Port Vale vs Doncaster Rovers

31 August 2024 · League Two · 2024/25 · Referee Adam Herczeg

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Ryan Croasdale 30’
Ethan Chislett 87’ (pen)

Luke Molyneux 16’, 58’
Billy Sharp 46’

Match summary

Doncaster Rovers beat Port Vale 3-2 on the road. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Luke Molyneux put Doncaster Rovers ahead in the 16th minute and Ryan Croasdale equalised in the 30th minute. In the second half, Billy Sharp put Doncaster Rovers back in front in the 46th minute, Molyneux made it 1-3 in the 58th minute, and Ethan Chislett pulled one back to make it 2-3 from the penalty spot in the 87th minute.

Shots finished 11-9 to Port Vale, with 5 on target for Port Vale and 4 for Doncaster Rovers.

Match stats

11 Shots 9

5 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 4

0 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Port Vale Doncaster Rovers

Kick-off

16’

Luke Molyneux

0-1

Ryan Croasdale

1-1

30’

Half-time1-1

46’

Billy Sharp

1-2

58’

Luke Molyneux

1-3

Ethan Chislett
Penalty

2-3

87’

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Doncaster Rovers

Ephraim Yeboah

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Doncaster Rovers attacking Port Vale attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Connor Ripley	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kyle John	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ben Heneghan	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Connor Hall	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Brandon Cover Taken off	76′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ben Garrity	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ryan Croasdale	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sam Hart Taken off	60′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Lorent Tolaj Taken off	61′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ruari Paton Taken off	61′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ronan Curtis Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Benicio Boaitey Came on as a substitute	44′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thomas Sang Came on as a substitute	30′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ethan Chislett Came on as a substitute	29′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jayden Stockley Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
George Byers Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–


Teddy Sharman-Lowe	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jamie Sterry	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Tom Anderson	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jay McGrath	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Brandon Fleming	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Owen Bailey	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Zain Westbrooke Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Harry Clifton Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Luke Molyneux Taken off	90′	2	–	2	–	–	–	–
Billy Sharp Taken off	70′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Jordan Gibson Taken off	70′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Joe Ironside Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ephraim Yeboah Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	1	–	–	–
George Broadbent Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Patrick Kelly Came on as a substitute	12′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

Port Vale win 39% Avg odds 2.37

Draw 30% Avg odds 3.15

Doncaster Rovers win 31% Avg odds 3.04

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

Form going into the game

Port Vale L W W D L

Doncaster Rovers W D W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Port Vale, 04 Jan 25 All Port Vale vs Doncaster Rovers meetings

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.