Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Milton Keynes Dons welcomes Port Vale

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Mon 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadium mk (30500 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 3rd and 19th place in the table will show on the pitch.

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 Milton Keynes Dons and Port Vale.

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Milton Keynes Dons form and stats

Milton Keynes Dons are steadily winning games and points here at Stadium mk. 13 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats is the summary from 21 games.

Happy days for Milton Keynes Dons in their previous game, a League Two match away at Notts County that ended with a 2-1 victory. Heartbreak before that as Milton Keynes Dons lost 1-2 at Tranmere Rovers's place.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Milton Keynes Dons's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

A decent goal production from Milton Keynes Dons in their home games so far, with 33 goals from 21 matches. From these home matches, Milton Keynes Dons have conceded only 13 goals.

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Port Vale form and stats

Playing away, Port Vale, who have the fewest conceded goals (17) away in League Two, have won 5 games, drawn 8 and suffered 8 defeats so far this season.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Stevenage with 1-4 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Port Vale manager J. Askey faced defeat when travelling to Exeter City and losing 0-2.

The visitors have scored 13 goals from 21 away games, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Port Vale as they have only conceded 17 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Port Vale - Milton Keynes Dons 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Milton Keynes Dons victories, 3 draws and 3 Port Vale wins.

Top Goalscorers

K. Agard
20 goals / 1 assists
C. Aneke
17 goals
T. Pope
10 goals

Milton Keynes Dons missing players

Port Vale missing players

Milton Keynes Dons Port Vale
Total Home Statistic Away Total
43 21 Played 21 43
69 33 Scored 13 37
46 13 Conceded 17 52
98% 100% Over 0.5 76% 88%
77% 71% Over 1.5 43% 56%
44% 24% Over 2.5 19% 35%
26% 10% Over 3.5 5% 14%
14% 10% Over 4.5 0% 7%
53% 33% Both teams to score 24% 33%
37% 52% Clean Sheet 43% 35%
12% 14% Failed To Score 57% 44%
 
6.4 7 Corners For (avg) 4 4.1
5.7 4.8 Corners Against (avg) 6.4 5.3
1.7 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.2 1.9
1 0 Red Cards (total) 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Milton Keynes Dons hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Lincoln City 43 23 15 5 73 39 21 11 9 1 35 20 22 12 6 4 38 19 34 84
2 Mansfield Town 43 20 16 7 66 35 22 14 5 3 37 13 21 6 11 4 29 22 31 76
3 Milton Keynes Dons 43 22 9 12 69 46 21 13 4 4 33 13 22 9 5 8 36 33 23 75
4 Bury 43 21 11 11 77 53 21 13 5 3 48 24 22 8 6 8 29 29 24 74
5 Tranmere Rovers 43 20 11 12 61 46 22 14 4 4 32 12 21 6 7 8 29 34 15 71
6 Forest Green Rovers 43 19 13 11 63 42 21 7 8 6 26 19 22 12 5 5 37 23 21 70
7 Exeter City 43 18 11 14 58 48 22 11 3 8 33 25 21 7 8 6 25 23 10 65
8 Carlisle United 43 19 7 17 63 59 22 11 3 8 38 29 21 8 4 9 25 30 4 64
9 Colchester United 43 18 9 16 59 52 22 11 4 7 37 23 21 7 5 9 22 29 7 63
10 Stevenage 43 18 9 16 54 53 21 11 2 8 25 22 22 7 7 8 29 31 1 63
11 Newport County 42 18 9 15 55 58 21 12 6 3 29 22 21 6 3 12 26 36 -3 63
12 Swindon Town 43 15 16 12 53 50 21 7 9 5 27 24 22 8 7 7 26 26 3 61
13 Oldham Athletic 42 15 14 13 62 50 21 9 6 6 37 26 21 6 8 7 25 24 12 59
14 Crewe Alexandra 43 17 8 18 54 53 22 14 2 6 41 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 1 59
15 Northampton Town 43 13 18 12 56 56 22 7 11 4 28 25 21 6 7 8 28 31 0 57
16 Cheltenham Town 43 14 12 17 54 60 22 9 7 6 31 27 21 5 5 11 23 33 -6 54
17 Grimsby Town 43 14 8 21 41 54 21 9 4 8 23 21 22 5 4 13 18 33 -13 50
18 Crawley Town 43 14 7 22 45 62 21 9 4 8 30 29 22 5 3 14 15 33 -17 49
19 Port Vale 43 12 11 20 37 52 22 7 3 12 24 35 21 5 8 8 13 17 -15 47
20 Morecambe 43 12 11 20 47 68 21 7 4 10 28 30 22 5 7 10 19 38 -21 47
21 Cambridge United 43 12 10 21 37 61 22 7 7 8 20 24 21 5 3 13 17 37 -24 46
22 Macclesfield Town 43 9 12 22 46 73 21 5 9 7 25 34 22 4 3 15 21 39 -27 39
23 Yeovil Town 43 9 10 24 38 63 21 4 7 10 19 33 22 5 3 14 19 30 -25 37
24 Notts County 43 8 13 22 44 79 22 4 9 9 21 33 21 4 4 13 23 46 -35 37

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