Port Vale 2-3 Doncaster Rovers: result and report
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2024
Result
Port Vale 2-3 Doncaster Rovers
League Two · Saturday 31 August 2024, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Port Vale 2-3 Doncaster Rovers: match report
Port Vale were beaten by Doncaster Rovers 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 31 August 2024. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Luke Molyneux opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ryan Croasdale (30') and Ethan Chislett (87', penalty). Doncaster Rovers scored through Luke Molyneux (16'), Patrick McCarthy (46') and Luke Molyneux (58').
Discipline: Port Vale received no yellow cards; Doncaster Rovers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Port Vale were 14th on 4 points from 3 and Doncaster Rovers 6th on 6 points from 3. Port Vale went on to finish that season 4th with 80 points, and Doncaster Rovers 1st with 84.
Port Vale lined up in a 3-4-3 and Doncaster Rovers in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Molyneux of Doncaster Rovers (8.9), ahead of Patrick McCarthy (7.9).
Going into the match Port Vale's last five read L-D-W and Doncaster Rovers's W-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Luke Molyneux
- 30'Goal · Ryan Croasdale
- 46'Goal · Patrick McCarthy
- 58'Goal · Luke Molyneux
- 87'Penalty goal · Ethan Chislett
- 90+6'Yellow card · Ephraim Yeboah
Team news
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Port Vale line-up (3-4-3)
Connor Ripley, Kyle John, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Brandon Cover, Ben Garrity, Ryan Croasdale, Sam Hart, L. Tolaj, R. Paton, Ronan Curtis
Doncaster Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Teddy Sharman-Lowe, Jamie Sterry, Tom Anderson, Jay McGrath, Brandon Fleming, Owen Bailey, Zain Westbrooke, Harry Clifton, Luke Molyneux, Patrick McCarthy, Jordan Gibson