Port Vale look to Vale Park supporters for inspiration before Stevenage match

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

Port Vale have delivered 6 home wins this season, Stevenage have won 1 away. Which team upgrades their results in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in League Two
  • Stevenage have the fewest scored goals (9) away in League Two

Not a lot of time to rest for the host team, as they had a League Two fixture only four days back. That game was an away game at Rochdale, so at least Port are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Port Vale form and stats

6-5-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season. With three draws from their last three games overall it has been a case of neither great nor terrible for Port Vale.

Port Vale travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rochdale that ended 1-1. Midfielder Hussey was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.43 (out of ten) in that game. Hussey served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Port played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Tranmere Rovers.

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

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

Port Vale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Port have conceded only 13 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stevenage form and stats

Stevenage have only collected 9 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-6-9 (16 played). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 15 away games in a row.

Stevenage have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 270 minutes ago. Cuthbert was the goal scorer.

Home advantage was not enough for Stevenage in their previous game as they lost hosting Bristol Rovers, 0-4.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Barrow.

We have checked recent matches where Stevenage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those twelve games were one victory, six draws and five defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stevenage as they have only managed to score 9 times from 16 away games in the league. Stevenage have conceded 27 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent game: Stevenage - Port Vale 1-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - five - three (Port Vale wins - draws - Stevenage wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeB. Garrity
B. Garrity
8 goals
StevenageE. List
E. List
8 goals
Port ValeJ. Proctor
J. Proctor
7 goals

Port Vale missing players

Stevenage missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Port Vale Stevenage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 6 Played P 7 16 33
12 6 4 Won W 1 1 7
10 5 1 Drew D 4 6 12
8 4 1 Lost L 2 9 14
43 19 10 Scored S 8 9 30
31 13 4 Conceded C 10 27 50
87% 80% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 81% 88%
70% 60% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 62% 70%
40% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 44% 45%
27% 27% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 43% 25% 27%
17% 13% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 12% 9%
57% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 57% 31% 39%
33% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 29% 25% 27%
23% 33% 33% Failed to Score F T 29% 62% 45%
 
5 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.1 4.7 4.8
3.6 3.6 3 Corners against (avg) C A 6.1 6.1 5.4
1.6 1.2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.4 1.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.9 11.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.8 10.7
3.9 3.4 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 2.9 3.7
37% 37% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 19% 25%
 
10 9.5 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 15.4 13.9 13.5
3.3 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Port Vale have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stevenage have scored away.
  • Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in League Two
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stevenage have the fewest scored goals (9) away in League Two

  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 31 19 9 3 61 25 16 11 2 3 27 11 15 8 7 0 34 14 36 66
2 Northampton Town 32 16 8 8 38 25 16 10 2 4 22 10 16 6 6 4 16 15 13 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 33 16 8 9 34 23 17 12 1 4 24 11 16 4 7 5 10 12 11 56
4 Exeter City 30 14 11 5 45 30 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 53
5 Swindon Town 32 14 10 8 54 38 16 5 7 4 26 17 16 9 3 4 28 21 16 52
6 Sutton United 32 14 9 9 46 38 16 9 4 3 24 14 16 5 5 6 22 24 8 51
7 Mansfield Town 30 14 8 8 40 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 13 3 5 5 11 15 7 50
8 Newport County 32 13 10 9 50 42 15 7 5 3 30 18 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 49
9 Bristol Rovers 31 13 8 10 44 39 15 8 2 5 22 18 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 47
10 Port Vale 30 12 10 8 43 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 12 46
11 Salford City 31 12 8 11 35 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 6 2 8 18 17 6 44
12 Hartlepool United 32 12 8 12 33 40 16 9 5 2 22 14 16 3 3 10 11 26 -7 44
13 Harrogate Town 31 11 8 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 16 6 3 7 26 28 1 41
14 Bradford City 33 9 13 11 37 41 16 4 8 4 22 21 17 5 5 7 15 20 -4 40
15 Crawley Town 30 11 7 12 37 41 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 40
16 Rochdale 30 7 14 9 38 40 14 3 8 3 18 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -2 35
17 Walsall 32 9 8 15 32 44 16 5 5 6 21 22 16 4 3 9 11 22 -12 35
18 Leyton Orient 30 7 12 11 38 31 16 6 4 6 24 13 14 1 8 5 14 18 7 33
19 Stevenage 33 7 12 14 30 50 17 6 6 5 21 23 16 1 6 9 9 27 -20 33
20 Barrow 31 7 10 14 30 39 16 3 7 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 31
21 Colchester United 32 7 10 15 29 46 15 3 6 6 15 20 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 31
22 Oldham Athletic 30 7 8 15 30 46 15 4 3 8 20 26 15 3 5 7 10 20 -16 29
23 Carlisle United 31 6 10 15 23 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 15 3 3 9 13 27 -22 28
24 Scunthorpe United 33 4 11 18 23 55 17 3 5 9 12 23 16 1 6 9 11 32 -32 23

