Port Vale 0-1 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League One · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Port Vale 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
League One · Saturday 23 August 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Port Vale 0-1 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Port Vale were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 23 August 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Owen Bailey of Doncaster Rovers in the 54th minute.
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Doncaster Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 19th on 2 points from 4 and Doncaster Rovers 11th on 7 points from 4. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Doncaster Rovers 14th with 60.
Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Shipley of Port Vale (7.5), ahead of Thimothée Lo-Tutala (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Port Vale wins, 0 draws and 1 for Doncaster Rovers.
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read L-D-D-L and Doncaster Rovers's L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · C. Humphreys
- 40'Yellow card · Jay McGrath
- 54'Goal · Owen Bailey
- 83'Yellow card · Luke Molyneux
- 90+2'Yellow card
Head-to-head
Team news
Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)
Joe Gauci, Kyle John, Cameron Humphreys, Connor Hall, Mitch Clark, Ben Garrity, Jordan Shipley, F. Ojo, Jaheim Headley, Ben Waine, Mo Faal
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Thimothée Lo-Tutala, Tom Nixon, Connor O'Riordan, Jay McGrath, Jack Senior, Owen Bailey, George Broadbent, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Glenn Middleton, Patrick McCarthy