Port Vale vs Bolton Wanderers: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

The visiting Bolton Wanderers side should be favourites in this visit to Port Vale, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 34 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Bolton Wanderers is in the best form (5-1-0)

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 Port and Bolton Wanderers.

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Port Vale form and stats

Port Vale have collected 20 points from their League Two home games so far after 5-5-7.

The spoils were shared in Port's previous game, also at home. Visiting Oldham Athletic (placed 17th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cheltenham Town (2-3).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Newport County are coming to town in three days.

Port has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 19 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Bolton Wanderers form and stats

The visitors are W7-D5-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two. In general it has been a productive period now for Bolton Wanderers as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Impressive finishing from Antoni Sarcevic and Eoin Doyle secured the home win 2-1 against Cambridge United in their previous game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Bradford City that ended 1-1.

The visiting Wanderers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 16 games. 23 goals have been conceded by Wanderers in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Bolton Wanderers - Port 3-6 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Port wins - draws - Bolton Wanderers wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bolton WanderersE. Doyle
E. Doyle
14 goals
PortD. Rodney
D. Rodney
10 goals
Bolton WanderersA. Sarcevic
A. Sarcevic
6 goals

Port Vale missing players

Bolton Wanderers missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Port Vale Bolton Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 16 34
9 5 1 Won W 3 7 15
8 5 1 Drew D 1 5 9
17 7 2 Lost L 2 4 10
43 21 6 Scored S 8 23 44
49 19 7 Conceded C 7 23 42
88% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
68% 59% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 81% 74%
41% 35% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 38%
29% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 25% 15%
18% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 19% 12%
47% 41% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 47%
26% 35% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 35%
38% 41% 25% Failed to Score F T 17% 12% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.4 1.2 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.4
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
10.8 12.4 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.6 11.9
3.7 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.4 3.7
34% 36% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 35%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Bolton Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bolton Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Bolton Wanderers is in the best form (5-1-0)

  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 33 17 8 8 45 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 4 4 21 14 14 59
2 Cambridge United 35 17 7 11 50 32 18 9 5 4 23 14 17 8 2 7 27 18 18 58
3 Forest Green Rovers 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 9 4 4 23 17 12 58
4 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
5 Morecambe 34 16 8 10 49 46 16 9 4 3 25 18 18 7 4 7 24 28 3 56
6 Newport County 33 15 9 9 42 33 16 9 4 3 19 15 17 6 5 6 23 18 9 54
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 44 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 16 7 5 4 23 23 2 54
8 Exeter City 32 14 11 7 57 37 16 9 3 4 33 16 16 5 8 3 24 21 20 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Harrogate Town 34 14 6 14 39 38 16 6 4 6 15 15 18 8 2 8 24 23 1 48
11 Crawley Town 32 13 8 11 43 40 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 3 47
12 Bradford City 32 13 8 11 37 35 16 7 5 4 17 14 16 6 3 7 20 21 2 47
13 Carlisle United 30 13 5 12 41 36 15 9 2 4 29 20 15 4 3 8 12 16 5 44
14 Leyton Orient 33 12 7 14 37 38 17 7 5 5 23 16 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 43
15 Stevenage 35 9 15 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 18 3 9 6 11 19 -3 42
16 Mansfield Town 33 9 13 11 41 44 16 4 6 6 22 24 17 5 7 5 19 20 -3 40
17 Oldham Athletic 33 11 7 15 49 56 17 4 2 11 21 29 16 7 5 4 28 27 -7 40
18 Scunthorpe United 32 12 3 17 33 42 16 6 2 8 18 23 16 6 1 9 15 19 -9 39
19 Walsall 32 8 14 10 36 41 17 5 5 7 17 21 15 3 9 3 19 20 -5 38
20 Colchester United 33 8 12 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 1 7 9 10 29 -15 36
21 Port Vale 34 9 8 17 43 49 17 5 5 7 21 19 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 35
22 Barrow 31 7 8 16 35 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -6 29
23 Southend United 34 7 8 19 21 49 17 4 2 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 29
24 Grimsby Town 32 6 7 19 24 52 16 3 4 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 25

Bolton Wanderers:
England:
Table
  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 33 17 8 8 45 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 4 4 21 14 14 59
2 Cambridge United 35 17 7 11 50 32 18 9 5 4 23 14 17 8 2 7 27 18 18 58
3 Forest Green Rovers 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 9 4 4 23 17 12 58
4 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
5 Morecambe 34 16 8 10 49 46 16 9 4 3 25 18 18 7 4 7 24 28 3 56
6 Newport County 33 15 9 9 42 33 16 9 4 3 19 15 17 6 5 6 23 18 9 54
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 44 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 16 7 5 4 23 23 2 54
8 Exeter City 32 14 11 7 57 37 16 9 3 4 33 16 16 5 8 3 24 21 20 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Harrogate Town 34 14 6 14 39 38 16 6 4 6 15 15 18 8 2 8 24 23 1 48
11 Crawley Town 32 13 8 11 43 40 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 3 47
12 Bradford City 32 13 8 11 37 35 16 7 5 4 17 14 16 6 3 7 20 21 2 47
13 Carlisle United 30 13 5 12 41 36 15 9 2 4 29 20 15 4 3 8 12 16 5 44
14 Leyton Orient 33 12 7 14 37 38 17 7 5 5 23 16 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 43
15 Stevenage 35 9 15 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 18 3 9 6 11 19 -3 42
16 Mansfield Town 33 9 13 11 41 44 16 4 6 6 22 24 17 5 7 5 19 20 -3 40
17 Oldham Athletic 33 11 7 15 49 56 17 4 2 11 21 29 16 7 5 4 28 27 -7 40
18 Scunthorpe United 32 12 3 17 33 42 16 6 2 8 18 23 16 6 1 9 15 19 -9 39
19 Walsall 32 8 14 10 36 41 17 5 5 7 17 21 15 3 9 3 19 20 -5 38
20 Colchester United 33 8 12 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 1 7 9 10 29 -15 36
21 Port Vale 34 9 8 17 43 49 17 5 5 7 21 19 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 35
22 Barrow 31 7 8 16 35 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -6 29
23 Southend United 34 7 8 19 21 49 17 4 2 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 29
24 Grimsby Town 32 6 7 19 24 52 16 3 4 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 25

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.