Northampton Town vs Port Vale: Soccer betting preview

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 30.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Northampton Town fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Port Vale.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Northampton Town form and stats

6 victories, 10 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Northampton Town has to build on here at Sixfields Stadium. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Northampton Town after consecutive victories at their own ground.

Northampton Town lost their last game at Cheltenham Town (placed 17th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Before that, Northampton Town played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Grimsby Town.

The Northampton Town fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 23 in 19 matches. On the other hand, Northampton Town have conceded 21 goals.

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Port Vale form and stats

The visitors are W4-D8-L7 on the road this term. Two points from the last two away games for Port Vale, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Forest Green Rovers with 0-2 on the scoreboard. A 0-0 draw at Swindon Town's stadium before that.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 19 away games, an average of less than one per game. It's not easy to score on Port Vale as they have only conceded 14 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Port Vale - Northampton Town 2-0. Northampton Town-Port Vale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Northampton Town 4 wins, Port Vale 3 wins, 3 draws.

Top Goalscorers

A. Williams
11 goals / 2 assists
T. Pope
8 goals
A. Pierre
5 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Port Vale missing players

Northampton Town Port Vale
Total Home Statistic Away Total
39 19 Played 20 39
90% 84% Over 0.5 100% 87%
77% 74% Over 1.5 70% 54%
51% 47% Over 2.5 50% 33%
31% 26% Over 3.5 20% 13%
5% 0% Over 4.5 10% 5%
59% 58% Both teams to score 40% 31%
26% 32% Clean Sheet 25% 36%
26% 26% Failed To Score 35% 46%

  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 39 22 13 4 69 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 20 11 6 3 36 18 33 79
2 Bury 38 20 11 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 20 8 6 6 26 23 30 71
3 Milton Keynes Dons 39 20 9 10 64 40 20 13 4 3 33 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 24 69
4 Mansfield Town 39 17 15 7 56 33 20 12 5 3 32 13 19 5 10 4 24 20 23 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 10 10 56 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 19 6 6 7 29 32 14 64
6 Forest Green Rovers 39 16 13 10 57 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 20 10 5 5 34 22 18 61
7 Exeter City 38 17 10 11 51 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 19 7 7 5 22 19 14 61
8 Carlisle United 39 17 7 15 59 51 20 9 3 8 34 27 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 58
9 Colchester United 39 16 9 14 57 48 20 10 4 6 36 21 19 6 5 8 21 27 9 57
10 Swindon Town 38 14 12 12 47 46 20 7 8 5 26 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 1 54
11 Stevenage 39 15 9 15 45 49 19 10 2 7 22 19 20 5 7 8 23 30 -4 54
12 Crewe Alexandra 39 15 8 16 48 49 19 12 2 5 35 19 20 3 6 11 13 30 -1 53
13 Northampton Town 39 12 16 11 49 50 19 6 10 3 23 21 20 6 6 8 26 29 -1 52
14 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
15 Grimsby Town 39 14 7 18 40 48 20 9 4 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 49
16 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
17 Cheltenham Town 39 13 9 17 49 57 20 9 5 6 30 26 19 4 4 11 19 31 -8 48
18 Crawley Town 39 12 7 20 40 58 20 9 4 7 29 27 19 3 3 13 11 31 -18 43
19 Morecambe 39 11 9 19 44 62 19 6 3 10 26 29 20 5 6 9 18 33 -18 42
20 Cambridge United 38 11 9 18 34 56 19 7 6 6 20 20 19 4 3 12 14 36 -22 42
21 Port Vale 39 10 11 18 33 45 20 6 3 11 22 31 19 4 8 7 11 14 -12 41
22 Yeovil Town 39 9 9 21 36 56 19 4 7 8 18 29 20 5 2 13 18 27 -20 36
23 Macclesfield Town 38 8 10 20 40 64 19 4 8 7 21 31 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 34
24 Notts County 39 7 12 20 38 72 20 4 8 8 18 29 19 3 4 12 20 43 -34 33

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