It's early days in the League Two and both Port Vale and Salford City are still hoping for a flying start in order to set the tone for the season. Three points can make a big difference at this stage.
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!
Port Vale form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Port Vale at their home stadium (Vale Park) is 1 win, 1 draw and 1 defeat.
Port haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 288 minutes ago. D. Rodney scored that one.
The Port fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Vale Park: A 0-1 defeat against Carlisle United (placed 7th). A strong away win before that one, visiting Wigan Athletic and winning 3-1.
Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Tom Pope for missing a penalty kick versus Carlisle United in the 49th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.
There will be little rest for Port after this match as they are travelling to Cambridge United for a League Two game in only three days.
Port have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Port have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the League Two.
Salford City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Tranmere Rovers that finished 2-2. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Stevenage.
Drawing 2-2 against Tranmere Rovers after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager G. Alexander needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
A quick return to home after this game, as Salford are hosting Southend United in the League Two only three days away.
5 goals so far away for Salford City, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 2 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last three meetings: zero - two - one (Port wins - draws - Salford City wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 4 goals |  M. Cullen 2 goals | R. Towell 2 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Salford City missing players
| Port Vale | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 80% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 60% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| 60% | 67% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1.3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 31 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 10 | 27 | 64 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 13 | 25 |
| 33% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 38% | 36% |
- Port Vale has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in League Two
- Port Vale has the most matches under the total-line (5) in League Two
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Salford City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Salford City have scored more than double the goals of Port Vale.
- Salford City have won all their away games so far.
| Port Vale | Last season | Salford City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 37 | 18 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Drew | D | 5 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Scored | S | 29 | 49 | ||
| 44 | 15 | Conceded | C | 22 | 46 | ||
| 92% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 95% | ||
| 70% | 72% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 78% | ||
| 49% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 46% | ||
| 27% | 28% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 11% | ||
| 59% | 61% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 54% | ||
| 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 27% | ||
| 19% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 411 | 221 | Total Shots | T S | 191 | 461 | ||
| 160 | 94 | Shots on Target | S O | 70 | 156 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Morecambe | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Newport County | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Salford City | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Forest Green Rovers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Carlisle United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Walsall | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Stevenage | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Bradford City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 4 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 4 |
| 20 | Barrow | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 21 | Mansfield Town | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Southend United | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -7 | 2 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 1 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -6 | 1 |