Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Port Vale & Exeter City face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These are full days for the host team, as they played only four days ago in the League One. That game was an away game at Wycombe Wanderers, so at least Port Vale are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Port Vale form and stats
Last season, Port Vale's FA Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.Port Vale have collected 12 points from their League One home games so far after 3-3-3.
Port Vale travelled for their previous game, a trip to Wycombe Wanderers that ended 2-2. Midfield player Conlon got a match rating of 8.04 in that game, the max score being 10. Conlon scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a League One home match hosting Lincoln City in a game that was won 1-0.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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 5 and lost 1.
Port Vale has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Port have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Exeter City form and stats
Exeter City was sent out of FA Cup in the 2nd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Exeter City so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Exeter City, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 2-4 versus Plymouth Argyle. A mental game with plenty of goals last time out for Exeter, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that match, will this game be as full of joy? Stansfield, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Stansfield signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match was the League One away draw versus Derby County that ended 0-0.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Exeter City in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Exeter City, 5 draws and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Exeter City's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Exeter's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Port Vale wins - draws - Exeter City wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brown 8 goals |   E. Harrison 7 goals | S. Nombe 7 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Port Vale | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 35 | 16 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 22 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 54% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.7 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.5 | ||
| 49% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 50% | ||
| 10 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 11.3 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 37 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Derby County | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 24 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Wycombe Wanderers | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 22 |
| 13 | Lincoln City | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 22 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 22 |
| 15 | Fleetwood Town | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -4 | 20 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
| 18 | Cambridge United | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -11 | 19 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 18 |
| 20 | Accrington Stanley | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 17 |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 22 | Morecambe | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -14 | 13 |
| 23 | Forest Green Rovers | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | -20 | 13 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | -15 | 12 |
