League Two: Two squads who have played fine so far. Get smart on Port Vale - Swindon Town with this comprehensive guide!
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League Two
- Swindon Town have the most points from losing position (12) in League Two
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game was also an away game, at Mansfield Town. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Port Vale form and stats
5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Port Vale so far this season.
The Port Vale crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-4 to Brentford here at Vale Park in a FA Cup match.
A League Two defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Newport County.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.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Salford City are coming to town in three days.
The Port fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. 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 8 from 10 matches.
Swindon Town form and stats
Playing away, Swindon Town have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 3 defeats in the League Two this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Swindon's last three away games as they have all been lost.
Swindon Town lost away at Mansfield Town (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Iandolo got a match rating of 8.01 in that game, top player of the team. Iandolo scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 1-4 home loss versus Manchester City.We have checked recent matches where Swindon Town have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were five victories, two draws and eight defeats.
Swindon Town are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 12 away games so far. As opposed to that, Swindon Town have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the teams met earlier this season; Swindon Town - Port Vale 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (Port Vale wins - draws - Swindon Town wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. McKirdy 9 goals | J. Payne 8 goals | T. Simpson 8 goals |
Port Vale missing players
Swindon Town missing players
| Port Vale | Swindon Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 23 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 35 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 9 | 21 | 36 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 29 |
| 90% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 87% |
| 76% | 70% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 78% |
| 48% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 58% | 57% |
| 29% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 42% | 39% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 17% | 13% |
| 57% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 75% | 70% |
| 33% | 50% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 17% | 26% |
| 19% | 30% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 4.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| 3.4 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.3 | 12.3 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| 36% | 39% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 40% | 36% |
| 10.6 | 10 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 10.6 | 11.3 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in League Two
- Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Swindon Town have the most points from losing position (12) in League Two
- Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in League Two
- Swindon Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Forest Green Rovers | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 27 | 51 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 42 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 40 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Port Vale | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 35 |
| 7 | Newport County | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 35 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Exeter City | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 34 |
| 10 | Leyton Orient | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 31 |
| 11 | Salford City | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 31 |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 31 |
| 13 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 30 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Walsall | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -1 | 29 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -10 | 28 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 27 |
| 18 | Bristol Rovers | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 26 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 25 |
| 20 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 23 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | -18 | 23 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -23 | 19 |
| 24 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 18 |
