Match preview: Portsmouth likely to overcome Port Vale at Fratton Park

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

League One: Portsmouth host Port Vale in what should be an appealing football game. Here's everything you need to know!

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (12) in League One
  • Port Vale have the most conceded goals (13) away in League One

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Portsmouth and Port Vale.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Fratton Park as Portsmouth have scored 8 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the League One are 3-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). days ago.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Portsmouth, who played 1-1 against Wycombe Wanderers. That match was also played at this venue (Fratton Park). Sparkes, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Sparkes served one assist, hit three key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Wigan Athletic.

Both teams to score: YES! That has occurred in 6 league rounds in a row for this team. Could it happen again?

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Gillingham are coming to town in three days.

The Portsmouth fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 8 in 6 matches. From these home matches, Portsmouth have conceded only 4 goals.

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Port Vale form and stats

As the visiting team in League One matches, Port Vale have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.

Port are travelling again after losing away to Bristol Rovers in their previous match (1-2). The attacker Garrity got a match rating of 7.62 in that game. Garrity hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Bolton Wanderers.

After this away game Port Vale return home for a EFL Trophy game against Newcastle United U21. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Port Vale are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). For Port Vale, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Portsmouth one win, one draw and Port Vale zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
6 goals
Port ValeB. Garrity
B. Garrity
4 goals
PortsmouthP. Lane
P. Lane
3 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Port Vale missing players

Portsmouth Port Vale
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 3 Played P 2 6 11
6 3 2 Won W 1 2 5
5 3 1 Drew D 0 2 2
0 0 0 Lost L 1 2 4
18 8 4 Scored S 2 7 12
8 4 2 Conceded C 8 13 17
82% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 91%
73% 67% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 55%
45% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 45%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 27%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 27%
64% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 67% 45%
36% 33% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 36%
18% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 27%
 
7.5 8.5 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4 5.2
3.7 4.3 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6 5
2.5 2.8 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
14.5 15 14 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.8 12.8
4.7 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.2 4.2
35% 27% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 37% 26%
 
10.7 10.8 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.8 11.3
2.9 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.3 4.5
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Vale have the most conceded goals (13) away in League One
  • Port Vale have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Portsmouth have the most points from losing position (12) in League One
  • Portsmouth have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Oxford United 10 8 0 2 20 8 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 4 0 1 11 5 12 24
2 Portsmouth 11 6 5 0 18 8 6 3 3 0 8 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 10 23
3 Bolton Wanderers 10 6 2 2 18 12 6 4 1 1 12 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 20
4 Peterborough United 11 6 2 3 16 11 5 3 1 1 9 5 6 3 1 2 7 6 5 20
5 Barnsley 11 6 1 4 24 12 6 2 0 4 13 10 5 4 1 0 11 2 12 19
6 Stevenage 11 5 3 3 17 12 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 4 0 2 11 6 5 18
7 Derby County 10 5 2 3 17 10 5 1 2 2 4 5 5 4 0 1 13 5 7 17
8 Wycombe Wanderers 10 5 2 3 12 13 5 3 1 1 7 5 5 2 1 2 5 8 -1 17
9 Port Vale 11 5 2 4 12 17 5 3 0 2 5 4 6 2 2 2 7 13 -5 17
10 Exeter City 11 5 1 5 11 13 5 2 1 2 4 5 6 3 0 3 7 8 -2 16
11 Lincoln City 10 4 3 3 14 10 4 3 1 0 9 1 6 1 2 3 5 9 4 15
12 Bristol Rovers 10 4 3 3 14 12 5 2 2 1 9 6 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 15
13 Blackpool 10 4 3 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 9 5 4 1 1 2 1 5 0 15
14 Charlton Athletic 10 4 2 4 15 12 6 4 0 2 13 8 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 14
15 Cambridge United 10 4 2 4 10 11 6 3 1 2 7 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 -1 14
16 Leyton Orient 11 4 2 5 9 14 5 3 0 2 4 7 6 1 2 3 5 7 -5 14
17 Northampton Town 10 4 1 5 11 10 6 2 1 3 7 7 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 13
18 Burton Albion 11 2 4 5 8 15 5 1 2 2 4 7 6 1 2 3 4 8 -7 10
19 Shrewsbury Town 10 3 1 6 4 11 5 2 1 2 3 4 5 1 0 4 1 7 -7 10
20 Fleetwood Town 10 2 2 6 7 14 4 1 0 3 1 6 6 1 2 3 6 8 -7 8
21 Carlisle United 11 1 4 6 7 14 6 1 2 3 4 7 5 0 2 3 3 7 -7 7
22 Reading 10 3 1 6 8 13 5 3 1 1 5 2 5 0 0 5 3 11 -5 6
23 Wigan Athletic 10 4 1 5 15 16 4 2 0 2 5 6 6 2 1 3 10 10 -1 5
24 Cheltenham Town 11 0 1 10 0 19 5 0 0 5 0 11 6 0 1 5 0 8 -19 1

Read more about League One

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.