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Port Vale v Newport County : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 18th Jan, 15:00 BST, Vale Park, Stoke

Port Vale and Newport County clash at the Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, with both Darren Moore and Nélson Marques Jardim hoping for success in the League Two. Our aim is to give you all the tools you need to make a smart, well-informed bet on this tie, so we've sifted through our expansive database and found the stats that are most significant. Head-to-head and recent form are included, and these are used to generate our predictions. Odds from leading bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

Under 3.5 goals simply means that there will be a maximum of 3 goals scored by Port Vale and Newport combined during 90 mins. Latest form stats and historical head-to-head (H2H) records have led us to this conclusion, and we're suggest there's a 74% chance of it being right on the money. The best price currently available on under 3.5 goals is 1.40.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Port Vale are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.48.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Port Vale 56%	12/25	-
Draw 24%	16/5	-
Newport 20%	11/2	-
Port Vale 1-0 13%	6/1	-
Draw 1-1 11%	7/1	-
Port Vale 2-0 11%	6/1	-
Port Vale 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Draw 0-0 8%	11/1	-
Newport 1-0 7%	16/1	-
Port Vale 3-0 6%	9/1	-
Port Vale 3-1 5%	11/1	-
Newport 2-1 5%	20/1	-
Draw 2-2 4%	16/1	-
Newport 2-0 3%	33/1	-
Port Vale 4-0 3%	18/1	-
Port Vale 3-2 2%	25/1	-
Port Vale 4-1 2%	20/1	-
Newport 3-1 2%	50/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	3/4	-
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	21/20	-
Home 1st Goal 55%	1/3	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	5/2	-
No 1st Goal 5%	11/1	-
BTTS - Yes 48%	5/6	-
BTTS - No 52%	5/6	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	9/4	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	9/2	-
BTTS - Away Win 9%	11/1	-
Home/draw 80%	1/9	-
Away/draw 44%	13/8	-
Home/away 76%	2/9	-
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	2/9	-
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	3/1	-
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	7/4	-
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	2/5	-
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	9/2	-
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/7	-
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	10/1	-
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/20	-
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/25	-
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	11/1	-
Home DNB 73%	1/6	-
Away DNB 36%	4/1	-
Port Vale win to nil 34%	6/4	-
Newport win to nil 11%	10/1	-
Port Vale / Port Vale 37%	5/4	-
Port Vale / Newport 2%	40/1	-
Port Vale / Draw 5%	14/1	-
Draw / Port Vale 21%	3/1	-
Draw / Newport 6%	12/1	-
Draw / Draw 13%	11/2	-
Newport / Port Vale 4%	20/1	-
Newport / Newport 7%	10/1	-
Newport / Draw 5%	16/1	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Port Vale have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 22 games against teams below in the table, having won 10, drawn 7 and lost 5 matches. They have kept 9 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. They have been outscored by their opponents by 30 goals to 29 goals.

Home League Performance

Port Vale have played 11 games at home winning 4, drawing 5 and losing 2 games. They have scored 13 goals, kept 4 clean sheets and conceded 10 goals at home.

Newport are in 18th position in the League Two on 26 points having played 23 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 24 goals and kept 4 clean sheets. They have scored 11 goals in total and failed to score in 6 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

