Port Vale get everything set for this match following their 3-4 result vs Sutton United, a fixture that produced some answers. How will they do against Barrow?
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in League Two
This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of fun and bustle as both participants are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Port Vale form and stats
The League Two statistics at home this season for Port Vale are 2-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Vale Park.
The fans are hoping that Port Vale will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 3-4 away loss in the League Two game against Sutton United (placed 7th). Did Port Vale get overconfident in their match against Sutton United? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 2-0 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Heartbreak for Port in their last match as Sutton United's C. Rowe scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The attacking player Jamie Proctor was declared "man of the match" for Port Vale with a rating of 8.1/10. Proctor scored one goal, served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that, Port had a EFL Trophy home game versus Rochdale which ended with a victory 1-0.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 Port have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn six and lost three.
There will be little rest for Port after this match as they are travelling to Mansfield Town for a League Two game in only three days.
Port are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Port Vale have conceded 5 goals.
Barrow form and stats
2-1-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Barrow in their League Two matches away.
Barrow delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Leyton Orient (placed 6th) in their previous match; a League Two game. Midfield player Remeao Hutton was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Hutton served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A loss against Fleetwood Town was the result prior to that, in a EFL Trophy home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Barrow in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Barrow, two draws and six defeats.
A new game in only three days for Barrow, the League Two home match versus Scunthorpe United. Busy days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Barrow have scored 6 goals in 5 league games away. It's not easy to score on Barrow as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the previous two meetings): Port won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Barrow have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / twoTop Goalscorers
  J. Proctor 6 goals |  O. Banks 4 goals | B. Garrity 3 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Barrow missing players
| Port Vale | Barrow | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 82% | 60% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 64% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 73% |
| 36% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 45% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 45% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 64% |
| 45% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 27% |
| 27% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 18% |
| 5.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.8 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 0.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.6 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 13.2 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 12.4 | 12.8 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
| 35% | 41% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | 38% |
- Barrow have the most dropped points from leading position (10) in League Two
- Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 23 |
| 2 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Swindon Town | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 5 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 7 | Sutton United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Hartlepool United | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 11 | Barrow | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| 13 | Newport County | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Northampton Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 13 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -5 | 13 |
| 17 | Salford City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 12 |
| 19 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 12 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -5 | 10 |
| 22 | Carlisle United | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 10 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -10 | 8 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -16 | 7 |