It's the FA Cup: Port Vale and Brentford face off

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Competition: England FA Cup
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Port Vale & Brentford face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

Port Vale and Brentford should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

Port Vale have reached this FA Cup stage through battling and winning against Burton Albion and Accrington Stanley. Port was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the FA Cup.

All-inclusive League Two statistics playing at home this season for Port Vale are 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Clarke led his Port Vale to a defeat in the League Two match away at Newport County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vale Park. Garrity, an attacker, was the champion performer for the team in that game, and was presented with a rating of 7.12 (out of 10). Garrity scored one goal.

In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Bristol Rovers with a 2-1 scoreline.

Port have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Vale Park with 16 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Port Vale have conceded only 8 goals.

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Brentford form and stats

They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.

The visitors are W2-D4-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.

Impressive finishing from Wissa and Rasmussen secured the home win 2-1 against Aston Villa in their previous game. Midfielder Rasmussen was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Rasmussen scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

A 0-1 loss hosting Manchester City before that.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Southampton.

Brentford find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. As for defending, Brentford rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 14 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous eight meetings): Port won three games, one match ended with a tie and Brentford managed four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / six

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeB. Garrity
B. Garrity
7 goals
Port ValeJ. Proctor
J. Proctor
6 goals
Port ValeJ. Wilson
J. Wilson
4 goals

Port Vale missing players

Brentford missing players

Port Vale Brentford
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   10 25
14 8   Won W   3 10
5 2   Drew D   4 5
6 2   Lost L   3 10
51 27   Scored S   13 37
28 9   Conceded C   15 32
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 96%
84% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 76%
56% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
36% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
32% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
64% 42%   BTTS BTTS   60% 52%
32% 50%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 20%
8% 17%   Failed to Score F T   30% 32%
 
5.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 3.8
3.6 3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.8 4.9
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
12.1 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 11.7
5 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.3
41% 45%   Goal Efficiency G E   36% 34%
 
11.2 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.9 11.6
3.7 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4.1

  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 21 14 5 2 45 20 10 7 1 2 18 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 25 47
2 Northampton Town 22 12 4 6 31 22 10 7 1 2 16 7 12 5 3 4 15 15 9 40
3 Sutton United 23 12 3 8 35 28 11 8 0 3 19 10 12 4 3 5 16 18 7 39
4 Tranmere Rovers 22 11 5 6 20 14 11 8 0 3 13 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 6 38
5 Swindon Town 22 10 7 5 34 26 11 3 5 3 15 13 11 7 2 2 19 13 8 37
6 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
7 Newport County 23 9 8 6 38 32 10 5 3 2 20 11 13 4 5 4 18 21 6 35
8 Exeter City 22 8 9 5 33 26 11 5 4 2 17 11 11 3 5 3 16 15 7 33
9 Mansfield Town 22 9 5 8 27 28 13 7 3 3 20 15 9 2 2 5 7 13 -1 32
10 Leyton Orient 22 7 10 5 37 21 11 6 3 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 31
11 Harrogate Town 22 8 6 8 35 31 11 3 4 4 18 18 11 5 2 4 17 13 4 30
12 Bradford City 22 6 11 5 29 26 11 3 7 1 17 13 11 3 4 4 12 13 3 29
13 Walsall 22 7 8 7 28 27 12 4 5 3 19 17 10 3 3 4 9 10 1 29
14 Crawley Town 21 8 4 9 26 31 11 4 3 4 15 17 10 4 1 5 11 14 -5 28
15 Hartlepool United 23 8 4 11 24 34 12 7 3 2 16 11 11 1 1 9 8 23 -10 28
16 Salford City 21 7 6 8 24 21 12 5 5 2 14 7 9 2 1 6 10 14 3 27
17 Rochdale 22 6 9 7 30 30 11 3 5 3 14 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 0 27
18 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
19 Barrow 23 5 8 10 23 28 12 3 5 4 14 14 11 2 3 6 9 14 -5 23
20 Colchester United 21 5 7 9 17 28 10 3 3 4 10 12 11 2 4 5 7 16 -11 22
21 Carlisle United 22 5 7 10 16 29 10 2 5 3 6 9 12 3 2 7 10 20 -13 22
22 Stevenage 23 4 8 11 16 36 11 3 5 3 10 13 12 1 3 8 6 23 -20 20
23 Scunthorpe United 23 3 10 10 19 38 11 2 4 5 8 16 12 1 6 5 11 22 -19 19
24 Oldham Athletic 24 4 6 14 22 39 12 2 2 8 16 25 12 2 4 6 6 14 -17 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 21 17 2 2 53 13 10 8 1 1 31 6 11 9 1 1 22 7 40 53
2 Chelsea 21 12 7 2 45 16 11 5 5 1 25 10 10 7 2 1 20 6 29 43
3 Liverpool 20 12 6 2 52 18 9 6 3 0 22 6 11 6 3 2 30 12 34 42
4 Arsenal 20 11 2 7 33 25 10 7 1 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 35
5 West Ham United 20 10 4 6 37 27 9 4 2 3 18 15 11 6 2 3 19 12 10 34
6 Tottenham Hotspur 18 10 3 5 23 20 10 7 1 2 16 10 8 3 2 3 7 10 3 33
7 Manchester United 18 9 4 5 30 26 9 5 1 3 17 14 9 4 3 2 13 12 4 31
8 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 6 9 4 20 20 9 3 3 3 8 9 10 3 6 1 12 11 0 27
9 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 7 4 7 13 14 9 3 2 4 5 7 9 4 2 3 8 7 -1 25
10 Leicester City 18 7 4 7 31 33 9 5 1 3 16 12 9 2 3 4 15 21 -2 25
11 Crystal Palace 20 5 8 7 29 30 11 4 5 2 20 12 9 1 3 5 9 18 -1 23
12 Brentford 19 6 5 8 23 26 10 4 1 5 12 12 9 2 4 3 11 14 -3 23
13 Aston Villa 19 7 1 11 25 30 9 4 1 4 15 14 10 3 0 7 10 16 -5 22
14 Southampton 19 4 9 6 20 29 9 2 6 1 9 8 10 2 3 5 11 21 -9 21
15 Everton 18 5 4 9 23 32 9 4 1 4 15 16 9 1 3 5 8 16 -9 19
16 Leeds United 19 4 7 8 21 37 10 3 4 3 13 16 9 1 3 5 8 21 -16 19
17 Watford 18 4 1 13 22 36 10 2 1 7 11 22 8 2 0 6 11 14 -14 13
18 Burnley 17 1 8 8 16 27 7 1 4 2 8 8 10 0 4 6 8 19 -11 11
19 Newcastle United 19 1 8 10 19 42 10 1 5 4 13 22 9 0 3 6 6 20 -23 11
20 Norwich City 19 2 4 13 8 42 10 1 2 7 5 19 9 1 2 6 3 23 -34 10

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