There has been no shortage of loss and gain for these sides so far, holding positions near the midpoint of the League One table. Here's the Bristol Rovers - Port Vale latest:
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both squads have had enough rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's agree to expect an active fixture!
Bristol Rovers form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Bristol Rovers at their home stadium (Memorial Stadium) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Bristol shared the glory with Bolton Wanderers in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. The striker Evans outshone all teammates in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.82 out of 10. Evans served one assist and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that game, a home defeat in the FA Cup against Boreham Wood. 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 Bristol Rovers have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 9, drawn 1 and lost 3.
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 latest league matches shows that 8 of them had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Bristol Rovers, as the EFL Trophy home game vs Milton Keynes Dons is only three days away.
Bristol have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Memorial Stadium with 15 goals in 10 league matches. Bristol Rovers have conceded 17 from these games.
Port Vale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
204 minutes! That's how long the Port goalkeeper Jack Stevens and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two trips in a row for Port Vale, whose manager Clarke could celebrate last time after the win against Plymouth Argyle. Smith was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.52. The defender Smith served one assist, hit one key pass and won 6 of 7 duels.
Before that one, the victory at home hosting Barnsley in the EFL Trophy (2-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Port Vale in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Port Vale, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Salford City.
Port find the net regularly in their away games. 11 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Port Vale have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bristol Rovers five wins, one draw and Port Vale four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Collins 10 goals |  E. Harrison 7 goals | J. Coburn 5 goals |
Bristol Rovers missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Bristol Rovers | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 17 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 80% | 70% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 70% |
| 60% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 45% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 30% | 30% |
| 15% | 10% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 65% | 70% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 40% | 45% |
| 20% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 30% | 30% |
| 5.2 | 7 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 2.1 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13.5 | 10.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11.5 | 12.1 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| 38% | 32% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 58% | 51% |
| 13.3 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.3 | 10.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
- Bristol Rovers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Bristol Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 43 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 19 | 42 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 32 |
| 6 | Peterborough United | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Derby County | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 8 | Portsmouth | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 29 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 29 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 26 |
| 11 | Lincoln City | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -2 | 26 |
| 12 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -2 | 26 |
| 13 | Oxford United | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 25 |
| 14 | Wycombe Wanderers | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 25 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 16 | Cheltenham Town | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 25 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Fleetwood Town | 20 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 23 |
| 19 | Accrington Stanley | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -11 | 21 |
| 20 | Cambridge United | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 20 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -21 | 17 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | -11 | 15 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -15 | 15 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 20 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -15 | 15 |
