Port Vale 2-3 Swindon Town

Swindon fought back from two goals down at half-time to record an excellent victory at Port Vale.

The hosts went ahead when Doug Loft finished from a Jennison Myrie-Williams cross and Tom Pope's low strike made it 2-0 at the break.

Nile Ranger headed the Robins back into the match from Alex Pritchard's cross.

Pritchard levelled the scores with a wonderful free-kick from 25 yards before Nathan Byrne bundled home a winner from Michael Smith's centre.

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Swindon Town manager Mark Cooper told BBC Wiltshire:

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Post-match: Swindon boss Cooper

"We were 2-0 down without doing an awful lot wrong. We had numerous chances, we didn't take them.

"We said at half-time if we get an early goal it's game on.

"Once we got the first one we went from strength to strength. We were outstanding again in the second-half and totally dominated.

"We knew the conditions weren't going to be great and it wasn't ideal for the way we play from the back, so we knew if we had a target to hit we could play off it."

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Line-ups

Port Vale

• 1Neal
• 20Grimmer
• 5Dickinson
• 28KnottSubstituted forHugillat 70'minutes
• 4Robertson
• 17Davis
• 9Myrie-Williams
• 18LinesBooked at 34mins
• 11PopeSubstituted forWilliamsonat 84'minutes
• 10TomlinSubstituted forGriffithat 56'minutesBooked at 82mins
• 7Loft

Substitutes

• 2Yates
• 3Jones
• 12Johnson
• 19Williamson
• 21Griffith
• 26Birchall
• 39Hugill

Swindon

• 1Foderingham
• 3Byrne
• 12N'GuessanSubstituted forMurphyat 63'minutes
• 41Archibald-HenvilleBooked at 67mins
• 22Ward
• 2Thompson
• 4LuongoBooked at 17mins
• 19Thompson
• 11PritchardSubstituted forReisat 90+4'minutes
• 9Ranger
• 28Smith

Substitutes

• 6Reis
• 24Cox
• 25Belford
• 29Rossi Branco
• 34Reckord
• 39Gladwin
• 40Murphy

Referee:

Seb Stockbridge

Attendance:

5,306

Match Stats

Home TeamPort ValeAway TeamSwindon

Possession

Home45%

Away55%

Shots

Home5

Away16

Shots on Target

Home2

Away7

Corners

Home5

Away14

Fouls

Home10

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Port Vale 2, Swindon Town 3.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Port Vale 2, Swindon Town 3.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Anthony Griffith (Port Vale).

Posted at 90'+4'

Louis Thompson (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Tijane Reis replaces Alex Pritchard.

Posted at 90'+2'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Troy Archibald-Henville.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Anthony Griffith.

Posted at 90'+1'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Chris Neal.

Posted at 90'+1'

Attempt saved. Jacob Murphy (Swindon Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Posted at 84'

Foul by Chris Robertson (Port Vale).

Posted at 84'

Nile Ranger (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Port Vale. Ben Williamson replaces Tom Pope.

Posted at 83'

Attempt missed. Louis Thompson (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.

Booking

Posted at 82'

Anthony Griffith (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Anthony Griffith (Port Vale).

Posted at 82'

Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 80'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Jack Grimmer.

Posted at 79'

Attempt blocked. Chris Lines (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 78'

Tom Pope (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Massimo Luongo (Swindon Town).

Posted at 76'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Troy Archibald-Henville.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Nathan Byrne.

Posted at 74'

Attempt blocked. Darren Ward (Swindon Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 73'

Corner, Swindon Town. Conceded by Carl Dickinson.

Posted at 73'

Foul by Jordan Hugill (Port Vale).

Posted at 73'

Nathan Thompson (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 72'

Jack Grimmer (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Nathan Byrne (Swindon Town).

Posted at 71'

Attempt missed. Tom Pope (Port Vale) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Port Vale. Jordan Hugill replaces Billy Knott.

Goal!

Posted at 69'

Goal! Port Vale 2, Swindon Town 3. Nathan Byrne (Swindon Town) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Michael Smith with a cross.

Booking

Posted at 67'

Troy Archibald-Henville (Swindon Town) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 67'

Tom Pope (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Troy Archibald-Henville (Swindon Town).

Goal!

Posted at 65'

Goal! Port Vale 2, Swindon Town 2. Alex Pritchard (Swindon Town) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Chris Lines (Port Vale).

Posted at 64'

Alex Pritchard (Swindon Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 63'

Substitution, Swindon Town. Jacob Murphy replaces Dany N'Guessan.

Posted at 60'

Nile Ranger (Swindon Town) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the centre of the box.

Posted at 59'

Anthony Griffith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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