Can Port Vale beat Forest Green Rovers in Vale Park clash?

Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 23.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park

Struggling Port Vale will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Forest Green Rovers in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Port Vale and Forest Green Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Port Vale form and stats

The story so far for Port Vale at their home stadium (Vale Park) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 10 defeats. Two home wins in a row for Port Vale bring valid hopes of a third.

Port Vale drew their last game, 0-0 away at Swindon Town (placed 12th). Ahead of that match, Port Vale won a home game hosting Yeovil Town (3-0).

The match schedule is unforgiving for Port Vale as they have a new game in only zero days, a League Two match thankfully also at home. Forest Green Rovers are visiting.

The Port Vale fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 22 in 19 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 29 goals have been conceded.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Forest Green Rovers have won 9 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats so far this season.

There were no winners in Forest Green Rovers's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Carlisle United (placed 8th). Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Colchester United.

Forest Green Rovers has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 32 goals from 19 games. 22 goals have been conceded by Forest Green Rovers in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Forest Green Rovers - Port Vale 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Port Vale 1 win, 2 draws and Forest Green Rovers 1 victory.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pope
8 goals / 2 assists
R. Brown
8 goals / 10 assists
R. Reid
7 goals / 2 assists

Port Vale missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Port Vale Forest Green Rovers
Total Home Statistic Away Total
38 19 Played 19 38
87% 100% Over 0.5 95% 95%
53% 68% Over 1.5 74% 82%
34% 53% Over 2.5 37% 50%
13% 21% Over 3.5 5% 16%
5% 11% Over 4.5 0% 5%
32% 42% Both teams to score 63% 66%
37% 26% Clean Sheet 26% 21%
45% 32% Failed To Score 16% 18%

  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 38 21 13 4 66 36 19 11 7 1 33 18 19 10 6 3 33 18 30 76
2 Bury 37 20 10 7 71 41 18 12 5 1 45 18 19 8 5 6 26 23 30 70
3 Mansfield Town 38 17 15 6 55 31 19 12 5 2 31 11 19 5 10 4 24 20 24 66
4 Milton Keynes Dons 38 19 9 10 62 40 19 12 4 3 31 11 19 7 5 7 31 29 22 66
5 Tranmere Rovers 37 17 10 10 54 42 19 12 4 3 27 10 18 5 6 7 27 32 12 61
6 Forest Green Rovers 38 15 13 10 55 39 19 6 8 5 23 17 19 9 5 5 32 22 16 58
7 Exeter City 37 16 10 11 50 37 19 10 3 6 29 18 18 6 7 5 21 19 13 58
8 Colchester United 38 16 9 13 57 46 19 10 4 5 36 19 19 6 5 8 21 27 11 57
9 Carlisle United 38 17 6 15 57 49 19 9 2 8 32 25 19 8 4 7 25 24 8 57
10 Stevenage 38 15 8 15 43 47 19 10 2 7 22 19 19 5 6 8 21 28 -4 53
11 Northampton Town 38 12 16 10 48 47 19 6 10 3 23 21 19 6 6 7 25 26 1 52
12 Newport County 37 15 7 15 46 56 18 11 4 3 26 21 19 4 3 12 20 35 -10 52
13 Swindon Town 37 13 12 12 43 46 19 6 8 5 22 23 18 7 4 7 21 23 -3 51
14 Crewe Alexandra 38 14 8 16 46 48 19 12 2 5 35 19 19 2 6 11 11 29 -2 50
15 Oldham Athletic 37 12 12 13 54 48 18 7 5 6 31 24 19 5 7 7 23 24 6 48
16 Grimsby Town 38 14 6 18 40 48 19 9 3 7 23 19 19 5 3 11 17 29 -8 48
17 Cheltenham Town 38 12 9 17 46 56 19 8 5 6 27 25 19 4 4 11 19 31 -10 45
18 Crawley Town 38 12 7 19 40 55 19 9 4 6 29 24 19 3 3 13 11 31 -15 43
19 Morecambe 38 11 9 18 44 58 19 6 3 10 26 29 19 5 6 8 18 29 -14 42
20 Port Vale 38 10 11 17 33 43 19 6 3 10 22 29 19 4 8 7 11 14 -10 41
21 Cambridge United 37 11 8 18 32 54 19 7 6 6 20 20 18 4 2 12 12 34 -22 41
22 Yeovil Town 38 9 9 20 36 54 19 4 7 8 18 29 19 5 2 12 18 25 -18 36
23 Macclesfield Town 37 8 9 20 38 62 18 4 7 7 19 29 19 4 2 13 19 33 -24 33
24 Notts County 38 7 12 19 38 71 19 4 8 7 18 28 19 3 4 12 20 43 -33 33

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