With their 12 point advantage in the league table, Salford City fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Port Vale.
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (25) in League Two
- Port Vale have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in League Two
It's no vacation for neither Salford City 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.
Salford City form and stats
The story so far in the League Two for Salford City, who have the fewest conceded goals (25) in League Two, at their home stadium (The Peninsula Stadium) is 7 wins, 8 draws and 0 defeats. The Salford fans aren't used to losing league-games here at The Peninsula Stadium and will expect new points from this game. Salford City has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.
Salford travelled for their previous game, a trip to Southend United that ended 0-0. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Morecambe.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salford handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, five draws and two defeats.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Salford, as the League Two home game vs Scunthorpe United is only four days away.
Salford City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Peninsula Stadium with 26 goals in 15 league matches. Salford are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Peninsula Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 15 matches.
Port Vale form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Port Vale so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 4-3-8 (win-draw-lose).
Port have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 223 minutes ago. D. Worrall was the goal scorer.
Home advantage was not enough for Port in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Cambridge United, 0-1. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Stevenage.
Port are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and five defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Port Vale has another fixture away, a League Two game, against Cheltenham Town in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Port have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 15 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Port have conceded 26 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Port Vale - Salford City 1-0. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: one - two - one (Salford wins - draws - Port Vale wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Henderson 12 goals |  D. Rodney 10 goals |  J. Wilson 7 goals |
Salford City missing players
Port Vale missing players
| Salford City | Port Vale | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | 8 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 39 | 26 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 20 | 41 |
| 25 | 11 | 0 | Conceded | C | 6 | 26 | 45 |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 93% | 90% |
| 63% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | 71% |
| 43% | 47% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 47% | 42% |
| 17% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 29% |
| 3% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 13% | 16% |
| 43% | 53% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 53% | 48% |
| 47% | 47% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| 23% | 13% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | 11.5 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 9.7 | 10.7 |
| 4.6 | 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 28% | 36% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 32% | 35% |
- Port Vale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Port Vale have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in League Two
- Salford City have not yet lost a game at home.
- Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Salford City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (11) at home in League Two
- Salford City have the fewest conceded goals (25) in League Two
- Salford City have the the best goal difference (+15) at home 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 | Cambridge United | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 16 | 19 | 55 |
| 2 | Forest Green Rovers | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 3 | Cheltenham Town | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 53 |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 51 |
| 5 | Morecambe | 31 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | -1 | 49 |
| 6 | Newport County | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 48 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 29 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 46 |
| 9 | Salford City | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 46 |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 43 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 43 |
| 12 | Harrogate Town | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 22 | -2 | 42 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 14 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 39 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 54 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 27 | -5 | 38 |
| 16 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 17 | -2 | 37 |
| 17 | Walsall | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 18 | Stevenage | 32 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 31 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 35 |
| 19 | Scunthorpe United | 29 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 35 |
| 20 | Port Vale | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -4 | 34 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -11 | 33 |
| 22 | Southend United | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 46 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 23 | -25 | 28 |
| 23 | Barrow | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 26 |
| 24 | Grimsby Town | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 27 | -26 | 24 |