Port Vale fights Stevenage in League Two battle

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

Season ticket holders at Vale Park haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Port Vale languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Stevenage will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Port Vale form and stats

The story so far for Port Vale, who have the fewest scored goals (36) in League Two, at their home stadium (Vale Park) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats.

The fans are hoping that Port Vale will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the League Two game against Exeter City. Before that, Port Vale had a home game versus Crewe Alexandra which ended with a victory 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Port Vale perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Port Vale as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Port Vale has won 4 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Port Vale as they are travelling to their away game against Milton Keynes Dons in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Port Vale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 23 goals in 21 matches. On the other hand, Port Vale have conceded 31 goals.

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Stevenage form and stats

As the visiting team Stevenage have produced an overall stat of 6-7-8 so far.

Stevenage are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the League Two against Carlisle United. Prior to that result Stevenage won their away game at Grimsby Town. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 46 similar matches played by Stevenage in our archives, and the results are: 9 wins for Stevenage, 11 draws and 26 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Exeter City in just three days.

Stevenage have scored 25 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. Stevenage have conceded 30 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Stevenage - Port Vale 0-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Port Vale victories, 5 draws and 3 Stevenage wins.

Top Goalscorers

T. Pope
10 goals / 2 assists
K. Guthrie
8 goals / 3 assists
A. Revell
7 goals / 5 assists

Port Vale missing players

Stevenage missing players

Port Vale Stevenage
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
36 23 Scored 25 50
48 31 Conceded 30 52
88% 100% Over 0.5 95% 95%
55% 67% Over 1.5 81% 67%
33% 48% Over 2.5 43% 43%
12% 19% Over 3.5 29% 26%
5% 10% Over 4.5 10% 10%
31% 38% Both teams to score 52% 43%
36% 29% Clean Sheet 19% 29%
45% 33% Failed To Score 33% 33%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Port Vale hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Port Vale is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  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 Lincoln City 42 23 15 4 73 38 21 11 9 1 35 20 21 12 6 3 38 18 35 84
2 Bury 42 21 11 10 76 50 21 13 5 3 48 24 21 8 6 7 28 26 26 74
3 Mansfield Town 42 19 16 7 62 35 21 13 5 3 33 13 21 6 11 4 29 22 27 73
4 Milton Keynes Dons 42 21 9 12 67 45 21 13 4 4 33 13 21 8 5 8 34 32 22 72
5 Tranmere Rovers 42 20 11 11 61 45 21 14 4 3 32 11 21 6 7 8 29 34 16 71
6 Forest Green Rovers 42 18 13 11 62 42 21 7 8 6 26 19 21 11 5 5 36 23 20 67
7 Exeter City 42 18 11 13 57 45 21 11 3 7 32 22 21 7 8 6 25 23 12 65
8 Carlisle United 42 18 7 17 62 59 21 10 3 8 37 29 21 8 4 9 25 30 3 61
9 Colchester United 42 17 9 16 58 52 21 10 4 7 36 23 21 7 5 9 22 29 6 60
10 Swindon Town 42 15 15 12 53 50 21 7 9 5 27 24 21 8 6 7 26 26 3 60
11 Stevenage 42 17 9 16 50 52 21 11 2 8 25 22 21 6 7 8 25 30 -2 60
12 Newport County 41 17 9 15 52 57 20 11 6 3 26 21 21 6 3 12 26 36 -5 60
13 Oldham Athletic 41 15 13 13 62 50 21 9 6 6 37 26 20 6 7 7 25 24 12 58
14 Crewe Alexandra 42 16 8 18 52 53 21 13 2 6 39 22 21 3 6 12 13 31 -1 56
15 Northampton Town 42 12 18 12 53 55 21 6 11 4 25 24 21 6 7 8 28 31 -2 54
16 Cheltenham Town 42 14 11 17 54 60 21 9 6 6 31 27 21 5 5 11 23 33 -6 53
17 Grimsby Town 42 14 8 20 41 53 21 9 4 8 23 21 21 5 4 12 18 32 -12 50
18 Port Vale 42 12 11 19 36 48 21 7 3 11 23 31 21 5 8 8 13 17 -12 47
19 Morecambe 42 12 11 19 47 64 21 7 4 10 28 30 21 5 7 9 19 34 -17 47
20 Crawley Town 42 13 7 22 42 61 21 9 4 8 30 29 21 4 3 14 12 32 -19 46
21 Cambridge United 42 12 9 21 37 61 21 7 6 8 20 24 21 5 3 13 17 37 -24 45
22 Macclesfield Town 42 9 12 21 45 70 21 5 9 7 25 34 21 4 3 14 20 36 -25 39
23 Yeovil Town 42 9 10 23 38 61 21 4 7 10 19 33 21 5 3 13 19 28 -23 37
24 Notts County 42 8 13 21 43 77 21 4 9 8 20 31 21 4 4 13 23 46 -34 37

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