Port Vale look to Vale Park supporters for inspiration before Accrington Stanley match

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 07.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

The odds favour Port Vale in this fixture against Accrington Stanley, but the visitors will fight to the finish. Here's our match preview!

Insights:
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League One

It's no vacation for neither Port nor Accrington Stanley 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.

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Port Vale form and stats

5-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season. Game days at Vale Park have recently become somewhat of a nightmare for Port Vale as they have lost three home games in a row. It hurts.

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 214 minutes without scoring a league goal. Ojo was the last player to find the net.

The Port Vale regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Vale Park: A 0-3 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers (placed 8th). Midfield player Benning got a match rating of 6.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Benning hit one key pass.

0-0 away at Cheltenham Town before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port Vale handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It should be added that a look at the 11 latest league matches reveals that 9 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

The manager Clarke will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Shrewsbury Town in only four days.

The Port fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 13 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Port Vale have conceded 15 goals.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

There's been little loot from Accrington Stanley's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the League One. Accrington Stanley only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Accrington Stanley are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Lincoln City with 0-3 on the scoreboard. Accrington goalkeeper Savin had a brilliant day against Lincoln City, but in spite of achieving eight saves the beating could not be avoided. Astley was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Astley won 7 of 7 duels.

The fixture before that was the FA Cup-duel against Leeds United, a home loss (1-3). Accrington Stanley are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

The schedule is very tough for Accrington Stanley now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Cheltenham Town is waiting in only four days.

The attacking power of Accrington Stanley when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Accrington have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Port Vale five wins, one draw and Accrington Stanley four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeE. Harrison
E. Harrison
8 goals
Accrington StanleyT. Leigh
T. Leigh
6 goals
Port ValeJ. Wilson
J. Wilson
4 goals

Port Vale missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Port Vale Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 13 26
10 5 2 Won W 2 3 6
6 3 2 Drew D 1 2 7
12 6 0 Lost L 0 8 13
28 14 7 Scored S 3 8 24
39 18 5 Conceded C 1 23 44
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
68% 57% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 73%
50% 50% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 46% 46%
25% 21% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 23% 27%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
39% 43% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 42%
29% 29% 25% Clean Sheets C S 67% 23% 23%
39% 36% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 38% 38%
 
5.5 5.4 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8.7 6.5 5.5
4.9 4.9 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 4.8 5.7
1.6 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
12.2 12.6 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.9 12.1
2 2.5 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.1 3.4
49% 40% 64% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 20% 27%
 
11.3 10.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 10.6 12.2
3.2 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.9 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals (8) away in League One
  • Accrington Stanley have the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in League One
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 28 18 7 3 51 29 14 13 0 1 29 11 14 5 7 2 22 18 22 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 27 17 7 3 47 18 14 9 4 1 31 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 29 58
3 Ipswich Town 28 15 9 4 53 28 14 8 5 1 27 10 14 7 4 3 26 18 25 54
4 Derby County 27 14 8 5 40 21 13 9 2 2 25 11 14 5 6 3 15 10 19 50
5 Bolton Wanderers 29 14 8 7 37 23 15 9 4 2 20 8 14 5 4 5 17 15 14 50
6 Barnsley 26 14 4 8 35 25 13 8 1 4 20 14 13 6 3 4 15 11 10 46
7 Peterborough United 26 13 2 11 43 32 13 9 1 3 26 10 13 4 1 8 17 22 11 41
8 Wycombe Wanderers 27 12 5 10 35 27 14 7 3 4 21 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 8 41
9 Shrewsbury Town 28 12 5 11 35 31 15 7 2 6 20 19 13 5 3 5 15 12 4 41
10 Exeter City 28 10 8 10 41 39 13 5 4 4 19 17 15 5 4 6 22 22 2 38
11 Portsmouth 26 9 10 7 34 32 13 4 7 2 19 15 13 5 3 5 15 17 2 37
12 Bristol Rovers 28 10 7 11 43 50 13 5 4 4 21 22 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 37
13 Port Vale 27 10 6 11 28 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 14 5 3 6 14 21 -8 36
14 Oxford United 29 9 8 12 34 35 14 5 3 6 19 16 15 4 5 6 15 19 -1 35
15 Charlton Athletic 27 8 10 9 41 38 15 6 5 4 27 19 12 2 5 5 14 19 3 34
16 Lincoln City 26 6 13 7 24 30 13 2 11 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 31
17 Fleetwood Town 27 6 11 10 29 30 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 4 6 4 18 16 -1 29
18 Cheltenham Town 27 8 5 14 23 34 13 5 2 6 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 18 -11 29
19 Morecambe 27 6 9 12 31 40 14 5 5 4 21 17 13 1 4 8 10 23 -9 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 28 7 4 17 25 40 15 2 3 10 10 23 13 5 1 7 15 17 -15 25
21 Accrington Stanley 25 6 7 12 24 41 12 3 5 4 16 18 13 3 2 8 8 23 -17 25
22 Burton Albion 27 6 7 14 34 54 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -20 25
23 Cambridge United 27 7 4 16 23 46 13 5 2 6 12 16 14 2 2 10 11 30 -23 25
24 Forest Green Rovers 29 5 6 18 24 55 14 4 0 10 11 25 15 1 6 8 13 30 -31 21

