The home followers expect a win in this game, as the home advantage should work against a stumbling visitor. Port Vale are in 14th place while the guesting Cheltenham Town sweat at 24th.
- Port Vale have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (4) in League One
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Port Vale form and stats
3-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season. Three consecutive losses here at Vale Park is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Stress levels are on the rise for Port's attacking players as they have now played 520 minutes without scoring in a league game. Garrity was their last goal scorer.
Port Vale's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Peterborough United (placed 5th). Ojo (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.82/10. Ojo hit two key passes and had 53 successful passes (of 63 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Stevenage the opponent.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port Vale handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
A fact for those who like to place bets on "both teams to score yes/no: This club have finished 5 league matches in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.
Port Vale are traveling soon after this match as the Carabao Cup match at Mansfield Town awaits in three days.
Port aren't scoring a lot here at Vale Park in the league, with only {5 goals} from 6 games. Port Vale are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vale Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 6 matches.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
Cheltenham Town have only collected 1 point from their away games in the League One, after 0-1-6 (7 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Cheltenham, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.
Two away games in a row for Cheltenham Town, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 2-3 versus Blackpool. Goodwin, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.64. Goodwin scored two goals and hit one key pass.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Cambridge United.We have checked recent matches where Cheltenham Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
Few goals the story here? 9 of this club's last 12 league rounds have had two goals or less.
Cheltenham are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 7 away games. In the opposite end, Cheltenham Town have conceded 11 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Port Vale victories, five draws and three Cheltenham Town wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Garrity 4 goals |  J. Wilson 2 goals |  W. Goodwin 2 goals |
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| Port Vale | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 86% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 50% | 17% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 57% |
| 36% | 17% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 29% | 29% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 29% | 17% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 36% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 86% | 79% |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 5.1 | 4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.7 | 16.3 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 9.7 | 10 |
| 4.1 | 5.3 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 19% | 16% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 11% |
| 11.4 | 9.5 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 16.4 | 16.8 |
| 4.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
- Cheltenham Town have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals (4) in League One
- Cheltenham Town have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in League One
- Cheltenham Town have the most conceded goals (23) in League One
- Cheltenham Town have the the worst goal difference (-19) in League One
- Cheltenham Town have yet to win a game away.
- Port Vale have scored more than double the goals of Cheltenham Town.
- Port Vale have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in League One
- Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 32 |
| 2 | Oxford United | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Barnsley | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 7 | Stevenage | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Derby County | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 21 |
| 9 | Lincoln City | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 10 | Wycombe Wanderers | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 14 | Port Vale | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 18 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | -9 | 17 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | Exeter City | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -7 | 16 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 14 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 11 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -10 | 11 |
| 23 | Reading | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | -19 | 5 |
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