League Two: Stevenage - Port Vale match guide and numbers

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Lamex Stadium (6722 seats)

Port Vale have come here for an action-packed duel versus the hosts Stevenage. Get ready for the match with this full League Two preview!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Stevenage form and stats

The hosts won their first League Two game here at The Lamex Stadium, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Stevenage last season were 8 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses from 23 games.

Stevenage are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-4 away versus Bradford City. Attacking player Elliott List bested all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. List scored one goal and hit one key pass.

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Bristol Rovers.

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 Stevenage 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.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Carabao Cup game versus Wycombe Wanderers in only three days. This game is also played here at The Lamex Stadium.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Stevenage at home in the league. 1 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Port Vale form and stats

Port Vale have played one away game so far, a loss. Last season their away games stats in the League Two were 8 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats from 23 fixtures.

Port have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 508 minutes ago. T. Conlon was the goal scorer. Port have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Lucas Covolan Cavagnari. It's been 247 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

Port's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Carlisle United that finished 0-0. Midfielder David Worrall was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Worrall hit two key passes.

A draw for Port before that, at their own venue hosting Tranmere Rovers (0-0).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Port Vale in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Port, four draws and five defeats.

Port Vale have the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Stevenage-Port Vale H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Stevenage three wins, Port Vale two wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

StevenageC. Lines
C. Lines
1 goals
StevenageE. List
E. List
1 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
1 goals

Stevenage missing players

Port Vale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Stevenage Port Vale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 1
4 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 33%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 67%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
2 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2 5
5.3 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4
1.7 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 0.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 11.3
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.7
44% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Stevenage Last season Port Vale
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
14 8   Won W   8 17
18 8   Drew D   4 9
14 7   Lost L   11 20
41 26   Scored S   30 57
41 20   Conceded C   32 57
78% 83%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 89%
48% 52%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 63%
33% 39%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 39%
15% 17%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 24%
2% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 13%
39% 39%   BTTS BTTS   43% 41%
41% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 33%
41% 43%   Failed to Score F T   35% 37%
 
4.8 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 4.7
4.5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 5.1
1.3 1.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.4
1 0   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.5 11.4   Shots (avg) S (   9.6 10.5
3.5 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 3.8
25% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 33%

  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 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 9
2 Bradford City 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
3 Mansfield Town 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Stevenage 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Carlisle United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
8 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
9 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
10 Barrow 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
15 Bristol Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
16 Salford City 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Colchester United 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
18 Port Vale 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
19 Scunthorpe United 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 2
20 Exeter City 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
21 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
22 Rochdale 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 1
23 Walsall 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 46 24 10 12 61 39 23 13 5 5 37 21 23 11 5 7 24 18 22 82
2 Cambridge United 46 24 8 14 73 49 23 12 5 6 30 20 23 12 3 8 43 29 24 80
3 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 10 13 59 50 23 11 5 7 27 23 23 12 5 6 32 27 9 79
4 Morecambe 46 23 9 14 69 58 23 13 5 5 38 27 23 10 4 9 31 31 11 78
5 Newport County 46 20 13 13 57 42 23 13 5 5 27 17 23 7 8 8 30 25 15 73
6 Forest Green Rovers 46 20 13 13 59 51 23 10 7 6 31 27 23 10 6 7 28 24 8 73
7 Tranmere Rovers 46 20 13 13 55 50 23 11 5 7 30 22 23 9 8 6 25 28 5 73
8 Salford City 46 19 14 13 54 34 23 11 11 1 36 15 23 8 3 12 18 19 20 71
9 Exeter City 46 18 16 12 71 50 23 11 7 5 38 20 23 7 9 7 33 30 21 70
10 Carlisle United 46 18 12 16 60 51 23 12 5 6 38 25 23 6 7 10 22 26 9 66
11 Leyton Orient 46 17 10 19 53 55 23 9 7 7 32 25 23 8 3 12 21 30 -2 61
12 Crawley Town 46 16 13 17 56 62 23 10 6 7 30 27 23 6 7 10 26 35 -6 61
13 Port Vale 46 17 9 20 57 57 23 9 5 9 27 25 23 8 4 11 30 32 0 60
14 Stevenage 46 14 18 14 41 41 23 8 8 7 26 20 23 6 10 7 15 21 0 60
15 Bradford City 46 16 11 19 48 53 23 9 7 7 22 19 23 7 4 12 26 34 -5 59
16 Mansfield Town 46 13 19 14 57 55 23 6 10 7 33 31 23 7 9 7 24 24 2 58
17 Harrogate Town 46 16 9 21 52 61 23 8 5 10 24 29 23 8 4 11 28 32 -9 57
18 Oldham Athletic 46 15 9 22 72 81 23 6 2 15 31 42 23 9 7 7 41 39 -9 54
19 Walsall 46 11 20 15 45 53 23 7 6 10 20 27 23 4 14 5 25 26 -8 53
20 Colchester United 46 11 18 17 44 61 23 10 7 6 32 26 23 1 11 11 12 35 -17 51
21 Barrow 46 13 11 22 53 59 23 7 8 8 32 32 23 6 3 14 21 27 -6 50
22 Scunthorpe United 46 13 9 24 41 64 23 7 6 10 22 28 23 6 3 14 19 36 -23 48
23 Southend United 46 10 15 21 29 58 23 5 6 12 16 29 23 5 9 9 13 29 -29 45
24 Grimsby Town 46 10 13 23 37 69 23 5 8 10 17 30 23 5 5 13 20 39 -32 43

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 3 3 0 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 4 9
2 Bradford City 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7
3 Mansfield Town 3 2 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 7
4 Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
5 Stevenage 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
6 Carlisle United 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 5
7 Tranmere Rovers 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 5
8 Leyton Orient 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
9 Swindon Town 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 4
10 Barrow 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
11 Harrogate Town 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
12 Hartlepool United 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 3
13 Crawley Town 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
14 Newport County 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
15 Bristol Rovers 3 1 0 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 3
16 Salford City 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 2
17 Colchester United 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
18 Port Vale 3 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 2
19 Scunthorpe United 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -2 2
20 Exeter City 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 2
21 Sutton United 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1
22 Rochdale 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 -2 1
23 Walsall 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 1
24 Oldham Athletic 3 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 3 -3 0

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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.