League One: Port Vale vs Lincoln City – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 46 match between Port Vale and Lincoln City and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

When Lincoln City come to Vale Park for the League One match this coming Saturday, Port Vale will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Lincoln City have taken the lead in the League One after collecting 100 points from their initial 45 encounters. Port Vale trail them by 42 points after 45 rounds, leaving them as number 22 in the table.

Form: Port Vale vs Lincoln City

Port Vale Form

Port Vale suffered a couple of disappointments in their last three matches, as they were run over by Cardiff in a 1-0 defeat. Plymouth also proved too hard to handle, as they won 2-1, before Port Vale were able to strike back last time out in a 1-2 win against Stockport County. Port Vale only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent League One matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored two and conceded two goals.

Lincoln City Form

In their last three matches, Lincoln City drew 2-2 with Stevenage, beat Doncaster by 0-2 and beat Wycombe by 4-3. Lincoln City recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the League One, in which they banged in 11 goals, whilst conceding five. They remained undefeated, but did draw twice.

Betting facts for Port Vale and Lincoln City

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Port Vale and Lincoln City. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Port Vale vs Lincoln City

It’s been a great season for Jack Moylan so far with 11 goals to his name across all tournaments this season. He also hit the target three times in his last six games, and no doubt Lincoln City want him to continue this productive spell against Port Valeon Saturday.

Betting markets: Port Vale vs Lincoln City

Full-time result

Port Vale claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in five of the games, whilst losing one. Lincoln City won seven of their last 10 games away, drew three and lost zero of the games in this run. Port Vale didn’t lose any of their previous 5 matches at Vale Park. Lincoln City struck a rich vein of form some weeks ago, as they are now without defeat in nothing less than 28 matches in a row. Good luck taking on Lincoln City currently, as they look back on an excellent streak of 13 away games without defeat. Lincoln City have not lost to Port Vale in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Surprisingly, Port Vale only scored the first goal of the match in three out of their last ten games. Impressively, Lincoln City scored the first goal in eight out of previous ten games. Port Vale managed the first goal of the game in only three of those 10 previous games played. Meanwhile, Lincoln City were first on target in eight of their last 10 outings.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Port Vale, who scored an average of 0.7 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Lincoln City, who scored 2.2 times on average in these matches. Lincoln City are on a fine streak of scoring at least one goal in their last 30 matches.