Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Port Vale & Accrington Stanley face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
This could be an interesting game with lots of spark and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Port Vale form and stats
Port was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.Port Vale are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Vale Park. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. Port has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Vale Park. We remember; it was Rochdale.
It's back home for Port Vale, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Crawley Town away with the result 4-1. David Amoo, Tom Pett and Tom Conlon found the net in that victory. Midfield player Tom Conlon got a match rating of 9.31 in that game, the max score being 10. Conlon scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and had 67 successful passes (of 76 total).
Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Colchester United.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Port Vale have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Liverpool U21 are coming to town in three days.
A decent goal production from Port in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. Port are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vale Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 6 from 7 matches.
Accrington Stanley form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 1st round.There's been little loot from Accrington Stanley's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the League One. Accrington Stanley only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws.
Accrington has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Gillingham for a League One game that ended a draw (0-0). Goalkeeper Toby Savin made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Gillingham. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Goalkeeper Toby Savin got the top player rating of the team with 8.25/10. Savin stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Portsmouth.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Accrington Stanley playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were six Accrington wins, six draws and six defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Accrington now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A EFL Trophy game at Fleetwood Town is waiting in only three days.
The visiting Accrington Stanley have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 9 games. In the opposite end, Accrington have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the previous ten meetings): Port Vale won five games, one match ended with a tie and Accrington Stanley have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  J. Proctor 6 goals |  H. Pell 5 goals |  M. Butcher 4 goals |
Port Vale missing players
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| Port Vale | Accrington Stanley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 41 | 16 | Scored | S | 20 | 38 | ||
| 29 | 12 | Conceded | C | 19 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 5.3 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.7 | 14.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.3 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | Rotherham United | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 30 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Burton Albion | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 22 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 20 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Cambridge United | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -7 | 19 |
| 17 | AFC Wimbledon | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Gillingham | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 15 |
| 20 | Charlton Athletic | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 15 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 22 | Fleetwood Town | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 | -18 | 11 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -17 | 8 |