Port Vale will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind Cheltenham Town.
It's no vacation for neither Port nor Cheltenham Town as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Port Vale form and stats
2-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season.
Port Vale are returning here after visiting Oldham Athletic in a League Two game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Nathan Smith and Mitchell Clark scored the goal(s). A defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Cambridge United.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Port as they are travelling to their away game against Southend United in the League Two. That match is four days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Port here at Vale Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 4 games). As for guarding their own goal, Port have only let in 1 goal at home.
Cheltenham Town form and stats
Cheltenham Town are yet to lose a point on their League Two travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games.
270 minutes! That's how long the Cheltenham Town goalkeeper Joshua Griffiths and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Cheltenham's last game was the home draw against Mansfield Town (0-0). Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Scunthorpe United.
After this away game Cheltenham Town return home for a League Two game against Forest Green Rovers. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Cheltenham manager M. Duff has got the team scoring on the road, with 7 away goals in 3 league matches. Cheltenham are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 0 away goals have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Port Vale, four draws and three wins for Cheltenham Town. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  A. Williams 3 goals |  M. Cullen 2 goals | N. Smith 1 goals |
Port Vale missing players
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| Port Vale | Cheltenham Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 88% | 75% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 50% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 50% | 75% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | 45 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 31 | 110 |
| 26 | 14 | 8 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 13 | 44 |
| 31% | 21% | 12% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 56% | 54% | 27% |
- All of Cheltenham Town's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals (0) away in League Two
- Cheltenham Town has the most clean sheets (6) in League Two
- Cheltenham Town has the most scored goals in the first half (10) in League Two
- Cheltenham Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Cheltenham Town have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Cheltenham Town have won all their away games so far.
- Port Vale has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1) in League Two
- Port Vale have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at 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 | Newport County | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | Harrogate Town | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Salford City | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 11 | Morecambe | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 12 | Walsall | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 8 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 19 | Barrow | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 20 | Stevenage | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 5 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 2 |
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