Get ready for a show! The starring characters are Port Vale and Exeter City, 3 points is the prize and 90 minutes the playing time.
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League Two
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Port Vale form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Port Vale at their home stadium (Vale Park) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
In their previous game, the manager Clarke led his Port to a defeat in the League Two match away at Newport County. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vale Park. The versatile forward Ben Garrity bested all the other players in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.3 out of 10. Garrity scored one goal.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Bristol Rovers and winning 2-1.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Port Vale have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn two and lost three.
A decent goal production from Port in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Port have conceded only 8 goals.
Exeter City form and stats
3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Exeter City playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
The manager Taylor was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground St. James' Park. Exeter City suffered a 0-1 loss to Tranmere Rovers (placed 8th). Midfielder Archie Collins was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.41. Collins hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 56 successful passes (of 68 total).
A loss against Northampton Town was the result prior to that, in a home game.We have checked recent matches where Exeter have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Portsmouth in just three days.
Exeter has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 10 games. As opposed to that, Exeter have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Port victories, one draw and five Exeter City wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, nine matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Jay 10 goals |  B. Garrity 7 goals | S. Nombe 7 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Exeter City missing players
| Port Vale | Exeter City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 10 | 21 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 32 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 90% | 86% |
| 76% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 90% | 81% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 62% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 57% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 70% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 19% | 30% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 24% |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11.2 | 12.5 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 31% | 34% |
| 10.6 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4 |
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League Two
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 23 | 44 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | Newport County | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 34 |
| 5 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 32 |
| 9 | Leyton Orient | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 31 |
| 10 | Harrogate Town | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 30 |
| 11 | Mansfield Town | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Walsall | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Hartlepool United | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -9 | 27 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 15 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 17 | Salford City | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | -3 | 24 |
| 19 | Barrow | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 22 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -17 | 19 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 16 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 21 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -20 | 16 |