Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Port Vale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 January 2025

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Port Vale

League Two · Saturday 4 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Port Vale: match report

Doncaster Rovers lost to Port Vale 1-2 in the League Two on Saturday 4 January 2025. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ryan Croasdale opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Jamie Sterry (84'). Port Vale scored through Ryan Croasdale (33') and Lorent Tolaj (61').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card; Port Vale received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 4th on 40 points from 24 and Port Vale 8th on 38 points from 24. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 1st with 84 points, and Port Vale 4th with 80.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Port Vale in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to L. Tolaj of Port Vale (8.0), ahead of Ryan Croasdale (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Doncaster Rovers win, 0 draws and 0 for Port Vale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · Ryan CroasdalePort Vale · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Patrick KellyDoncaster Rovers
  • 51'Yellow card · Ryan CroasdalePort Vale
  • 61'Goal · Lorent TolajPort Vale · 0-2
  • 84'Goal · Jamie SterryDoncaster Rovers · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)

Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Jamie Sterry, Joseph Olowu, Jay McGrath, James Maxwell, Owen Bailey, Patrick Kelly, Luke Molyneux, Harry Clifton, Jordan Gibson, Patrick McCarthy

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

Ben Amos, Nathan Smith, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Mitch Clark, Ryan Croasdale, Jason Lowe, Ben Garrity, Jaheim Headley, L. Tolaj, Antwoine Hackford