League Two prediction and guide: Port Vale moderate favoured to overwhelm Sutton United

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

Port Vale will plan to use their home advantage to get one over today’s opposition. The home team are currently 1 point behind Sutton United.

19-11-14 (wins/draws/losses). These are the numbers for Sutton United when playing away games on grass, which is not the surface they have on their own home stadium (which has artifical turf). Their goal statistics from those 44 matches are 61-52 (scored/conceded).

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Port Vale and Sutton United.

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Port Vale form and stats

9-6-4 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season.

The home fans saw a 0-0 draw versus Exeter City last time out and are looking for a win here. Hall was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Hall won 14 of 17 duels.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Bradford City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port 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.

Port Vale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 19 games. Port Vale are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vale Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 15 from 19 matches.

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Sutton United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for Sutton, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Oldham Athletic (placed 23rd) last time out. Midfield player Korboa was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.7/10. Korboa scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Tranmere Rovers.

Sutton United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and three defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Sutton United find the net regularly in their away games. 26 goals from 19 away fixtures in the league. 28 goals have been conceded by Sutton in these games.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have played previously this season: Sutton United - Port Vale 4-3.

Top Goalscorers

Port ValeB. Garrity
B. Garrity
11 goals
Port ValeJ. Wilson
J. Wilson
7 goals
Port ValeJ. Proctor
J. Proctor
7 goals

Port Vale missing players

Sutton United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Port Vale Sutton United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 19 5 Played P 5 19 38
16 9 0 Won W 1 6 17
12 6 4 Drew D 3 5 10
9 4 1 Lost L 1 8 11
55 28 2 Scored S 4 26 58
36 15 4 Conceded C 4 28 44
86% 79% 40% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 95% 92%
70% 63% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 79% 74%
41% 37% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 47% 47%
27% 32% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 37% 29%
16% 16% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 18%
57% 42% 40% BTTS BTTS 40% 58% 55%
32% 47% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 26% 34%
24% 32% 60% Failed to Score F T 40% 21% 18%
 
4.9 4.4 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.4 5.2 4.8
3.6 3.6 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.2 5.3 5.5
1.6 1.2 0.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.3 1.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
11 11.1 9.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 12.5 12.6
3.6 3.3 2.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4 4.4
41% 44% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 34% 35%
 
9.6 9.1 10 Shots against (avg) S A 10 13.8 12.3
3 2.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 3.9

  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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 37 17 14 6 54 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 19 7 8 4 25 19 19 65
3 Northampton Town 38 18 9 11 45 33 19 11 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 12 63
4 Bristol Rovers 38 18 9 11 53 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 19 7 6 6 25 23 11 63
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 9 11 44 33 19 14 1 4 29 13 19 4 8 7 15 20 11 63
6 Newport County 38 17 11 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 19 8 5 6 24 25 13 62
7 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
8 Sutton United 38 17 10 11 58 44 19 11 5 3 32 16 19 6 5 8 26 28 14 61
9 Port Vale 37 16 12 9 55 36 19 9 6 4 28 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 19 60
10 Mansfield Town 35 17 8 10 48 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 8 59
11 Salford City 36 14 11 11 44 33 17 7 7 3 23 14 19 7 4 8 21 19 11 53
12 Hartlepool United 37 14 9 14 39 48 18 9 6 3 22 16 19 5 3 11 17 32 -9 51
13 Crawley Town 37 13 9 15 47 53 19 6 6 7 25 27 18 7 3 8 22 26 -6 48
14 Walsall 38 12 11 15 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 24 19 4 6 9 14 25 -8 47
15 Bradford City 38 11 13 14 43 47 19 4 8 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 46
16 Harrogate Town 38 11 11 16 53 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 19 6 4 9 26 33 -8 44
17 Leyton Orient 37 9 16 12 49 38 19 7 5 7 29 17 18 2 11 5 20 21 11 43
18 Carlisle United 37 11 10 16 33 50 19 5 7 7 15 21 18 6 3 9 18 29 -17 43
19 Rochdale 37 8 16 13 41 50 18 4 10 4 20 18 19 4 6 9 21 32 -9 40
20 Colchester United 38 9 12 17 36 52 19 4 8 7 19 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -16 39
21 Barrow 37 8 13 16 33 43 19 3 9 7 18 23 18 5 4 9 15 20 -10 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 37 7 10 20 36 59 18 4 3 11 22 33 19 3 7 9 14 26 -23 31
24 Scunthorpe United 38 4 12 22 26 68 19 3 5 11 13 27 19 1 7 11 13 41 -42 24

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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 37 17 14 6 54 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 19 7 8 4 25 19 19 65
3 Northampton Town 38 18 9 11 45 33 19 11 3 5 26 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 12 63
4 Bristol Rovers 38 18 9 11 53 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 19 7 6 6 25 23 11 63
5 Tranmere Rovers 38 18 9 11 44 33 19 14 1 4 29 13 19 4 8 7 15 20 11 63
6 Newport County 38 17 11 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 19 8 5 6 24 25 13 62
7 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
8 Sutton United 38 17 10 11 58 44 19 11 5 3 32 16 19 6 5 8 26 28 14 61
9 Port Vale 37 16 12 9 55 36 19 9 6 4 28 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 19 60
10 Mansfield Town 35 17 8 10 48 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 17 5 5 7 17 21 8 59
11 Salford City 36 14 11 11 44 33 17 7 7 3 23 14 19 7 4 8 21 19 11 53
12 Hartlepool United 37 14 9 14 39 48 18 9 6 3 22 16 19 5 3 11 17 32 -9 51
13 Crawley Town 37 13 9 15 47 53 19 6 6 7 25 27 18 7 3 8 22 26 -6 48
14 Walsall 38 12 11 15 41 49 19 8 5 6 27 24 19 4 6 9 14 25 -8 47
15 Bradford City 38 11 13 14 43 47 19 4 8 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 46
16 Harrogate Town 38 11 11 16 53 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 19 6 4 9 26 33 -8 44
17 Leyton Orient 37 9 16 12 49 38 19 7 5 7 29 17 18 2 11 5 20 21 11 43
18 Carlisle United 37 11 10 16 33 50 19 5 7 7 15 21 18 6 3 9 18 29 -17 43
19 Rochdale 37 8 16 13 41 50 18 4 10 4 20 18 19 4 6 9 21 32 -9 40
20 Colchester United 38 9 12 17 36 52 19 4 8 7 19 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -16 39
21 Barrow 37 8 13 16 33 43 19 3 9 7 18 23 18 5 4 9 15 20 -10 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 37 7 10 20 36 59 18 4 3 11 22 33 19 3 7 9 14 26 -23 31
24 Scunthorpe United 38 4 12 22 26 68 19 3 5 11 13 27 19 1 7 11 13 41 -42 24

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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.