There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the League Two table so far. Here's the Harrogate Town - Port Vale latest:
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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 Harrogate and Port Vale.
Harrogate Town form and stats
6 victories, 4 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Harrogate Town have to build on here at CNG Stadium in the League Two. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Harrogate Town, their manager S. Weaver and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 270 minutes without scoring a league goal. J. Williams was the last player to find the net.
Harrogate Town travelled for their previous game, a trip to Walsall that ended 0-0. Preceding that match was a defeat to Southend United (0-1).
Harrogate's goalie James Belshaw played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Walsall with a stunning six saves.
This is expected to be a close game, with Harrogate Town perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Harrogate Town as a small favourite), we find eight games. Harrogate Town has won six of these, drawn one and lost one.
Harrogate aren't scoring a lot here at CNG Stadium in the league, with only 15 goals from 18 games. Harrogate are not conceding a lot of goals here at CNG Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Port Vale form and stats
6 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses. That’s the product of Port Vale playing as the away team in the League Two this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Port Vale hope to make it five in this match. Momentum is building for Port in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Port had fun at their own home (CNG Stadium) last time out, beating Exeter City 1-0. Theo Robinson scored. Preceding that game was the away victory against Crawley Town with the score of 3-1.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Port in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Port Vale, five draws and five defeats.
Port have scored 26 goals on their travels this season, from 19 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Port Vale have conceded 31 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Port Vale - Harrogate Town 0-0 earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  J. Muldoon 12 goals |  D. Rodney 12 goals |  T. Conlon 7 goals |
Harrogate Town missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Harrogate Town | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 38 | 18 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 19 | 39 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 40 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 26 | 50 |
| 42 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 31 | 52 |
| 89% | 89% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 95% | 90% |
| 50% | 33% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 74% | 64% |
| 47% | 28% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | 41% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 37% | 28% |
| 5% | 6% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | 15% |
| 42% | 28% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 53% | 46% |
| 34% | 39% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 21% | 28% |
| 34% | 44% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | 36% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 11.6 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
| 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 26% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | 34% |
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Cambridge United | 39 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 70 |
| 2 | Cheltenham Town | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 34 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 68 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 64 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 46 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 63 |
| 5 | Forest Green Rovers | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 62 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 51 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 2 | 62 |
| 7 | Newport County | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 57 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 43 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 56 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 44 | 40 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 56 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 37 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 51 | 44 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 54 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 37 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 2 | 54 |
| 12 | Salford City | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 42 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 52 |
| 13 | Stevenage | 39 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 34 | 33 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 52 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 49 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | -1 | 52 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 40 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 25 | -2 | 49 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 50 | 52 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 31 | -2 | 47 |
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 45 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 20 | -7 | 46 |
| 18 | Oldham Athletic | 39 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 65 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 30 | -10 | 45 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 39 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 45 | 51 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -6 | 44 |
| 20 | Walsall | 38 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 24 | -7 | 42 |
| 21 | Barrow | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 22 | -3 | 41 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 39 | 8 | 16 | 15 | 36 | 53 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -17 | 40 |
| 23 | Southend United | 39 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 52 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 25 | -29 | 35 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 56 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 31 | -27 | 33 |