Accrington Stanley:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 28 18 7 3 51 29 14 13 0 1 29 11 14 5 7 2 22 18 22 61
2 Sheffield Wednesday 27 17 7 3 47 18 14 9 4 1 31 11 13 8 3 2 16 7 29 58
3 Ipswich Town 28 15 9 4 53 28 14 8 5 1 27 10 14 7 4 3 26 18 25 54
4 Derby County 27 14 8 5 40 21 13 9 2 2 25 11 14 5 6 3 15 10 19 50
5 Bolton Wanderers 29 14 8 7 37 23 15 9 4 2 20 8 14 5 4 5 17 15 14 50
6 Barnsley 26 14 4 8 35 25 13 8 1 4 20 14 13 6 3 4 15 11 10 46
7 Peterborough United 26 13 2 11 43 32 13 9 1 3 26 10 13 4 1 8 17 22 11 41
8 Wycombe Wanderers 27 12 5 10 35 27 14 7 3 4 21 13 13 5 2 6 14 14 8 41
9 Shrewsbury Town 28 12 5 11 35 31 15 7 2 6 20 19 13 5 3 5 15 12 4 41
10 Exeter City 28 10 8 10 41 39 13 5 4 4 19 17 15 5 4 6 22 22 2 38
11 Portsmouth 26 9 10 7 34 32 13 4 7 2 19 15 13 5 3 5 15 17 2 37
12 Bristol Rovers 28 10 7 11 43 50 13 5 4 4 21 22 15 5 3 7 22 28 -7 37
13 Port Vale 27 10 6 11 28 36 13 5 3 5 14 15 14 5 3 6 14 21 -8 36
14 Oxford United 29 9 8 12 34 35 14 5 3 6 19 16 15 4 5 6 15 19 -1 35
15 Charlton Athletic 27 8 10 9 41 38 15 6 5 4 27 19 12 2 5 5 14 19 3 34
16 Lincoln City 26 6 13 7 24 30 13 2 11 0 13 10 13 4 2 7 11 20 -6 31
17 Fleetwood Town 27 6 11 10 29 30 13 2 5 6 11 14 14 4 6 4 18 16 -1 29
18 Cheltenham Town 27 8 5 14 23 34 13 5 2 6 13 16 14 3 3 8 10 18 -11 29
19 Morecambe 27 6 9 12 31 40 14 5 5 4 21 17 13 1 4 8 10 23 -9 27
20 Milton Keynes Dons 28 7 4 17 25 40 15 2 3 10 10 23 13 5 1 7 15 17 -15 25
21 Accrington Stanley 25 6 7 12 24 41 12 3 5 4 16 18 13 3 2 8 8 23 -17 25
22 Burton Albion 27 6 7 14 34 54 14 4 4 6 16 23 13 2 3 8 18 31 -20 25
23 Cambridge United 27 7 4 16 23 46 13 5 2 6 12 16 14 2 2 10 11 30 -23 25
24 Forest Green Rovers 29 5 6 18 24 55 14 4 0 10 11 25 15 1 6 8 13 30 -31 21

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.