18 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn 5 and won 5. Newport have conceded 32 goals, scored 25, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 5 clean sheets.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Port Vale Newport
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall	23	16	4	3	23	52	l 0-1A	Apr 5	Apr 21	l 2-0A
2	Crewe	24	11	9	4	11	42	d 1-1F	Mar 29	w 2-1F	Feb 8
3	Salford	24	12	6	6	10	42	Feb 22	w 0-2F	w 3-1F	Jan 28
4	Port Vale Home	25	11	8	6	4	41	-	-	l 1-4A	Jan 18
5	AFC Wim	23	12	4	7	16	40	w 3-2F	Apr 26	l 1-2A	d 2-2A
6	Notts C	24	11	7	6	12	40	Feb 13	w 0-1F	Mar 29	d 0-00-0
7	Doncaster	25	11	7	7	5	40	l 2-3A	w 1-2F	w 3-1A	Mar 1
8	Bradford	24	10	8	6	6	38	Apr 1	l 2-1A	Feb 15	l 3-1A
9	Grimsby	25	12	1	12	-4	37	Apr 21	l 3-0A	d 0-00-0	Mar 22
10	Chesterfield	24	9	7	8	9	34	w 1-0F	Jan 25	l 0-3A	Mar 8
11	MK Dons	23	10	4	9	5	34	Mar 15	w 0-1F	w 6-3F	Apr 18
12	Bromley	24	8	10	6	5	34	Apr 12	d 0-00-0	Apr 1	l 5-2A
13	Cheltenham	24	8	7	9	-2	31	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A	Feb 22	l 3-2A
14	Gillingham	23	9	3	11	-2	30	May 3	l 1-0A	Mar 4	w 0-2F
15	Barrow	24	7	7	10	-3	28	Jan 11	l 4-0A	Feb 1	l 2-0A
16	Fleetwood	22	6	9	7	0	27	w 3-1F	Mar 8	d 0-00-0	Apr 26
17	Colchester	24	5	12	7	0	27	d 1-1F	Jan 28	Apr 12	d 0-00-0
18	Newport Away	23	7	5	11	-10	26	Jan 18	w 1-4F	-	-
19	Accrington	23	6	7	10	-8	25	Feb 1	d 2-2A	w 3-1F	-
20	Tranmere	23	6	7	10	-15	25	d 0-00-0	Mar 1	May 3	l 2-1A
21	Harrogate	25	7	4	14	-16	25	Mar 4	w 0-1F	Mar 15	l 1-0A
22	Swindon	25	5	9	11	-10	24	w 2-1F	Feb 8	Jan 24	l 4-0A
23	Morecambe	24	5	5	14	-17	20	Mar 22	w 0-1F	Feb 4	w 0-1F
24	Carlisle	24	4	6	14	-19	18	d 0-00-0	Apr 18	Feb 11	Apr 5

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Win / draw / win form

Newport have lost 3 consecutive league games

Newport have not won in 6 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cheltenham
Port Vale	0 - 0	Carlisle
Port Vale	0 - 1	Walsall
Port Vale	1 - 1	Crewe
Port Vale	3 - 2	AFC Wim
Port Vale	3 - 1	Fleetwood
Port Vale	1 - 1	Colchester
Port Vale	2 - 1	Swindon
Port Vale	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Port Vale	2 - 3	Doncaster
Port Vale	0 - 0	Tranmere
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cambridge
Port Vale	1 - 2	Wycombe
Port Vale	2 - 4	Exeter
Port Vale	2 - 0	Bristol R
Port Vale	0 - 2	Oxford Utd
Port Vale	1 - 2	Shrewsbury
Port Vale	2 - 2	Fleetwood
Port Vale	0 - 2	Lincoln
Port Vale	2 - 2	Stevenage

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Port Vale	2 - 1	Doncaster
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Port Vale	0 - 3	Grimsby
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Bradford
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Carlisle
A	Port Vale	0 - 0	Bromley
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Walsall
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Cheltenham
H	Port Vale	1 - 1	Crewe
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	Morecambe
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Gillingham
H	Port Vale	3 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	Harrogate
H	Port Vale	3 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	MK Dons
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	Notts C
H	Port Vale	1 - 1	Colchester
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Swindon
A	Port Vale	2 - 2	Accrington
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Chesterfield

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	2 - 0	Newport
Bromley	5 - 2	Newport
Colchester	0 - 0	Newport
AFC Wim	2 - 2	Newport
Notts C	0 - 0	Newport
Tranmere	2 - 1	Newport
Gillingham	0 - 2	Newport
Harrogate	1 - 0	Newport
Bradford	3 - 1	Newport
Barrow	2 - 0	Newport
Swindon	4 - 0	Newport
Morecambe	0 - 1	Newport
Cheltenham	3 - 2	Newport
Bradford	4 - 1	Newport
Grimsby	1 - 0	Newport
Colchester	2 - 1	Newport
Barrow	1 - 0	Newport
AFC Wim	0 - 2	Newport
Stockport	1 - 0	Newport
Harrogate	1 - 4	Newport

