Rochdale 2-1 Port Vale: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 November 2015

Result

Rochdale 2-1 Port Vale

League One · Saturday 28 November 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Rochdale 2-1 Port Vale: match report

Rochdale beat Port Vale 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 28 November 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

Chris Birchall opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ian Henderson (40', penalty) and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (78'). Port Vale scored through Chris Birchall (13').

Discipline: Rochdale received 4 yellow cards; Port Vale received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Rochdale were 14th on 24 points from 19 and Port Vale 9th on 29 points from 19. Rochdale went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Port Vale 12th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Rochdale wins, 4 draws and 2 for Port Vale.

Going into the match Rochdale's last five read L-W-L-D-D and Port Vale's W-W-W-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Chris BirchallPort Vale · 0-1
  • 15'Yellow card · J. O'SullivanRochdale
  • 40'Penalty goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Carl DickinsonPort Vale
  • 54'Yellow card · Donald McDermottRochdale
  • 78'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingRochdale · 2-1
  • 81'Yellow card · Calvin AndrewRochdale
  • 88'Yellow card · Callum CampsRochdale
  • 90+6'Second yellow · Carl DickinsonPort Vale

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Rochdale 2, draws 4, Port Vale 2.

Team news

Rochdale expected line-up (4-3-3)

Josh Lillis, Scott Tanser, Ashley Eastham, Rhys Bennett, Jimmy McNulty, Andy Cannon, Peter Vincenti, Jamie Allen, Michael Rose

Port Vale expected line-up

Jak Alnwick, Ryan Inniss, Carl Dickinson, Richard Duffy, Ben Purkiss, Sam Foley, Anthony Grant, Byron Moore, Uche Ikpeazu, Enoch Ebo Andoh, Louis Dodds