Port Vale 2-3 Rochdale: result and report

League Two · Saturday 4 September 2021

Result

Port Vale 2-3 Rochdale

League Two · Saturday 4 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Port Vale 2-3 Rochdale: match report

Port Vale were beaten by Rochdale 2-3 in the League Two on Saturday 4 September 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jamie Proctor opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Port Vale's goals came from Jamie Proctor (8') and Jamie Proctor (59'). Rochdale scored through Jake Beesley (24'), Jake Beesley (53') and Corey O'Keeffe (78').

Discipline: Port Vale received 1 yellow card; Rochdale received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Port Vale were 10th on 6 points from 5 and Rochdale 17th on 5 points from 5. Port Vale went on to finish that season 2nd with 84 points, and Rochdale 18th with 53.

Port Vale lined up in a 3-5-2 and Rochdale in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jamie Proctor of Port Vale (8.8), ahead of Jake Beesley (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Port Vale wins, 4 draws and 3 for Rochdale.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jamie ProctorPort Vale · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Jake BeesleyRochdale · 1-1
  • 53'Goal · Jake BeesleyRochdale · 1-2
  • 59'Goal · Jamie ProctorPort Vale · 2-2
  • 78'Goal · Corey O'KeeffeRochdale · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Jake BeesleyRochdale
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Eoghan O'ConnellRochdale
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Aaron MartinPort Vale

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Port Vale 3, draws 4, Rochdale 3.

Team news

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

Lucas, Nathan Smith, Aaron Martin, Dan Jones, David Worrall, Ben Garrity, Tom Pett, Tom Conlon, Mal Benning, James Wilson, Jamie Proctor

Rochdale line-up (3-4-3)

Joel Coleman, Max Taylor, Jimmy McNulty, Eoghan O'Connell, Corey O'Keeffe, Stephen Dooley, Aaron Morley, Jimmy Keohane, Alex Newby, Jake Beesley, Abraham Odoh