Ace Football previews the League Two round 8 match between Port Vale and Northampton and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.
When Northampton come to Vale Park for the League Two match on Saturday, Port Vale will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.
Placed 23th in the table Port Vale have amassed five points after seven matches. On six points, Northampton rank 22th with seven matches played this season.
Form: Port Vale vs Northampton
Port Vale Form
Port Vale are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Salford City by a 1-0 score, before winning 1-0 against Exeter. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 2-0 against Walsall. Port Vale only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent League Two matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew three and lost one, as they scored nine and conceded four goals.
Northampton Form
Northampton have only one win in their last three matches, as they did beat Newport by 1-0. Disappointment followed, going down 2-0 against Shrewsbury, and 0-1 against Rotherham. Northampton claimed two wins against two draws and two defeats in their last six away matches in the League Two. The scoreline from these matches reads five goals conceded and four scored.
Betting stats for Port Vale and Northampton
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Port Vale and Northampton. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In the last 14 Port Vale home matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In the last 14 Port Vale home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 14 of the last 16 Port Vale matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Port Vale home matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Port Vale home matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 35 of the last 37 Northampton matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 16 Northampton away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Northampton have lost 11 of the last 12 away matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In the last 11 Northampton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Northampton away matches in the League Two, the sum of goals was under 2.5
In-form players: Port Vale vs Northampton
George Byers found the target zero times in his previous six matches, whereas Logan Briggs just scored once in a similar number of matches.
Popular markets: Port Vale vs Northampton
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Vale Park across all tournaments Port Vale won three times, drew five and lost two times. Northampton claimed zero wins, one draw and nine defeats in their last 10 games away. Port Vale have not lost to Northampton in 6 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Port Vale scored the first goal of the match in four of their previous ten games. Curiously, Northampton only scored the opening goal of the match in one of the last ten away games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Port Vale managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, Northampton kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in two of Port Vale’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 0.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in one of Northampton’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.3 goals in these matches.
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