Swindon Town vs Port Vale

1 September 2026 · League Two · 2026/27 · Referee M Corlett

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Aaron Drinan 13’
  • Ben Middlemas 71’
  • Louis Millard 90+4’
  • Oliver Lynch 2’

Match summary

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

In the first half, Oliver Lynch put Port Vale ahead with a header in the 2nd minute and Aaron Drinan equalised from a corner in the 13th minute. In the second half, Ben Middlemas put Swindon Town in front from a corner in the 71st minute and Louis Millard made it 3-1 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 14-8 to Swindon Town, with 6 on target for Swindon Town and 2 for Port Vale.

Match stats

46% Possession 54%
14 Shots 8
6 Shots on target 2
10 Corners 4
84 Attacks 90
69 Dangerous attacks 64
278 Passes 330
57.6% Pass accuracy 61.5%
26 Tackles 20
10 Fouls 7
1 Yellow cards 1
3 Offsides 3

Key events

Swindon Town Port Vale
Kick-off
2’
Oliver LynchHeader0-1 (Port Vale)
Corner
12’
Aaron DrinanRight foot shot1-1 (Swindon Town)
13’
Corner
18’
Corner
19’
Aaron DrinanShot on target
20’
Corner
21’
Corner
21’
Aaron DrinanShot on target
23’
31’
Corner
Half-time1-1
46’
Ben GarrityMatthew Craig
46’
Lewis MontsmaOnel Hernández
46’
Tyreece SimpsonBen Waine
Corner
46’
Second half underway
Ben MiddlemasRyan Tafazolli
56’
Joe SnowdonTom Nichols
56’
58’
Cameron HumphreysFoul
Corner
60’
Corner
60’
Stephan NegruShot on target
61’
Corner
70’
Ben MiddlemasLeft foot shot2-1 (Swindon Town)
71’
Louis MillardOllie Palmer
74’
76’
George HallRhys Walters
77’
Oliver LynchShot on target
77’
Corner
81’
Jaheim HeadleyLiam Gordon
Jack ThomsonFoul
87’
90’
Corner
90’
Corner
Corner
90+1’
James BallAaron Drinan
90+3’
Louis MillardRight foot shot3-1 (Swindon Town)
90+4’
Full-time3-1

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Port Vale attacking Swindon Town attacking 
2’ Oliver Lynch (Port Vale), open play, goal 5’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), open play, blocked 13’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), from a corner, goal 13’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), from a corner, blocked 16’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, off target 16’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 20’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, saved 23’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), open play, saved 27’ Onel Hernández (Port Vale), open play, blocked 31’ Ben Waine (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 45’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 47’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 57’ Mitchell Clark (Swindon Town), open play, blocked 61’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, blocked 61’ Stephan Negru (Swindon Town), from a corner, saved 63’ Kyle Dempsey (Port Vale), open play, off target 65’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 69’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), open play, off target 71’ Ben Middlemas (Swindon Town), from a corner, goal 77’ Oliver Lynch (Port Vale), open play, saved 82’ Kyle Dempsey (Port Vale), open play, off target 90+4’ Louis Millard (Swindon Town), open play, goal 2’ Oliver Lynch (Port Vale), open play, goal 5’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), open play, blocked 13’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), from a corner, goal 13’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), from a corner, blocked 16’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, off target 16’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 20’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), set piece, saved 23’ Aaron Drinan (Swindon Town), open play, saved 27’ Onel Hernández (Port Vale), open play, blocked 31’ Ben Waine (Port Vale), from a corner, off target 45’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 47’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), from a corner, off target 57’ Mitchell Clark (Swindon Town), open play, blocked 61’ Ben Garrity (Port Vale), open play, blocked 61’ Stephan Negru (Swindon Town), from a corner, saved 63’ Kyle Dempsey (Port Vale), open play, off target 65’ Ollie Clarke (Swindon Town), set piece, blocked 69’ Ollie Palmer (Swindon Town), open play, off target 71’ Ben Middlemas (Swindon Town), from a corner, goal 77’ Oliver Lynch (Port Vale), open play, saved 82’ Kyle Dempsey (Port Vale), open play, off target 90+4’ Louis Millard (Swindon Town), open play, goal
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Swindon Town 4-3-3 Starting XI
Ripley
Clark
Negru
Tafazolli 56’
Majekodunmi
Thomson
Munda
Clarke
Palmer 74’
Drinan 90’
Nichols 56’
Port Vale 4-2-3-1 Starting XI
Smith
Gordon 81’
Lawrence-Gabriel
Humphreys
Hall
Walters 76’
Dempsey
Hernández 46’
Craig 46’
Waine 46’
Lynch

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player
Connor Ripley
90′ 1 1 37 1 – – – –
Defenders4 players
Mitchell Clark
90′ – – – 8 7 26 1 – – –
Stephan Negru
90′ 1 3 1 12 11 33 – – – –
Ryan Tafazolli Taken off
56′ 1 1 – 7 6 18 1 – – –
Kaelan Majekodunmi
90′ 6 2 1 11 5 16 2 – – –
Midfielders5 players
Jack Thomson
90′ – – 28 4 – 1 3 6 1 1
Anthony Munda
90′ – – 18 – – 1 – 2 – – –
Ollie Clarke
90′ – – 26 1 – 7 1 12 1 2 –
Joe Snowdon Came on as a substitute
34′ – – 10 – – 2 – 2 – – –
Ben Middlemas Came on as a substitute
34′ 1 – 19 – – – 1 1 1 – –
Forwards4 players
Ollie Palmer Taken off
74′ – – 4 – – – – 11 1 20 –
Aaron Drinan Taken off
89′ 1 – 5 3 – – 2 3 1 14 –
Tom Nichols Taken off
56′ – – – – – – – 5 – 12 –
Louis Millard Came on as a substitute
16′ 1 – 1 1 – – – 1 – 1 –
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

Swindon Town win 30% Avg odds 3.13
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.38
Port Vale win 43% Avg odds 2.18

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

Form going into the game

Swindon Town LLDWL
Port Vale WLLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Swindon Town 3-3 Port Vale, 08 Feb 25 Next meeting: Port Vale vs Swindon Town, 09 Feb 27 (upcoming)  All Swindon 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.