Doncaster Rovers vs Port Vale

4 January 2025 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee J Simpson

Full time 1 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Robert Street 84’
  • Ryan Croasdale 33’
  • Lorent Tolaj 61’

Match summary

Port Vale won 2-1 away at Doncaster Rovers. Port Vale led 1-0 at half-time.

Ryan Croasdale put Port Vale ahead in the 33rd minute, Lorent Tolaj made it 0-2 in the 61st minute, and Robert Street pulled one back to make it 1-2 with a header in the 84th minute.

Shots finished 15-5 to Doncaster Rovers, with 6 on target for Doncaster Rovers and 3 for Port Vale.

Match stats

Doncaster Rovers Port Vale
15 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Doncaster Rovers Port Vale
Kick-off
33’
Ryan Croasdale0-1 (Port Vale)
Half-time0-1
61’
Lorent Tolaj0-2 (Port Vale)
Robert Street1-2 (Doncaster Rovers)
84’
Full-time1-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Doncaster Rovers
  • Patrick Kelly
Port Vale
  • Ryan Croasdale

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Port Vale attacking Doncaster Rovers attacking 
15’ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 15’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 18’ Jay McGrath (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, blocked 25’ Jordan Gibson (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 26’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 31’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 33’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), open play, goal 36’ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 37’ Antwoine Hackford (Port Vale), open play, blocked 47’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 53’ Patrick Kelly (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 61’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, goal 65’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 69’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), set piece, saved 76’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 79’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, off target 84’ Robert Street (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, goal 84’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, blocked 84’ Robert Street (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, off target 87’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, blocked 89’ Joe Ironside (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 15’ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 15’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 18’ Jay McGrath (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, blocked 25’ Jordan Gibson (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 26’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 31’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 33’ Ryan Croasdale (Port Vale), open play, goal 36’ Luke Molyneux (Doncaster Rovers), open play, blocked 37’ Antwoine Hackford (Port Vale), open play, blocked 47’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 53’ Patrick Kelly (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 61’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, goal 65’ Kyle Hurst (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target 69’ Connor Hall (Port Vale), set piece, saved 76’ Billy Sharp (Doncaster Rovers), open play, saved 79’ Owen Bailey (Doncaster Rovers), set piece, off target 84’ Robert Street (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, goal 84’ Jamie Sterry (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, blocked 84’ Robert Street (Doncaster Rovers), from a corner, off target 87’ Lorent Tolaj (Port Vale), open play, blocked 89’ Joe Ironside (Doncaster Rovers), open play, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
James Maxwell Taken off
59′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 1 – – – –
Patrick Kelly Taken off
59′ – – 1 – – –
Luke Molyneux Taken off
46′ – – 2 – – – –
Harry Clifton Taken off
59′ – – – – – – –
Jordan Gibson Taken off
73′ – – 1 – – – –
Billy Sharp
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Robert Street Came on as a substitute
44′ 1 – 2 – – – –
George Broadbent Came on as a substitute
31′ – – – – – – –
Brandon Fleming Came on as a substitute
31′ – – – – – – –
Kyle Hurst Came on as a substitute
31′ – – 1 – – – –
Joe Ironside Came on as a substitute
17′ – – 1 – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Doncaster Rovers win 52% Avg odds 1.78
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.61
Port Vale win 22% Avg odds 4.31

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.