The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Port Vale are in the 16th position while the guesting Southend United worry at 24th.
- Port Vale has the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (16) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Port Vale nor Southend United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Port Vale form and stats
Port Vale have collected 15 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-3-6.
The fans are hoping that Port will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League Two game against Scunthorpe United (placed 17th). Ahead of that match, Port lost 1-3 at home to Walsall.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Port Vale have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn four and lost one.
The Port fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. Port's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Southend United form and stats
Southend United, who have the fewest scored goals (16) in League Two, have only collected 7 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-4-6 (11 played). It's a growing despair in Southend as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
The manager M. Molesley was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground Roots Hall Stadium. Southend United suffered a 1-3 loss to Bradford City (placed 18th). A 0-1 loss hosting Mansfield Town before that.
We have checked recent matches where Southend have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were zero victories, seven draws and five defeats.
Southend are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 11 away games. Southend struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 17 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Southend United - Port Vale 0-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Port victories, three draws and four Southend United wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rodney 8 goals |  T. Conlon 5 goals | L. Legge 3 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Southend United missing players
| Port Vale | Southend United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 34 | 16 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 39 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 39 |
| 92% | 92% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 92% |
| 73% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 73% | 72% |
| 42% | 38% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 40% |
| 27% | 23% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 46% | 46% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 18% | 32% |
| 27% | 31% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 24% |
| 35% | 31% | 75% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 73% | 52% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.1 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 34% | 37% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 11% | 26% |
- Port Vale has the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in League Two
- Port Vale have scored more than double the goals of Southend United.
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (16) in League Two
- Southend United has the fewest scored goals (3) away in League Two
- Southend United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 42 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 25 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Morecambe | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 41 |
| 4 | Cheltenham Town | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Newport County | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 40 |
| 6 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 7 | Salford City | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 38 |
| 8 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 38 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 36 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 36 |
| 11 | Walsall | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 18 | -1 | 35 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 13 | Mansfield Town | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 14 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 15 | Colchester United | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -5 | 31 |
| 16 | Port Vale | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 22 | -5 | 29 |
| 17 | Scunthorpe United | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 18 | Bradford City | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -3 | 28 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 28 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 23 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -8 | 22 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 25 | -24 | 21 |
| 24 | Southend United | 25 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -23 | 20 |