Port Vale know they face a hard visit to Rochdale and their Crown Oil Arena. This news article has all the information you require ahead of the match.
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Rochdale nor Port Vale as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Rochdale form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Rochdale at their home stadium (Crown Oil Arena) is 3 wins, 7 draws and 3 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Rochdale.
Rochdale enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Scunthorpe United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Kelly and Taylor scoring. Midfielder Kelly was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.01 (out of ten) in that game. Kelly scored one goal and hit one key pass.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 3-3 versus Harrogate Town.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rochdale have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found nine matches with the results: Won three, drawn five and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Rochdale, as the League Two home game vs Northampton Town is only four days away.
The Rochdale fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 17 in 13 matches. On the other hand, Rochdale have conceded 15 goals.
Port Vale form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Tranmere Rovers (placed 2nd) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Proctor, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.43. Proctor scored one goal.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Northampton Town.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Port Vale in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Port Vale, two draws and four defeats.
After this away game Port return home for a League Two game against Stevenage. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Port Vale are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 14 away games so far. As opposed to that, Port have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Port Vale - Rochdale 2-3 was the product when this pair of squads previously did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - zero - five (Rochdale wins - draws - Port Vale wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Garrity 7 goals | J. Proctor 7 goals |  A. Newby 5 goals |
Rochdale missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Rochdale | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 13 | 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 37 | 17 | 3 | Scored | S | 7 | 23 | 42 |
| 39 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| 83% | 85% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 86% |
| 72% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 79% | 69% |
| 52% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 50% | 41% |
| 31% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 29% | 28% |
| 17% | 15% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 21% | 17% |
| 62% | 54% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 71% | 55% |
| 24% | 31% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 21% | 34% |
| 31% | 31% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 24% |
| 6.1 | 6.9 | 8.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 1.1 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.1 | 15.4 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 38% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 37% | 37% |
| 12 | 11.6 | 13.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Vale have the most dropped points from leading position (20) 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 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 56 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 31 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 55 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Sutton United | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 51 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 50 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 49 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 49 |
| 8 | Newport County | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 45 |
| 10 | Salford City | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 44 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | -8 | 41 |
| 13 | Bradford City | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -2 | 40 |
| 14 | Crawley Town | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 15 | Harrogate Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | -1 | 38 |
| 16 | Walsall | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | Rochdale | 29 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 34 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 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 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -16 | 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 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -32 | 22 |
