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 · Doncaster Rovers · League One predictions

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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Yellow card · C. HumphreysPort Vale
  • 40'Yellow card · Jay McGrathDoncaster Rovers
  • 54'Goal · Owen BaileyDoncaster Rovers · 0-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Luke MolyneuxDoncaster Rovers
  • 90+2'Yellow cardDoncaster Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Port Vale 5, draws 0, Doncaster Rovers 1.

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