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Newport	1 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Newport	0 - 2	Walsall
A	Newport	2 - 5	Bromley
H	Newport	6 - 3	MK Dons
A	Newport	0 - 0	Colchester
A	Newport	2 - 2	AFC Wim
A	Newport	0 - 0	Notts C
H	Newport	0 - 0	Grimsby
A	Newport	1 - 2	Tranmere
H	Newport	0 - 0	Fleetwood
A	Newport	2 - 0	Gillingham
H	Newport	0 - 3	Chesterfield
A	Newport	0 - 1	Harrogate
A	Newport	1 - 3	Bradford
H	Newport	3 - 1	Salford
H	Newport	2 - 1	Crewe
A	Newport	0 - 2	Barrow
A	Newport	0 - 4	Swindon
H	Newport	1 - 4	Port Vale
A	Newport	1 - 0	Morecambe

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Port Vale

Newport

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 4

Clean sheets

1 / 4

PTV

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FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
	1 - 2	Newport
Port Vale	2 - 1
	1 - 2	Newport
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Newport

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 6

3 / 6

Clean sheets

3 / 6

1 / 6

PTV

NEW

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Newport
	1 - 4	Port Vale
Newport	2 - 1
Newport	1 - 0
Newport	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

	Port Vale 4th	Newport 18th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 26% 3 15% 4+ 9% There is a 82% probability that Port Vale will score 1 or more goals	0 41% 1 37% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Newport scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-19 Port Vale have scored 19% fewer goals at home than predicted	-7 Newport’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.7 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

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Games scored	17		14
Failed to score	8		9
Scored first	13		6
Goals scored	29		30
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		5
Conversion rate for	14		20
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.1
KickOff rating		+5%

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Games conceded	15		17
Clean sheets	10		6
Conceded first	8		13
Goals conceded	25		40
Avg. goals conceded	1		1.7
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	8		6
Conversion rate against	13%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.1		1.7
KickOff rating		+28%

Port Vale v Newport League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Port Vale League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
24	4	4	6
C Hall	J Stockley	J Stockley	R Croasdale

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Hall DEF	24			2 -
R Croasdale MID	24	3	2	6 -
C Ripley GLK	23			1 -
R Curtis FWD	22	2	2	3 -
B Heneghan DEF	21			3 -
J Stockley FWD	21	4	4	4 -
T Sang DEF	20		1	1 1
E Chislett MID	20	4	1	3 -
J Debrah DEF	19	1		4 -
B Cover MID	19	2		3 -
R Paton FWD	19	1	1	2 -
L Tolaj FWD	18	3	4	2 -
R Richards MID	17	2	2	1 -
B Garrity MID	16	2	1	3 -
K John DEF	15		1	2 -
S Hart DEF	11			1 -
J Lowe MID	10			1 -
G Byers MID	8	1		2 -
J Shorrock MID	8	1	1	1 -
B. Baker-Boatiey FWD	8		1	2 -
N Smith DEF	4			-
C Grant MID	4			-
M Clark DEF	3			-
B Amos GLK	2			-
D Edwards MID	1			-
J Plant FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	16	4	15
J Stockley	J Stockley	J Stockley	T Sang

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E Chislett MID	4	10	1	15
J Stockley FWD	4	16	4	12
R Croasdale MID	3	5	2	11
L Tolaj FWD	3	9	4	8
B Garrity MID	2	3	1	4
R Richards MID	2	7	2	13
B Cover MID	2	2		9
R Curtis FWD	2	11	2	11
J Debrah DEF	1	1		1
J Shorrock MID	1	2	1	3
R Paton FWD	1	4	1	11
G Byers MID	1	2		8
M Clark DEF				1
C Grant MID				7
N Smith DEF				1
B. Baker-Boatiey FWD			1	6
C Hall DEF		4		7
J Lowe MID				1
S Hart DEF				2
K John DEF		1	1	7
T Sang DEF			1	15
B Heneghan DEF		3		1
C Ripley GLK				2

