It's the first match of the new season for Port Vale and Fleetwood Town. The leaf is empty, the possibilities unlimited.
Port Vale form and stats
It's the first season at a new level for Port as they were promoted from League Two last season. Happy days that were secured through 22 wins, 12 draws and 12 losses from 46 games. The team scored 35 goals at home last season and conceded 22. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Port Vale have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Port Vale have prepared for this season with two friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these two matches are 1 victories, 0 draws and 1 losses. In these games, Port have scored 3 goals and conceded 5 times.
Fleetwood Town form and stats
Let's have a look at how Fleetwood Town performed last season in the League One: They landed a 20th position in the league table after playing out 8 victories, 16 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 62 and conceded 82 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 8 and lost 12 with 29/45 goals scored/conceded.
We have checked recent matches where Fleetwood Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Fleetwood Town played six friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 3 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these six matches Fleetwood scored 9 and conceded 6 goals.
Head 2 Head
Port Vale-Fleetwood Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Port Vale four wins, Fleetwood Town four wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Port Vale missing players
Fleetwood Town missing players
| Port Vale | Fleetwood Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Port Vale | Last season | Fleetwood Town | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 49 | 24 | Played | P | 23 | 46 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Drew | D | 8 | 16 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 12 | 22 | ||
| 72 | 36 | Scored | S | 29 | 62 | ||
| 48 | 22 | Conceded | C | 45 | 82 | ||
| 90% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 93% | ||
| 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 43% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 59% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 48% | 39% | ||
| 14% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 26% | ||
| 53% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 65% | ||
| 37% | 46% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 15% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 26% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11.2 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| 10.2 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.7 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Barnsley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bristol Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Burton Albion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Derby County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Fleetwood Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Forest Green Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Ipswich Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Lincoln City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Milton Keynes Dons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Oxford United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Plymouth Argyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Portsmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Last season | 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 | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 75 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 41 | 26 | 31 | 84 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 65 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 84 |
| 3 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 49 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 80 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 80 |
| 5 | Port Vale | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 78 |
| 6 | Swindon Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | 54 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 77 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 67 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 77 |
| 8 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 69 | 53 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 76 |
| 9 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 53 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 75 |
| 10 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 60 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 14 | 70 |
| 11 | Newport County | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 58 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 69 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 66 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 37 | -10 | 61 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 62 | 47 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 15 | 58 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 55 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 26 | -2 | 58 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 48 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 32 | -12 | 55 |
| 16 | Walsall | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 47 | 60 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 31 | -13 | 54 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 44 | 64 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 38 | -20 | 54 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 59 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 36 | -8 | 53 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 75 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 39 | -11 | 53 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 | 62 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 39 | -23 | 53 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 68 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 38 | -23 | 47 |
| 22 | Barrow | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 57 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 29 | -13 | 44 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 46 | 75 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 42 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -29 | 38 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 29 | 90 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 54 | -61 | 26 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 22 | 38 | 92 |
| 2 | Rotherham United | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 37 | 90 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 78 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 44 | 23 | 34 | 89 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 32 | 28 | 85 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 79 | 53 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 84 |
| 6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 75 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 83 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 48 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 20 | 80 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 59 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 23 | 76 |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 74 | 57 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 73 |
| 10 | Portsmouth | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 68 | 51 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 17 | 73 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 67 | 46 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 21 | 70 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 61 | 80 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 47 | -19 | 61 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 17 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 59 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 31 | -4 | 59 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 56 | 74 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 45 | -18 | 58 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 66 | 80 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 50 | -14 | 56 |
| 16 | Burton Albion | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 51 | 67 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 41 | -16 | 53 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 55 | 63 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 34 | -8 | 52 |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 26 | -4 | 50 |
| 19 | Morecambe | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 57 | 88 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 53 | -31 | 42 |
| 20 | Fleetwood Town | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 82 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 45 | -20 | 40 |
| 21 | Gillingham | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 35 | 69 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 33 | -34 | 40 |
| 22 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 37 | 82 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 32 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 50 | -45 | 38 |
| 23 | AFC Wimbledon | 46 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 49 | 75 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 41 | -26 | 37 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 83 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 43 | -46 | 29 |