Ace Football previews the League One game between Barnsley and Port Vale who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Barnsley enjoy home advantage, when visitors Port Vale swing by this coming Saturday for a clash in the League One. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.
Barnsley are number 6 in the table on 16 points after eight matches. Port Vale rank as number 19 with eight points after nine matches played.
Form: Barnsley vs Port Vale
Barnsley Form
In their last three matches, Barnsley won 3-2 against Reading, before losing 1-0 against Blackpool and 0-6 to Brighton. Barnsley won three of their previous six matches at Oakwell Stadium in the League One. They drew two and suffered one defeats, scoring 12 goals to nine against.
Port Vale Form
Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Port Vale. They first took out Exeter by 0-2 before downing Mansfield by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against Arsenal, who ran out 0-2 winners. Port Vale managed to win just once in their past six away games in the League One. On top of winning once they also drew one as well as losing four, while scoring eight time and letting in three.
Betting stats for Barnsley and Port Vale
Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Barnsley and Port Vale played across all tournaments.
- In 8 of the last 10 Barnsley home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barnsley have won 5 of the last 6 home matches and the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barnsley have won 5 of the last 6 home matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 6 of the last 8 Barnsley home matches in the League One, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barnsley have won 3 of the last 4 home matches in the League One while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- In 23 of the last 24 Port Vale away matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 20 of the last 22 Port Vale matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Port Vale matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 11 of the last 13 Port Vale away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Port Vale away matches in the League One, the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players on top: Barnsley vs Port Vale
Davis Keillor-Dunn has three strikes in six League One matches for Barnsley, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Port Vale. The visitors are looking to Devante Cole, who has provided his team with three League One goals.
Popular betting markets: Barnsley vs Port Vale
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Oakwell Stadium across all tournaments Barnsley won five times, drew three and lost two times. Port Vale claimed six wins, one draw and three defeats in their last 10 games away. Barnsley have beaten Port Vale in 4 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Barnsley scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Port Vale scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 9 consecutive home games Barnsley played. Port Vale managed two wins without conceding a goal in their previous 10 matches. Barnsley have scored in 12 consecutive league meetings with Port Vale.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Barnsley’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.5 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Port Vale’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.2 goals in these matches.
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