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1207	64	225
C Hall	B Cover	J Stockley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	1207	28	153
C Ripley GLK	911		15
R Croasdale MID	848	61	126
T Sang DEF	695	32	90
J Debrah DEF	643	25	80
B Heneghan DEF	607	10	112
B Garrity MID	555	25	101
E Chislett MID	483	26	85
B Cover MID	468	64	127
R Curtis FWD	392	20	100
J Stockley FWD	365	13	225
K John DEF	347	20	56
L Tolaj FWD	334	15	59
R Paton FWD	221	8	24
G Byers MID	209	20	37
R Richards MID	200	18	62
S Hart DEF	196	21	51
J Shorrock MID	151	15	25
C Grant MID	131	6	16
J Lowe MID	99	3	7
N Smith DEF	79	4	34
B Amos GLK	52		1
M Clark DEF	44	2	8
B. Baker-Boatiey FWD	29	2	4
J Plant FWD	4	1	2
D Edwards MID	1		1

Newport League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
21	4	5	6
N Townsend	K Hudlin	A Driscoll-Glennon	A Driscoll-Glennon

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Townsend GLK	21			2 -
K Evans MID	21	1	2	2 -
B Kamwa FWD	21	3	3	2 -
C Antwi MID	20		1	2 -
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	19		5	6 -
C Brennan DEF	19			2 1
B Morris MID	19	3	2	1 -
M Baker DEF	18	3		2 -
K Hudlin FWD	18	4	1	3 -
K Jameson DEF	17			3 2
C Baker-Richardson FWD	17	3	1	3 -
M Spellman FWD	16	2		1 -
C Evans DEF	15	1		5 -
A Wildig MID	15	4		4 -
S McLoughlin FWD	14	1	1	2 -
K. Whitmore MID	12	2		1 -
O. Greaves MID	12	2		-
L Jephcott FWD	12		2	1 -
N Mawene MID	9			1 -
J. Miley MID	6			1 -
J Clarke DEF	5			1 -
J. Thomas DEF	4			-
K Rai FWD	4			-
J Carney GLK	2			-
H. Kargbo FWD	2			-
N. Sanca DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	12	5	16
K Hudlin	K Hudlin	A Driscoll-Glennon	A Driscoll-Glennon

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
K Hudlin FWD	4	12	1	10
A Wildig MID	4	7		8
B Kamwa FWD	3	11	3	12
B Morris MID	3	6	2	11
M Baker DEF	3	3		2
C Baker-Richardson FWD	3	3	1	4
O. Greaves MID	2	3		2
K. Whitmore MID	2	4		3
M Spellman FWD	2	9		6
C Evans DEF	1	1		3
S McLoughlin FWD	1	2	1	8
K Evans MID	1	6	2	12
J. Miley MID				1
J Clarke DEF				1
N Mawene MID		1		1
L Jephcott FWD		1	2	3
K Jameson DEF				3
C Brennan DEF		2		3
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF		1	5	16
C Antwi MID		2	1	3

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
892	33	114
B Morris	C Brennan	K Hudlin

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
B Morris MID	892	28	88
C Brennan DEF	850	33	79
N Townsend GLK	772	1	26
M Baker DEF	735	25	82
A Driscoll-Glennon DEF	681	32	67
S McLoughlin FWD	572	18	78
K Evans MID	494	19	54
A Wildig MID	427	24	43
C Evans DEF	392	30	72
K Jameson DEF	390	11	49
C Antwi MID	364	23	53
B Kamwa FWD	304	15	65
K Hudlin FWD	289	13	114
C Baker-Richardson FWD	195	6	87
J Clarke DEF	189	2	30
K. Whitmore MID	168	15	45
M Spellman FWD	148	18	51
N Mawene MID	147	13	31
J. Miley MID	125	5	20
O. Greaves MID	97	2	16
L Jephcott FWD	96	4	20
J Carney GLK	69		3
J. Thomas DEF	60	2	5
N. Sanca DEF	30	2	5
K Rai FWD	20		2
H. Kargbo FWD	3	1	5

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Port Vale v Newport County : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Port Vale have played 25 matches so far this season and lay in 4th place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Newport are in 18th position in the League Two on 26 points having played 23 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

Port Vale v Newport League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

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