Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Port Vale & Sutton United face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Sutton United have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 9-8-20 (win-draw-loss) from 37 matches.
It's no vacation for neither Port nor Sutton United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Port Vale form and stats
Port Vale have reached this Carabao Cup stage through battling and winning against Fleetwood Town and Crewe Alexandra.3-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season.
An away draw last time out for Port Vale, facing Cambridge United in a game that ended 1-1. Garrity has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in four games in a row. Badass! Ripley, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.35 out of 10 in that game. Ripley saved a penalty.
Ahead of that match, Port Vale lost 2-3 at home to Burton Albion.The match schedule is unforgiving for Port as they have a new game in only four days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Bolton Wanderers are visiting.
Port Vale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 5 goals in 4 games. From these home matches, Port have conceded only 3 goals.
Sutton United form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wycombe Wanderers and Cambridge United in order to reach 3rd round of Carabao Cup.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Sutton United have produced an overall stat of 0-0-4 so far.
Sutton United's last game was the home draw against Milton Keynes Dons (1-1). Midfield player N'Guessan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.81/10. N'Guessan served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Ahead of that, 2-2 at home hosting Aston Villa U21 (after extra-time, 4-6 on penalties) in the EFL Trophy.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League Two trip to Crawley Town.
Sutton United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 6 times in 4 away games so far. The Sutton United defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings involving these teams: Port won one, Sutton United were winners in one and we saw zero draws. one game with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Garrity 4 goals |  O. Patrick 4 goals |  J. Wilson 2 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Sutton United missing players
| Port Vale | Sutton United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 16 | ||
| 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 38 | 13 | Conceded | C | 30 | 51 | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 82% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 58% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 10.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
| 33% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | ||
| 10.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 5 | Barnsley | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Exeter City | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 8 | Peterborough United | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Derby County | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | Wycombe Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 11 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Northampton Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Burton Albion | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 6 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| 22 | Reading | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 5 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 2 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -15 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | Gillingham | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Mansfield Town | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Crawley Town | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 16 |
| 6 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 9 | Stockport County | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 10 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Barrow | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 14 | Morecambe | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 15 | Newport County | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 11 |
| 16 | Walsall | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 11 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 19 | Doncaster Rovers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 8 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 21 | Salford City | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Forest Green Rovers | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -9 | 7 |
| 23 | Tranmere Rovers | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 6 |
| 24 | Sutton United | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 4 |