Table
  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 31 19 9 3 61 25 16 11 2 3 27 11 15 8 7 0 34 14 36 66
2 Northampton Town 32 16 8 8 38 25 16 10 2 4 22 10 16 6 6 4 16 15 13 56
3 Tranmere Rovers 33 16 8 9 34 23 17 12 1 4 24 11 16 4 7 5 10 12 11 56
4 Exeter City 30 14 11 5 45 30 15 8 5 2 24 14 15 6 6 3 21 16 15 53
5 Swindon Town 32 14 10 8 54 38 16 5 7 4 26 17 16 9 3 4 28 21 16 52
6 Sutton United 32 14 9 9 46 38 16 9 4 3 24 14 16 5 5 6 22 24 8 51
7 Mansfield Town 30 14 8 8 40 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 13 3 5 5 11 15 7 50
8 Newport County 32 13 10 9 50 42 15 7 5 3 30 18 17 6 5 6 20 24 8 49
9 Bristol Rovers 31 13 8 10 44 39 15 8 2 5 22 18 16 5 6 5 22 21 5 47
10 Port Vale 30 12 10 8 43 31 15 6 5 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 24 18 12 46
11 Salford City 31 12 8 11 35 29 15 6 6 3 17 12 16 6 2 8 18 17 6 44
12 Hartlepool United 32 12 8 12 33 40 16 9 5 2 22 14 16 3 3 10 11 26 -7 44
13 Harrogate Town 31 11 8 12 50 49 15 5 5 5 24 21 16 6 3 7 26 28 1 41
14 Bradford City 33 9 13 11 37 41 16 4 8 4 22 21 17 5 5 7 15 20 -4 40
15 Crawley Town 30 11 7 12 37 41 14 4 4 6 17 21 16 7 3 6 20 20 -4 40
16 Rochdale 30 7 14 9 38 40 14 3 8 3 18 16 16 4 6 6 20 24 -2 35
17 Walsall 32 9 8 15 32 44 16 5 5 6 21 22 16 4 3 9 11 22 -12 35
18 Leyton Orient 30 7 12 11 38 31 16 6 4 6 24 13 14 1 8 5 14 18 7 33
19 Stevenage 33 7 12 14 30 50 17 6 6 5 21 23 16 1 6 9 9 27 -20 33
20 Barrow 31 7 10 14 30 39 16 3 7 6 16 20 15 4 3 8 14 19 -9 31
21 Colchester United 32 7 10 15 29 46 15 3 6 6 15 20 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 31
22 Oldham Athletic 30 7 8 15 30 46 15 4 3 8 20 26 15 3 5 7 10 20 -16 29
23 Carlisle United 31 6 10 15 23 45 16 3 7 6 10 18 15 3 3 9 13 27 -22 28
24 Scunthorpe United 33 4 11 18 23 55 17 3 5 9 12 23 16 1 6 9 11 32 -32 23

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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.