It's advantage Forest Green Rovers so far with their 3rd position in the League Two table, welcoming Port Vale who are placed 13th.
- Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in League Two
- Port Vale has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League Two
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy. That game, against Sunderland, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Port Vale.
Forest Green Rovers form and stats
5 victories, 4 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Forest Green Rovers have to build on here at The New Lawn in the League Two.
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Oldham Athletic in the League Two last time out and are looking for a win here. Ahead of that match, Forest lost 1-2 at home to Crawley Town.
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 Forest have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won four times, drawn four and lost five.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Forest as they are travelling to their away game against Tranmere Rovers in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.
Forest has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. From these home matches, Forest have conceded only 10 goals.
Port Vale form and stats
Playing away, Port Vale have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the League Two this season.
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 EFL Trophy match against Sunderland (0-2). Before that, Port Vale secured a home win against Grimsby Town with the score 3-0.
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 five wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
The travelling fans enjoy Port Vale's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away. Port Vale struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 19 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Port Vale - Forest Green Rovers 1-1. As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two Forest victories, three draws and three Port Vale wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Matt 9 goals |  D. Rodney 7 goals | A. Collins 5 goals |
Forest Green Rovers missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Forest Green Rovers | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 32 |
| 19 | 10 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 19 | 33 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 91% |
| 64% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 73% | 70% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 55% | 43% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | 26% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 59% | 64% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 43% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 9% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 15.4 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 9.8 | 11.1 |
| 4.2 | 5 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 31% | 26% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 37% | 37% |
- Forest Green Rovers has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in League Two
- Forest Green Rovers have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Port Vale has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League Two
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Newport County | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Salford City | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 36 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 7 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 33 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 32 |
| 11 | Walsall | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 16 | -3 | 30 |
| 12 | Colchester United | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 29 |
| 13 | Port Vale | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 32 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 19 | -1 | 28 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | -4 | 28 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 27 |
| 17 | Mansfield Town | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 26 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 25 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 20 | Scunthorpe United | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 15 | -11 | 23 |
| 21 | Barrow | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 20 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 24 | Southend United | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -19 | 19 |