Get set for League One and Port Vale - Forest Green Rovers. In this preview and news article you'll get numbers, previous results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (29) in League One
The visiting Forest Green Rovers played their last game only four days ago, a League One match. That game, against Peterborough United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Forest Green Rovers.
Port Vale form and stats
When playing at home in the League One, Port Vale have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 6 games.
It's back home for Port, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Derby County away with the result 2-1. Harrison and Wilson found the net in that victory. Midfield player Massey got a match rating of 7.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Massey hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home game against Sheffield Wednesday that was lost 0-1.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 11 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the EFL Trophy game versus Wolves U21 in only three days. This game is also played here at Vale Park.
Early season league goal statistics from Port Vale's 6 home games: {6 goals}, 6 conceded.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Forest Green Rovers so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Forest Green Rovers have lost on their last two travels.
Rovers are travelling again after losing away to Peterborough United in their previous match (1-4). March, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.83. March scored one goal.
Before that, Forest Green Rovers secured a home win against Bolton Wanderers with the score 1-0.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Exeter City in just three days.
The visiting Rovers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 6 games. The Forest Green Rovers manager Burchnall has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Port Vale have put together a sequence of 6 consecutive games without defeat (3-3-0) when facing Forest Green Rovers.Top Goalscorers
  E. Harrison 6 goals |   C. Wickham 5 goals | J. March 3 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Forest Green Rovers missing players
| Port Vale | Forest Green Rovers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 29 |
| 92% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | 69% |
| 17% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 23% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 42% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.9 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.5 | 6.2 |
| 1.6 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.2 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 9 | 9.1 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| 40% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 35% | 24% |
| 10.9 | 9.5 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 15.2 | 13.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
- All of Forest Green Rovers's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals (29) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (17) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers have the the worst goal difference (-17) in League One
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 31 |
| 2 | Ipswich Town | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 30 |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 22 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 6 | Barnsley | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 18 |
| 10 | Derby County | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Accrington Stanley | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 16 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 17 | Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 18 | Wycombe Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 20 | Oxford United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 21 | Forest Green Rovers | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -17 | 11 |
| 22 | Milton Keynes Dons | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 23 | Burton Albion | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -13 | 8 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 7 |
