League Two: Accrington vs Port Vale – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League Two round 7 match between Accrington and Port Vale and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Port Vale go up against Accrington on Saturday for a League Two meeting at Wham Stadium.

Accrington are number 23 in the table on two points after six matches. Port Vale rank as number 8 with ten points after six matches played.

Team form: Accrington vs Port Vale

Accrington Form

In their previous three outings, Accrington drew 1-1 with Colchester, before losing 2-0 against Notts Co. and 0-1 against Crewe. Accrington only managed one meagre home win from a possible six at Wham Stadium in the League Two. They also drew three and lost two of these six encounters, in which they scored nine and conceded eight goals.

Port Vale Form

Port Vale won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-3 against Doncaster, before beating Newport 1-4. Another win followed, this time by 1-0 against Chesterfield. Port Vale recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the League Two, in which they banged in 11 goals, whilst conceding seven. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Betting stats and facts for Accrington and Port Vale

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Accrington and Port Vale. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Accrington vs Port Vale

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Tyler Walton, who is performing well for Accrington. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent League Two outings. He’ll be out to add more goals against Port Vale.The visitors will be looking to Ethan Chislett to find the net once again, after managing three League Two goals for Port Vale in recent matches.

Betting markets: Accrington vs Port Vale

Full-time result

Accrington won just one of their last 10 games at home, while drawing four. They lost five at Wham Stadium in this run of matches. Port Vale won four of their last 10 away games, whilst drawing one and losing five. Accrington have beaten Port Vale in 3 consecutive home league meetings

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Accrington scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Port Vale scored the opening goal in four of a possible ten games. Port Vale will feel optimistic about scoring this coming Saturday with Accrington managing a measly zero clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The latter fought their way to five clean sheets in their previous 10 games. Accrington have scored in 5 consecutive league meetings with Port Vale.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Accrington, who scored an average of 1.2 goals along the way. 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 1.5 goals in these matches. Somehow Accrington failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 11 matches.

Betting prediction: Accrington vs Port Vale

To sum up, the upcoming match between Accrington and Port Vale seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this League Two game.

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