A key match in League Two as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Cambridge United in 1st position and Port Vale placed 8th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
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 Cambridge and Port Vale.
Cambridge United form and stats
Cambridge United, who have the most scored goals (15) in League Two, have collected seven points from their first three League Two games here at Abbey Stadium, a promising start.
Happy days for Cambridge in their previous game, a League Two match away at Scunthorpe United (placed 21st) that ended with a 5-0 victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Newport County in a game that was won 2-1.
As mentioned above, Cambridge "killed" Scunthorpe United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 Cambridge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost six.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Cambridge as they have a new game in only four days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Bolton Wanderers are visiting.
The Cambridge fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Cambridge have only let in 1 goal at home.
Port Vale form and stats
Port Vale, who have the fewest conceded goals (2) in League Two, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
Cristian Montano scored in Port's previous match, the home game against Salford City that ended 1-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Carlisle United.
Goalkeeper Scott P. Brown was absolutely vital in the Port victory against Salford City, making seven saves.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Port Vale in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Port Vale, six draws and five defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Port manager J. Askey as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Oldham Athletic.
It's early days yet, but Port Vale has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last five meetings: two - zero - three (Cambridge wins - draws - Port Vale wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Mullin 7 goals | J. Ironside 3 goals |  M. Cullen 2 goals |
Cambridge United missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Cambridge United | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 83% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 17% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | 23 | 16 | Total Shots | T S | 3 | 12 | 57 |
| 29 | 7 | 6 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| 52% | 71% | 83% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 26% |
- Cambridge United has the most scored goals (15) in League Two
- Cambridge United has the the best goal difference (+12) in League Two
- Cambridge United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Cambridge United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cambridge United have scored more than double the goals of Port Vale.
- Port Vale has the fewest conceded goals (2) in League Two
- Port Vale has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League Two
- Port Vale has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
- Port Vale has the most matches under the total-line (6) in League Two
- Port Vale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 13 |
| 2 | Newport County | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 12 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 8 | Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Walsall | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Salford City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Exeter City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 14 | Colchester United | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Grimsby Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 5 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -10 | 4 |
| 22 | Barrow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 23 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 24 | Southend United | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -9 | 2 |