Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient: result and report

League One · Saturday 6 September 2025

Result

Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient

League One · Saturday 6 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient: match report

Port Vale lost to Leyton Orient 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 6 September 2025. The half-time score was 1-2.

Ryan Croasdale opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ryan Croasdale (7') and Devante Cole (52'). Leyton Orient scored through Aaron Connolly (13'), Dominic Ballard (44') and Charlie Wellens (90+5').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 23rd on 2 points from 6 and Leyton Orient 16th on 7 points from 6. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Leyton Orient 20th with 52.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Devante Cole of Port Vale (7.8), ahead of Josh Koroma (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 4 draws and 3 for Leyton Orient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Ryan CroasdalePort Vale · 1-0
  • 9'Yellow card · Connor HallPort Vale
  • 13'Goal · Aaron ConnollyLeyton Orient · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Dominic BallardLeyton Orient · 1-2
  • 52'Goal · Devante ColePort Vale · 2-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Omar BecklesLeyton Orient
  • 64'Yellow card · Ollie O'NeillLeyton Orient
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Sean ClareLeyton Orient
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Aaron ConnollyLeyton Orient
  • 90+5'Goal · Charlie WellensLeyton Orient · 2-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 4, Leyton Orient 3.

Team news

Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)

Marko Marosi, Cameron Humphreys, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Kyle John, Ryan Croasdale, George Byers, Rhys Walters, Jaheim Headley, Mo Faal, Devante Cole

Leyton Orient line-up (4-2-3-1)

Killian Cahill, Michael Craig, Omar Beckles, Daniel Happe, Tom James, Jack Moorhouse, Idris El Mizouni, Josh Koroma, Aaron Connolly, Ollie O'Neill, Dom Ballard