Port Vale and Swindon Town regulars can't wait for League Two clash at Vale Park

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Thu 19.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

Port Vale and Swindon Town are both high-flying in the League Two with their 5th and 6th spots respectively. Expect a grand match!

Insights:
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals (77) in League Two

Swindon are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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 Swindon Town.

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Port Vale form and stats

The League Two statistics playing at home this season for Port Vale are 11-6-6 (wins-draws-losses). Port Vale are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Vale Park, having lost their two previous games here.

No payout for Port Vale in their previous match, an away game at Swindon Town that ended in defeat 1-2. The talented striker Wilson bested all others in that game and managed a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Wilson scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that match, a win away at Exeter City.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Port handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

A decent goal production from Port Vale in their home games so far, with 35 goals from 23 league matches. From these home matches, Port Vale have conceded only 22 goals.

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Swindon Town form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 13 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. Swindon have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena.

Swindon Town won their last game, 2-1 versus Port Vale played at home. Attacker McKirdy got a player rating of 8.43 in the game. "Man of the match" McKirdy scored two goals and hit two key passes.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Walsall.

We have checked recent matches where Swindon have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were 6 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Swindon Town's attacking play in away games, having scored 42 goals in 23 league matches away. As opposed to that, Swindon have seen the ball go into their own net 29 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These sides encountered each other previously this match year: Swindon Town - Port Vale 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Port Vale three wins, one draw and Swindon Town six victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Swindon TownH. McKirdy
H. McKirdy
20 goals
Swindon TownJ. Payne
J. Payne
13 goals
PortB. Garrity
B. Garrity
12 goals

Port Vale missing players

Swindon Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Port Vale Swindon Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
47 23 6 Played P 6 23 47
22 11 2 Won W 3 13 23
12 6 3 Drew D 1 4 11
13 6 1 Lost L 2 6 13
68 35 7 Scored S 11 42 79
48 22 5 Conceded C 9 29 55
89% 83% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 96% 91%
70% 70% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
43% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 66%
26% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 39% 30%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 13% 11%
55% 48% 50% BTTS BTTS 83% 65% 66%
34% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 26% 28%
21% 26% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 15%
 
5 4.7 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.7 5
4.1 4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 4.9 4.6
1.6 1.3 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.7 1.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 5
 
11 10.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 13.6 13.8
3.4 3.2 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.7 4.8
42% 48% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 39% 35%
 
10.1 9.3 8 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 11.2 11.2
3.1 2.8 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.9 4.1
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Swindon Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Swindon Town have the most points (43) away in League Two
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals (42) away in League Two
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals (77) in League Two
  • Swindon Town have the most scored goals in the second half (53) in League Two
  • Swindon Town is in the best form (5-0-1) 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 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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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 46 23 15 8 75 44 23 14 4 5 34 18 23 9 11 3 41 26 31 84
2 Exeter City 46 23 15 8 65 41 23 14 6 3 37 19 23 9 9 5 28 22 24 84
3 Bristol Rovers 46 23 11 12 71 49 23 14 4 5 38 20 23 9 7 7 33 29 22 80
4 Northampton Town 46 23 11 12 60 38 23 13 5 5 32 15 23 10 6 7 28 23 22 80
5 Port Vale 46 22 12 12 67 46 23 11 6 6 35 22 23 11 6 6 32 24 21 78
6 Swindon Town 46 22 11 13 77 54 23 9 7 7 35 25 23 13 4 6 42 29 23 77
7 Mansfield Town 46 22 11 13 67 52 23 15 4 4 40 24 23 7 7 9 27 28 15 77
8 Sutton United 46 22 10 14 69 53 23 14 5 4 38 20 23 8 5 10 31 33 16 76
9 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 12 13 53 40 23 16 3 4 36 16 23 5 9 9 17 24 13 75
10 Salford City 46 19 13 14 60 46 23 10 9 4 33 21 23 9 4 10 27 25 14 70
11 Newport County 46 19 12 15 67 58 23 9 6 8 40 31 23 10 6 7 27 27 9 69
12 Crawley Town 46 17 10 19 56 66 23 9 6 8 28 29 23 8 4 11 28 37 -10 61
13 Leyton Orient 46 14 16 16 62 47 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 5 11 7 26 25 15 58
14 Bradford City 46 14 16 16 53 55 23 6 10 7 29 29 23 8 6 9 24 26 -2 58
15 Colchester United 46 14 13 19 48 60 23 6 9 8 25 28 23 8 4 11 23 32 -12 55
16 Walsall 46 14 12 20 47 60 23 10 5 8 30 29 23 4 7 12 17 31 -13 54
17 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 44 64 23 9 7 7 24 26 23 5 5 13 20 38 -20 54
18 Rochdale 46 12 17 17 51 59 23 7 11 5 28 23 23 5 6 12 23 36 -8 53
19 Harrogate Town 46 14 11 21 64 75 23 6 7 10 32 36 23 8 4 11 32 39 -11 53
20 Carlisle United 46 14 11 21 39 62 23 8 7 8 19 23 23 6 4 13 20 39 -23 53
21 Stevenage 46 11 14 21 45 68 23 9 6 8 29 30 23 2 8 13 16 38 -23 47
22 Barrow 46 10 14 22 44 57 23 5 9 9 25 28 23 5 5 13 19 29 -13 44
23 Oldham Athletic 46 9 11 26 46 75 23 5 4 14 29 42 23 4 7 12 17 33 -29 38
24 Scunthorpe United 46 4 14 28 29 90 23 3 7 13 15 36 23 1 7 15 14 54 -61 26

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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.