Match ends, Port Vale 3, Doncaster Rovers 0.
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Port Vale eased to a comfortable win over a lacklustre Doncaster side struggling for goals this season.
Doncaster goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann saved an early Sam Foley penalty, but Foley made amends to put Vale ahead with a header on 35 minutes.
Uche Ikpeazu doubled the lead just after half-time.
Byron Moore's backheel two minutes from time secured the points, but Rovers are yet to win in League One and have not scored since the season's opening day.
Line-ups
Port Vale
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 21Alnwick
- 2Purkiss
- 26Inniss
- 6Duffy
- 3Dickinson
- 19Moore
- 42Grant
- 11Foley
- 27AndohSubstituted forDanielat 69'minutes
- 10Dodds
- 9IkpeazuSubstituted forLeitch-Smithat 76'minutesBooked at 79mins
Substitutes
- 4Streete
- 7Birchall
- 12Johnson
- 14Daniel
- 17Brown
- 18Kelly
- 20Leitch-Smith
Doncaster
Formation 4-5-1
- 12StuckmannBooked at 79mins
- 4McCulloughBooked at 90mins
- 17Mackenzie
- 6ButlerBooked at 28mins
- 20Taylor-Sinclair
- 3EvinaSubstituted forWhitehouseat 58'minutes
- 7Wellens
- 8Chaplow
- 29MiddletonSubstituted forMainat 45'minutes
- 26Coppinger
- 11Williams
Substitutes
- 2Lund
- 5Jones
- 9Main
- 21Mandeville
- 23Marosi
- 24McKay
- 32Whitehouse
- Referee:
- Robert Lewis
- Attendance:
- 4,775
Match Stats
Home TeamPort ValeAway TeamDoncaster
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home19
- Away5
- Shots on Target
- Home9
- Away2
- Corners
- Home8
- Away1
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away9
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Port Vale 3, Doncaster Rovers 0.
Booking
Luke McCullough (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Colin Daniel (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Luke McCullough (Doncaster Rovers).
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Byron Moore (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Billy Whitehouse (Doncaster Rovers).
Goal!
Goal! Port Vale 3, Doncaster Rovers 0. Byron Moore (Port Vale) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Purkiss.
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Attempt blocked. Louis Dodds (Port Vale) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Port Vale) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
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Corner, Port Vale. Conceded by Thorsten Stuckmann.
Booking
Thorsten Stuckmann (Doncaster Rovers) is shown the yellow card.
Booking
A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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(Doncaster Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by A-Jay Leitch-Smith (Port Vale).
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Attempt saved. Byron Moore (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution
Substitution, Port Vale. A-Jay Leitch-Smith replaces Uche Ikpeazu.
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Attempt missed. Andy Williams (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
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Attempt saved. Curtis Main (Doncaster Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
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Attempt blocked. Uche Ikpeazu (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
