League One: Huddersfield vs Port Vale – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One game between Huddersfield and Port Vale who meet up this coming Friday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Form hasn’t been great recently for Huddersfield, who hope to turn things around against Port Vale this coming Friday. This is a round 22 match in the current League One campaign, and they face each other at John Smith’s Stadium.

Huddersfield approach round 22 as number 7 in the League One table with 31 points on their account so far. With 21 rounds behind them, Port Vale have amassed 15 points, placing them as number 24 in the standings.

Form: Huddersfield vs Port Vale

Huddersfield Form

In their last three matches, Huddersfield drew 1-1 with Northampton before recording another draw with Wigan in a 1-1 match and beat Rotherham with a 1-3 scoreline. Huddersfield only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at John Smith’s Stadium in the League One. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded nine goals.

Port Vale Form

Port Vale have been inconsistent in their last three matches. They claimed a 1-0 win against Bristol Rovers, before drawing 2-2 with Luton. This little streak came to an end, when Peterborough proved too strong in a 0-1 defeat for Port Vale. Port Vale claimed just one win from the last six away games in the League One. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by nine goals to five.

Betting stats and facts for Huddersfield and Port Vale

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

Players on top: Huddersfield vs Port Vale

Leo Castledine found the target five times in his previous six matches, whereas Devante Cole just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Popular markets: Huddersfield vs Port Vale

Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at John Smith’s Stadium across all tournaments Huddersfield won four times, drew three and lost three times. Port Vale claimed four wins, two draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Huddersfield have beaten Port Vale in 3 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Huddersfield scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Port Vale got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Both teams have scored in the last 5 consecutive home games Huddersfield played. Port Vale will feel optimistic about scoring on Friday with Huddersfield managing a measly one clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to three clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Port Vale have scored in 6 consecutive meetings with Huddersfield when playing at away ground.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Huddersfield’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.2 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Port Vale’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.6 goals in these matches. Amazingly, Huddersfield failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 matches.