League Two prediction and preview: Bradford City modest favorites to beat Port Vale

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Tue 22.October
Match begins: 20:45 (UTC)
Venue: Northern Commercials Stadium (25136 seats)

Bradford City perform at a high level so far being 2nd in the table. Port Vale can look both up and down from their 16th position.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Bradford City and Port Vale.

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Bradford City form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 League Two games here at Northern Commercials Stadium for Bradford City. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ever since the Forest Green Rovers game Bradford City has been unbeatable here at Northern Commercials Stadium producing four straight wins.

The Bradford City supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Crawley Town in League Two and win 2-1. A strong away win before that one, visiting Morecambe and winning 2-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Bradford City handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W5-D1-L2.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bradford City as they are travelling to their away game against Macclesfield Town in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.

Bradford City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Northern Commercials Stadium with 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Bradford City have conceded only 5 goals.

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Port Vale form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Port Vale so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Port Vale delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Stevenage (placed 24th) in their previous match; a League Two game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Macclesfield Town wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

It looked so good for Port Vale vs Stevenage, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 1-0 lead was turned into a 1-1 draw.

Port Vale are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 0 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of seven matches.

After this away game Port Vale return home for a League Two game against Oldham Athletic. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Port Vale have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. The Port Vale manager J. Askey has some worries about the defense as 15 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Bradford City victories, 5 draws and 1 Port Vale win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bradford CityJ. Vaughan
J. Vaughan
3 goals
Port ValeN. Smith
N. Smith
3 goals
Port ValeT. Pope
T. Pope
3 goals

Bradford City missing players

Port Vale missing players

Bradford City Port Vale
Total Home Home vs mid Statistics Stat Away vs top Away Total
14 7 3 Played P 2 7 14
8 5 2 Won W 0 0 4
3 1 1 Drew D 0 3 6
3 1 0 Lost L 2 4 4
21 12 4 Scored S 0 8 19
13 5 2 Conceded C 3 15 21
93% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 79%
57% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 43%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 29% 14%
64% 57% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 71%
29% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
14% 29% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 29% 14%
 
5.9 6.3 7 Corners For (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.4
4.7 3.7 2.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 6 4.6 4.7
2.1 2.6 3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 1.9 1.7
2 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bradford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Port Vale have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Port Vale have yet to win a game away.
  • Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Bradford City
All EFL Trophy League One League Two Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away Home vs mid
24-09-19 EFL Bradford City 1 - 2 Manchester City U21
28-09-19 LT Scunthorpe United 1 - 1 Bradford City
05-10-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Swindon Town
12-10-19 LT Morecambe 1 - 2 Bradford City
19-10-19 LT Bradford City 2 - 1 Crawley Town
22-10-19 LT Bradford City 20:45 Port Vale
26-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 16:00 Bradford City
02-11-19 LT Bradford City 16:00 Exeter City
12-11-19 EFL Bradford City 20:30 Rochdale
16-11-19 LT Colchester United 16:00 Bradford City
Port Vale
All EFL Trophy League Two Carabao Cup
All Home Away Away vs top
24-09-19 EFL Macclesfield Town 2 - 3 Port Vale
28-09-19 LT Leyton Orient 3 - 3 Port Vale
05-10-19 LT Port Vale 3 - 1 Morecambe
12-10-19 LT Macclesfield Town 2 - 1 Port Vale
19-10-19 LT Port Vale 1 - 1 Stevenage
22-10-19 LT Bradford City 20:45 Port Vale
26-10-19 LT Port Vale 16:00 Oldham Athletic
02-11-19 LT Crewe Alexandra 16:00 Port Vale
12-11-19 EFL Port Vale 20:45 Newcastle United U21
16-11-19 LT Port Vale 16:00 Carlisle United

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Crewe Alexandra 14 9 2 3 26 17 7 4 1 2 13 10 7 5 1 1 13 7 9 29
2 Bradford City 14 8 3 3 21 13 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 27
3 Newport County 13 7 5 1 14 7 7 5 2 0 9 4 6 2 3 1 5 3 7 26
4 Exeter City 14 7 5 2 18 15 7 4 2 1 9 6 7 3 3 1 9 9 3 26
5 Cheltenham Town 13 7 4 2 23 12 6 4 2 0 16 8 7 3 2 2 7 4 11 25
6 Forest Green Rovers 14 7 4 3 16 9 7 4 2 1 8 5 7 3 2 2 8 4 7 25
7 Swindon Town 14 6 3 5 21 19 7 3 1 3 10 10 7 3 2 2 11 9 2 21
8 Plymouth Argyle 14 5 5 4 20 16 7 3 3 1 12 8 7 2 2 3 8 8 4 20
9 Macclesfield Town 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 3 3 1 9 5 7 2 2 3 7 10 1 20
10 Cambridge United 14 5 4 5 20 14 7 2 2 3 10 8 7 3 2 2 10 6 6 19
11 Colchester United 14 5 4 5 16 13 7 3 2 2 8 6 7 2 2 3 8 7 3 19
12 Leyton Orient 14 5 4 5 23 22 7 2 2 3 11 12 7 3 2 2 12 10 1 19
13 Crawley Town 14 5 4 5 22 22 7 4 1 2 11 8 7 1 3 3 11 14 0 19
14 Grimsby Town 14 5 3 6 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 7 3 1 3 11 8 0 18
15 Northampton Town 14 5 3 6 16 16 7 3 1 3 10 7 7 2 2 3 6 9 0 18
16 Port Vale 14 4 6 4 19 21 7 4 3 0 11 6 7 0 3 4 8 15 -2 18
17 Mansfield Town 14 4 5 5 21 19 7 2 2 3 12 11 7 2 3 2 9 8 2 17
18 Salford City 14 4 5 5 16 22 7 3 2 2 6 8 7 1 3 3 10 14 -6 17
19 Walsall 14 4 3 7 10 19 7 1 2 4 4 10 7 3 1 3 6 9 -9 15
20 Carlisle United 14 4 2 8 15 25 7 2 2 3 8 12 7 2 0 5 7 13 -10 14
21 Oldham Athletic 14 2 5 7 14 24 7 1 3 3 7 8 7 1 2 4 7 16 -10 11
22 Scunthorpe United 14 2 4 8 17 23 7 2 3 2 11 8 7 0 1 6 6 15 -6 10
23 Morecambe 14 2 4 8 14 26 7 0 3 4 7 12 7 2 1 4 7 14 -12 10
24 Stevenage 14 1 6 7 11 20 7 1 2 4 7 10 7 0 4 3 4 10 -9 9

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