit the woodwork 48’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, saved 51’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), open play, hit the woodwork 56’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, hit the woodwork 57’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, hit the woodwork 61’ George Byers (Port Vale), from a corner, goal 61’ George Byers (Port Vale), set piece, saved 70’ Paul Glatzel (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 74’ Ethan Chislett (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 74’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 74’ George Byers (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 81’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, saved 85’ Brandon Cover (Port Vale), open play, goal 89’ Will Wright (Swindon Town), direct free kick, goal 3’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), set piece, off target 7’ Ben Heneghan (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 7’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 7’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, blocked 24’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 27’ George Byers (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 34’ Brandon Cover (Port Vale), open play, off target 38’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, off target 40’ George Cox (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 47’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, saved 48’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, hit the woodwork 48’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, saved 51’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), open play, hit the woodwork 56’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, hit the woodwork 57’ Jayden Stockley (Port Vale), open play, hit the woodwork 61’ George Byers (Port Vale), from a corner, goal 61’ George Byers (Port Vale), set piece, saved 70’ Paul Glatzel (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 74’ Ethan Chislett (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 74’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), from a corner, blocked 74’ George Byers (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 81’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, saved 85’ Brandon Cover (Port Vale), open play, goal 89’ Will Wright (Swindon Town), direct free kick, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players13 players
Connor Ripley
90′ – – – – – – –
Thomas Sang
90′ – – – – – –
Ben Heneghan
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Connor Hall
90′ – – 4 – – – –
George Byers
90′ 1 – 4 – – –
Brandon Cover Taken off
90′ 1 – 2 – – – –
Ben Garrity
90′ – – 1 – – –
Lorent Tolaj Taken off
85′ – – 2 – – – –
Kyle John
90′ – – – – – – –
Jayden Stockley Taken off
90′ – – 5 – – – –
Antwoine Hackford Taken off
70′ – – – – – – –
Ethan Chislett Came on as a substitute
20′ – – 1 – – – –
Ryan Croasdale Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
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 47% Avg odds 1.98
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.47
Swindon Town win 26% Avg odds 3.66

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

Form going into the game

Port Vale LLWWD
Swindon Town DLDWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Port Vale 1-3 Swindon Town, 15 Jan 22 Next meeting: Swindon Town 3-3 Port Vale, 08 Feb 25  All Port Vale vs Swindon 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.