Football match preview: Port Vale vs Rochdale

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 04.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

Port Vale are ready to contest Rochdale in this League Two match. Everything you should know about the fixture is found here!

Insights:
  • Port Vale have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Rochdale have scored more than double the goals of Port Vale.

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 Rochdale.

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Port Vale form and stats

Port Vale are yet to win a home game, having collected 2 points from their first two League Two games here at Vale Park. Two draws in a row at home now for Port.

The fans are hoping that Port Vale will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the EFL Trophy game against Bolton Wanderers.

In the game before, an away victory in the League Two match versus Forest Green Rovers with a 2-0 scoreline.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and one defeat.

Port Vale has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Rochdale form and stats

Rochdale are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League Two, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

The supporters enjoyed Rochdale's previous game versus Liverpool U21, a EFL Trophy 4-0 win played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Rochdale was very dominant against Liverpool U21, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with C. O'Keeffe (2), L. Kelly and J. Andrews providing the goals.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Colchester United.

We have checked recent matches where Rochdale have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were six victories, three draws and three defeats.

5 goals so far away for Rochdale, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Port Vale-Rochdale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Port four wins, Rochdale four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeJ. Proctor
J. Proctor
2 goals
RochdaleA. Newby
A. Newby
2 goals
PortD. Rodney
D. Rodney
1 goals

Port Vale missing players

Rochdale missing players

Port Vale Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 2 1 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 0 0 Scored S 0 5 7
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 4 7
60% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 80%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 60%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 40%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
20% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 80%
60% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
60% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5.2 6.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.6
4 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.5 5.4
1.6 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 12 13 Shots (avg) S ( 0 14 13.4
3.4 2.5 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 2.4
18% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 71% 58%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Rochdale's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Port Vale have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Port Vale have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Port Vale have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Port Vale have yet to win a game at home.
  • Rochdale have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Rochdale have scored more than double the goals of Port Vale.
Port Vale Last season Rochdale
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
17 9   Won W   7 11
9 5   Drew D   5 14
20 9   Lost L   11 21
57 27   Scored S   34 61
57 25   Conceded C   36 78
89% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 91%
63% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   78% 78%
39% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   61% 57%
24% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   35% 35%
13% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 22%
41% 39%   BTTS BTTS   52% 54%
33% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 20%
37% 39%   Failed to Score F T   30% 35%
 
4.7 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.7 4.7
5.1 4.5   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 5
1.4 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1 1.3
4 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
10.5 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.8
3.8 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.3 3.5
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   45% 38%

  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 5 4 0 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 2 5 12
2 Harrogate Town 4 3 1 0 8 4 3 2 1 0 6 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 10
3 Bradford City 5 3 1 1 9 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 10
4 Swindon Town 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 10
5 Hartlepool United 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 3 9
6 Leyton Orient 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 3 8
7 Mansfield Town 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 2 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 7
8 Northampton Town 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 7
9 Stevenage 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 7
10 Port Vale 5 1 3 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 3 2 1 6
11 Exeter City 5 1 3 1 5 5 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 6
12 Carlisle United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 6
13 Colchester United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
14 Scunthorpe United 5 1 3 1 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 6
15 Newport County 4 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 6
16 Salford City 5 1 2 2 5 4 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
17 Rochdale 5 1 2 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 0 5
18 Barrow 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -1 5
19 Tranmere Rovers 5 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 -1 5
20 Crawley Town 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 3 7 -3 4
21 Walsall 5 1 1 3 3 7 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -4 4
22 Bristol Rovers 5 1 1 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -5 4
23 Oldham Athletic 5 1 0 4 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 1 0 2 3 4 -3 3
24 Sutton United 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 2

Read more about League Two

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.