Port Vale vs Northampton Town: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 10.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

With the nervous opening game out of the way it’s time for the second League Two game of the season. Port Vale look forward to welcoming Northampton Town in front of their home support.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Port Vale form and stats

The home team returns to Vale Park after sharing the points with Colchester United on their last time out; the League Two game ended 1-1. Preceding that game was the away draw at Bury that finished 1-1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Port Vale, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Burton Albion is only three days away.

Last season, Port Vale's league statistics were 12 wins, 13 draws and 21 losses, resulting in a 20th position in the League Two. Over these 46 matches they scored 39 goals and conceded 55. Playing at home last season Port Vale managed 7-3-13 (win-draw-lost) with 24 goals and 36 conceded.

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Northampton Town form and stats

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League Two home defeat versus Walsall with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that result Northampton Town won their away game at Oldham Athletic. The scoreline was 5-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Northampton Town manager K. Curle as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Swansea City.

Let's have a look at how Northampton Town performed last season in the League One: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 19 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 63 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 7 and lost 9 with 34/36 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Port Vale victories, 3 draws and 3 Northampton Town wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Port Vale missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Port Vale Northampton Town
Total Home Home vs low Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost 0 0 1
1 0 0 Scored 0 0 0
1 0 0 Conceded 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0 5
3 0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0 4
3 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Port Vale Last season Northampton Town
Total Home   Statistic   Away Total
46 23   Played   23 46
12 7   Won   7 14
13 3   Drew   7 19
21 13   Lost   9 13
39 24   Scored   34 64
55 36   Conceded   36 63
89% 100%   Over 0.5   96% 91%
57% 65%   Over 1.5   83% 80%
33% 48%   Over 2.5   61% 57%
13% 22%   Over 3.5   43% 37%
7% 13%   Over 4.5   13% 7%
35% 39%   BTTS   65% 65%
33% 26%   Clean Sheets   17% 22%
43% 35%   Failed To Score   22% 22%
 
4.2 4.5   Corners For (avg)   5.9 5.7
5.3 4.3   Corners Against (avg)   5.1 4.7
1.8 1.5   Yellow Cards (avg)   2.7 2.2
4 1   Red Cards   1 2
Key stats last season:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Port Vale haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Port Vale
04-05-19 LT Bury 1 - 1 Port Vale
06-07-19 CF Kidsgrove Athletic 1 - 2 Port Vale
17-07-19 CF Port Vale 1 - 0 Fleetwood Town
20-07-19 CF Port Vale 1 - 3 Burnley
03-08-19 LT Colchester United 1 - 1 Port Vale
10-08-19 LT Port Vale 14:00 Northampton Town
13-08-19 CC Port Vale 18:45 Burton Albion
17-08-19 LT Salford City 14:00 Port Vale
20-08-19 LT Port Vale 18:45 Forest Green Rovers
24-08-19 LT Grimsby Town 14:00 Port Vale
Northampton Town
16-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 4 Sheffield Wednesday
20-07-19 CF Northampton Town 0 - 2 Sheffield United
23-07-19 CF Brackley Town 1 - 0 Northampton Town
26-07-19 CF Northampton Town 2 - 1 Milton Keynes Dons
03-08-19 LT Northampton Town 0 - 1 Walsall
10-08-19 LT Port Vale 14:00 Northampton Town
13-08-19 CC Swansea City 18:45 Northampton Town
17-08-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Macclesfield Town
20-08-19 LT Swindon Town 18:45 Northampton Town
24-08-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Northampton Town

  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 Plymouth Argyle 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 Grimsby Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Salford City 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Swindon Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Carlisle United 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Exeter City 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Forest Green Rovers 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
8 Leyton Orient 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Walsall 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 Bradford City 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Cambridge United 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
12 Colchester United 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Mansfield Town 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
14 Newport County 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Port Vale 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
16 Cheltenham Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
18 Macclesfield Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
19 Northampton Town 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
20 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
21 Morecambe 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
22 Scunthorpe United 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
23 Stevenage 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
24 Crewe Alexandra 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0