League Two: The middle-of-the-table placements highlight the path Port Vale and Salford City have taken uptil now. Both sides are ready for the game; let's go!
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Port Vale form and stats
5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season.
The Port Vale fans got no joy from their last match, a League Two game also here at Vale Park: A 1-3 defeat against Swindon Town (placed 4th). Defender Hall got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Hall served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 3 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Brentford with the scoreline 1-4.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, two draws and four defeats.
The manager Clarke will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Leyton Orient in only four days.
The Port Vale fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 11 league matches. On the other hand, Port Vale have conceded 11 goals.
Salford City form and stats
Salford City have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 3-1-7 (11 played).
Salford City lost away at Bradford City (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Turnbull, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.13. Turnbull won 8 of 10 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Tranmere Rovers.Salford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, zero draws and three defeats. From a total of five matches.
After this away game Salford City return home for a League Two game against Colchester United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Salford City have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Salford City have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Port Vale-Salford City H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Port Vale one win, Salford City two wins, two draws. one of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  B. Garrity 7 goals | J. Proctor 6 goals |  B. Thomas-Asante 6 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Salford City missing players
| Port Vale | Salford City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| 36 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 26 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 24 |
| 91% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 77% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 50% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 55% | 38% |
| 32% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 9% | 8% |
| 23% | 18% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 45% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | 50% |
| 32% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 42% |
| 18% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 11.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.9 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| 37% | 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | 27% |
| 11 | 10.9 | 10.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
- All of Salford City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League Two
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Salford City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Salford City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 27 | 52 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 45 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 4 | Swindon Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 40 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Newport County | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 8 | 38 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 38 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 35 |
| 10 | Bradford City | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 32 |
| 11 | Crawley Town | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -4 | 32 |
| 12 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 13 | Salford City | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 31 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 29 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 29 |
| 17 | Hartlepool United | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 28 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 23 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 27 |
| 19 | Barrow | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 26 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 26 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -18 | 24 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 22 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -25 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
