Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient: result and report
League One · Saturday 6 September 2025
Result
Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient
League One · Saturday 6 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Port Vale 2-3 Leyton Orient: match report
Port Vale lost to Leyton Orient 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 6 September 2025. The half-time score was 1-2.
Ryan Croasdale opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Ryan Croasdale (7') and Devante Cole (52'). Leyton Orient scored through Aaron Connolly (13'), Dominic Ballard (44') and Charlie Wellens (90+5').
Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Port Vale were 23rd on 2 points from 6 and Leyton Orient 16th on 7 points from 6. Port Vale went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Leyton Orient 20th with 52.
Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Devante Cole of Port Vale (7.8), ahead of Josh Koroma (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Port Vale wins, 1 draw and 1 for Leyton Orient.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Ryan Croasdale
- 9'Yellow card · Connor Hall
- 13'Goal · Aaron Connolly
- 44'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 52'Goal · Devante Cole
- 53'Yellow card · Omar Beckles
- 64'Yellow card · Ollie O'Neill
- 90+4'Yellow card · Sean Clare
- 90+4'Yellow card · Aaron Connolly
- 90+5'Goal · Charlie Wellens
Head-to-head
Team news
Port Vale line-up (3-5-2)
Marko Marosi, Cameron Humphreys, Ben Heneghan, Connor Hall, Kyle John, Ryan Croasdale, George Byers, Rhys Walters, Jaheim Headley, Mo Faal, Devante Cole
Leyton Orient line-up (4-2-3-1)
Killian Cahill, Michael Craig, Omar Beckles, Daniel Happe, Tom James, Jack Moorhouse, Idris El Mizouni, Josh Koroma, Aaron Connolly, Ollie O'Neill, Dom Ballard