The league table in League Two tells a story about these teams so far, with Cheltenham Town leading Port Vale by 22 points. Match preview to follow:
- Port Vale have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in League Two
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 Cheltenham and Port Vale.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
7-4-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Cheltenham Town so far this season.
The Cheltenham goalkeeper Joshua Griffiths is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 309 minutes without conceding a goal in the League Two.
A nice win for Cheltenham last time playing, versus Southend United. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Conor Thomas scoring for the victors. In the game before, an away victory match versus Scunthorpe United with a 2-0 scoreline.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Cheltenham matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, zero draws and one defeat (from three games).
There will be little rest for Cheltenham Town after this match as they are travelling to Mansfield Town for a League Two game in only three days.
The Cheltenham Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Cheltenham Town have conceded 15 goals.
Port Vale form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Port Vale so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-9 (win-draw-lose).
The attacking players of Port have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 313 minutes.
There might be some fixture complaints from Port as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League Two match against Salford City (0-1). The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Cambridge United.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Port when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.
After this away game Port Vale return home for a League Two game against Oldham Athletic. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Port Vale have scored 20 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Port have conceded 27 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Cheltenham Town and Port Vale have met before this season: Port Vale - Cheltenham 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cheltenham two wins, four draws and Port Vale four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rodney 10 goals |  A. Williams 7 goals | A. May 5 goals |
Cheltenham Town missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Cheltenham Town | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 7 | 16 | 32 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 41 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 26 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | 46 |
| 87% | 93% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 91% |
| 71% | 73% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 75% | 69% |
| 39% | 33% | 20% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 44% | 41% |
| 6% | 13% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 31% | 28% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 12% | 16% |
| 42% | 47% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 50% | 47% |
| 48% | 40% | 80% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 25% |
| 23% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 38% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12.2 | 14.1 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.4 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 30% | 27% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | 35% |
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Vale have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in League Two
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cheltenham Town | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 56 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 48 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 18 | 55 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 54 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 44 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 54 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 1 | 52 |
| 6 | Bolton Wanderers | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 50 |
| 7 | Salford City | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 49 |
| 8 | Newport County | 31 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 48 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 47 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 46 |
| 11 | Harrogate Town | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 22 | -1 | 45 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 43 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 42 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 1 | 41 |
| 15 | Walsall | 31 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 16 | Stevenage | 33 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 38 |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 31 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 49 | 56 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 27 | -7 | 38 |
| 18 | Scunthorpe United | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 18 | -7 | 38 |
| 19 | Mansfield Town | 31 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 38 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 37 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -10 | 36 |
| 21 | Port Vale | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 41 | 46 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 27 | -5 | 34 |
| 22 | Southend United | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -26 | 28 |
| 23 | Barrow | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 41 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 20 | -8 | 26 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -27 | 24 |
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