Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Port Vale in 15th and Walsall in 12th place.
- Port Vale has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League Two
- Walsall has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League Two
The visiting Walsall played their last game only four days ago, a League Two match. That game, against Morecambe, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Walsall.
Port Vale form and stats
Port Vale have collected 15 points from their League Two home games so far after 4-3-5.
Port manager D. Pugh and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Forest Green Rovers (placed 4th) in the League Two. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Sunderland (0-2).
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 15 games. Port Vale has won three of these, drawn six and lost six.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Port as they are travelling to their away game against Scunthorpe United 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 15 goals in 12 games. On the other hand, Port have conceded 14 goals.
Walsall form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League Two, are W2-D7-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
Walsall has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Morecambe for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Oldham Athletic.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Walsall in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Walsall, seven draws and six defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Walsall manager D. Clarke as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Crawley Town.
Walsall have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 15 goals have been scored. In the opposite end, Walsall have conceded 17 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Walsall - Port Vale 4-3. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Port, two draws and five wins for Walsall. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rodney 8 goals |  E. Adebayo 8 goals |  T. Conlon 4 goals |
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| Port Vale | Walsall | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 33 | 15 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| 34 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 42% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 45% | 38% |
| 25% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 36% | 21% |
| 17% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 8% |
| 46% | 42% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 12.2 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 10.6 | 12 |
| 3.9 | 3.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | 28% |
- All of Walsall's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Port Vale has the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in League Two
- Walsall has the fewest clean sheets (0) away in League Two
- Walsall have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Walsall haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cambridge United | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 41 |
| 2 | Newport County | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 40 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 |
| 4 | Forest Green Rovers | 24 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 39 |
| 5 | Salford City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 37 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 37 |
| 7 | Leyton Orient | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | Morecambe | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 35 |
| 9 | Crawley Town | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | Exeter City | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 33 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 32 |
| 12 | Walsall | 24 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 13 | Colchester United | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 30 |
| 14 | Mansfield Town | 23 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 29 |
| 15 | Port Vale | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | -1 | 29 |
| 16 | Oldham Athletic | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 37 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | -5 | 29 |
| 17 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 28 |
| 18 | Harrogate Town | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 19 | Bradford City | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 24 |
| 20 | Barrow | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 21 | Scunthorpe United | 23 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 34 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 22 | Stevenage | 21 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 23 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -21 | 21 |
| 24 | Southend United | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 35 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | -20 | 20 |
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