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Port Vale
FT
1–1
22 Aug 2026
Tranmere Rovers
Europa League Sat 22 Aug, 15:00London Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent Declan Brown 8,668 attendance

Timeline

  1. 5' Kyle Dempsey Yellow Card
  2. 27' Rhys Walters for George Byers
  3. 53' Jordan Turnbull for Harrison Male
  4. 59' Sam Finley for Tom Conlon
  5. 59' Jacob Slater for Patrick Brough
  6. 68' Nathan Smith Yellow Card
  7. 72' Tom Ince
  8. 75' Tyreece Simpson for Oliver Lynch
  9. 79' Joe Ironside Yellow Card
  10. 83' Connor Hall for Lewis Montsma
  11. 83' Ben Garrity for Mo Faal
  12. 84' Ben Waine for George Hall
  13. 84' Charlie Veevers for Zane Okoro
  14. 86' Ben Garrity Yellow Card
  15. 90'+10' Sam Finley Yellow Card

Match stats

51.9% Possession 48.1%
9 Shots 6
4 On target 4
19 Fouls 17
2 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
0 Offsides 5
3 Saves 3
232 Accurate passes 201

Lineups

Port Vale 4-2-3-1
1 Smith
15 Gordon 22 Montsma 25 Humphreys 6 Lawrence-Gabriel
7 Byers 10 Dempsey
33 Hall 14 Lynch 11 Hernández
9 Faal
Tranmere Rovers 4-2-3-1
12 Male
23 Brough 5 Smith 16 Faulkner 2 Senior
11 Conlon 6 Vaulks
17 Okoro 10 Ince 15 Davies
9 Ironside
Port Vale 4-2-3-1
  1. 1 Jackson Smith G
  2. 22 Lewis Montsma ▼ CD-L
  3. 25 Cameron Humphreys CD-R
  4. 15 Liam Gordon LB
  5. 6 Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel RB
  6. 14 Oliver Lynch ▼ AM
  7. 7 George Byers ▼ LM
  8. 10 Kyle Dempsey RM
  9. 9 Mo Faal ▼ F
  10. 33 George Hall ▼ AM-L
  11. 11 Onel Hernández AM-R

Came on

  1. 38 Rhys Walters ▲ SUB
  2. 19 Ben Waine ▲ SUB
  3. 5 Connor Hall ▲ SUB
  4. 17 Tyreece Simpson ▲ SUB
  5. 8 Ben Garrity ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (2)
  1. 3 Jaheim Headley SUB
  2. 13 Mason Terry SUB
Tranmere Rovers 4-2-3-1
  1. 12 Harrison Male ▼ G
  2. 5 Nathan Smith CD-L
  3. 16 Bobby Faulkner CD-R
  4. 23 Patrick Brough ▼ LB
  5. 2 Joel Senior RB
  6. 10 Tom Ince AM
  7. 11 Tom Conlon ▼ LM
  8. 6 Will Vaulks RM
  9. 9 Joe Ironside F
  10. 17 Zane Okoro ▼ AM-L
  11. 15 Jordan Davies AM-R

Came on

  1. 4 Jordan Turnbull ▲ SUB
  2. 3 Jacob Slater ▲ SUB
  3. 8 Sam Finley ▲ SUB
  4. 20 Charlie Veevers ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (3)
  1. 22 Lee O'Connor SUB
  2. 27 Sam Mann SUB
  3. 14 Oliver Scott SUB

Commentary

  1. 90'+10' Sam Finley (Tranmere Rovers) Yellow Card at 90'+10'
  2. 86' Ben Garrity (Port Vale) Yellow Card at 86'
  3. 84' Charlie Veevers (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 84'
  4. 84' Ben Waine (Port Vale) Substitution at 84'
  5. 83' Ben Garrity (Port Vale) Substitution at 83'
  6. 83' Connor Hall (Port Vale) Substitution at 83'
  7. 79' Joe Ironside (Tranmere Rovers) Yellow Card at 79'
  8. 75' Tyreece Simpson (Port Vale) Substitution at 75'
  9. 72' Tom Ince (Tranmere Rovers) Goal at 72'
  10. 68' Nathan Smith (Tranmere Rovers) Yellow Card at 68'
  11. 59' Jacob Slater (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 59'
  12. 59' Sam Finley (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 59'
4 earlier entries
  1. 53' Jordan Turnbull (Tranmere Rovers) Substitution at 53'
  2. 27' Rhys Walters (Port Vale) Substitution at 27'
  3. 18' George Byers (Port Vale) Penalty - Scored at 18'
  4. 5' Kyle Dempsey (Port Vale) Yellow Card at 5'

Recent form

Port Vale L L L W L

  • L at Plymouth Argyle 2-1 EFL League One
  • W at Stockport County 2-1 EFL League One
  • L Lincoln City 2-0 EFL League One
  • L at Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Carabao Cup
  • L at Oldham Athletic 2-0 EFL League Two

Tranmere Rovers W L D L W

  • W at Cheltenham Town 3-1 EFL League Two
  • L at Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 EFL League Two
  • D Grimsby Town 1-1 EFL League Two
  • L Rochdale 2-2 Carabao Cup
  • W Shrewsbury Town 2-0 EFL League Two

Head to head

TRN leads series 1-0-4

  • 1 Mar 2025 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Port Vale 2024-25 English League Two
  • 17 Aug 2024 Port Vale 0–0 Tranmere Rovers 2024-25 English League Two
  • 19 Feb 2022 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Port Vale 2021-22 English League Two
  • 14 Aug 2021 Port Vale 0–0 Tranmere Rovers 2021-22 English League Two
  • 6 Feb 2021 Tranmere Rovers 3–1 Port Vale 2020-21 English League Two