Port Vale 4-2 Rochdale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026

Result

Port Vale 4-2 Rochdale

League Two · Saturday 31 October 2026, 12:30 UTC · Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent · half-time 3-0

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Port Vale 4-2 Rochdale: match report

Port Vale beat Rochdale 4-2 in the League Two on Saturday 31 October 2026 at Vale Park. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Onel Hernández opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Port Vale's goals came from Onel Hernández (2'), George Byers (11', penalty), Jordan Gabriel (22') and Keyrol Figueroa (86'). Rochdale scored through Ian Henderson (82') and Charlie Kian Tasker (90+4').

Discipline: Port Vale received 2 yellow cards; Rochdale received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 23rd on 12 points from 11 and Rochdale 17th on 15 points from 13. In the current table Port Vale are 19th on 15 points and Rochdale are 20th on 15 points.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rochdale in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Onel Hernández of Port Vale (7.7), ahead of George Hall (7.6).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Onel HernándezPort Vale · 1-0
  • 11'Penalty goal · George ByersPort Vale · 2-0
  • 15'Yellow card · Harvey GilmourRochdale
  • 22'Goal · Jordan GabrielPort Vale · 3-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Glenn MiddletonRochdale
  • 38'Yellow card · Cian HayesRochdale
  • 48'Yellow card · Cameron HumphreysPort Vale
  • 62'Yellow card · George ByersPort Vale
  • 82'Goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 3-1
  • 86'Goal · Keyrol FigueroaPort Vale · 4-1
  • 90+4'Goal · Charlie Kian TaskerRochdale · 4-2

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
19Port Vale124351014-415WWDLW
20Rochdale144371726-915DLDLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 3, Rochdale 4.

Team news

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

Marko Marosi, Cameron Humphreys, Jasper Moon, Connor Hall, Jordan Gabriel, Kyle Dempsey, George Byers, George Hall, Jaheim Headley, Max Watters, Onel Hernández

Rochdale line-up (4-2-3-1)

Sam Waller, Sam Sherring, Aden Flint, Kaiden Wilson, Charlie Kian Tasker, Baba Adeeko, Harvey Gilmour, Cian Hayes, Zain Silcott-Duberry, Glenn Middleton, Dajaune Brown

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