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

Sat 5th Apr, 12:30 BST, Banks's Stadium, Walsall

It's an away match for Darren Moore's Port Vale side on Saturday lunch time, as they travel to the Banks's Stadium for a League Two tie with Matthew Sadler's Walsall. Analysing both sides' last 20 League Two matches, as well as baseline data within the competition and the market, to generate our percentage predictions. All the stats, including head-to-heads, are shown below, alongside the best odds.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Walsall and Port Vale will score a minimum of 2 between them during 90 mins. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 77%. Bookies have it priced at 1.30.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Walsall are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 49% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.10.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Walsall 49%	23/20 2%	-
Draw 25%	21/10 9%	-
Port Vale 26%	5/2 3%	-
Draw 1-1 12%	5/1 8%	-
Walsall 1-0 11%	5/1 20%	-
Walsall 2-1 9%	17/2 6%	-
Walsall 2-0 9%	8/1 10%	-
Port Vale 1-0 7%	15/2 15%	-
Draw 0-0 7%	6/1 26%	-
Port Vale 2-1 6%	12/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 5%	16/1 13%	-
Walsall 3-1 5%	20/1 24%	-
Walsall 3-0 5%	18/1	-
Port Vale 2-0 4%	16/1	-
Walsall 3-2 3%	33/1 17%	-
Port Vale 3-1 2%	33/1 17%	-
Walsall 4-1 2%	40/1	-
Port Vale 3-2 2%	40/1 21%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 51%	27/20 18%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 49%	4/7 13%	-
Home 1st Goal 52%	8/11 4%	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	8/5 8%	-
No 1st Goal 4%	6/1 26%	-
BTTS - Yes 53%	1/1 11%	-
BTTS - No 47%	8/11 9%	-
BTTS - Home Win 23%	9/2 22%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	15/4 6%	-
BTTS - Away Win 13%	15/2 31%	-
Home/draw 74%	2/7 1%	-
Away/draw 51%	4/6 2%	-
Home/away 75%	4/11 5%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 75%	4/9 11%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 25%	13/8 23%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 29%	7/2 29%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 71%	2/11 9%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 14%	10/1 57%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 86%	1/20 5%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 6%	22/1 35%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 94%	1/80 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 93%	1/12 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 7%	7/1 16%	-
Home DNB 67%	1/2 2%	-
Away DNB 43%	6/4 5%	-
Walsall win to nil 27%	12/5 3%	-
Port Vale win to nil 13%	9/2	-
Walsall / Walsall 23%	13/5 3%	-
Walsall / Port Vale 2%	33/1	-
Walsall / Draw 5%	14/1 15%	-
Draw / Walsall 16%	4/1	-
Draw / Port Vale 12%	6/1	-
Draw / Draw 19%	10/3 13%	-
Port Vale / Walsall 3%	28/1 12%	-
Port Vale / Port Vale 14%	5/1 9%	-
Port Vale / Draw 5%	14/1	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Walsall have played 40 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 40 games against teams below in the table, having won 20, drawn 12 and lost 8 matches. They have kept 13 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Walsall have outscored their opponents by 70 goals to 51 goals.

Home League Performance

Walsall have played 20 games at home winning 12, drawing 5 and losing 3 games. They have scored 42 goals, kept 5 clean sheets and conceded 26 goals at home.

Port Vale are in 3rd position in the League Two on 70 points having played 40 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

5 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 23 goals and kept 7 clean sheets. They have scored 24 goals in total and failed to score in 4 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 0 and won 1. Port Vale have conceded 3 goals, scored 3, failed to score in 1 fixture and have kept 1 clean sheet.

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	Walsall Port Vale
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Walsall Home	40	20	12	8	24	72	-	-	l 0-1A	Apr 5
2	Bradford	40	20	10	10	18	70	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
3	Port Vale Away	40	19	13	8	13	70	Apr 5	w 0-1F	-	-
4	Notts C	40	19	11	10	22	68	w 3-2F	w 1-2A	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
5	Doncaster	39	19	10	10	13	67	w 2-0F	d 2-2A	l 2-3A	w 1-2F
6	AFC Wim	40	18	11	11	22	65	d 1-1A	w 0-1F	w 3-2F	Apr 26
7	Grimsby	40	19	5	16	-3	62	l 1-3F	w 1-4F	Apr 21	l 3-0A
8	Crewe	40	15	16	9	8	61	d 1-1A	May 3	d 1-1F	w 0-1F
9	Colchester	40	14	17	9	8	59	w 4-0F	l 2-1F	d 1-1F	l 2-1A
10	Chesterfield	39	16	10	13	16	58	w 3-1A	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	d 1-1F
11	Salford	39	15	12	12	4	57	d 2-2A	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
12	Fleetwood	40	14	14	12	8	56	l 2-6F	l 2-0A	w 3-1F	d 1-1A
13	Bromley	40	13	14	13	1	53	d 2-2F	d 2-2A	Apr 12	d 0-00-0
14	Swindon	40	12	15	13	0	51	l 0-1A	w 0-4F	w 2-1F	d 3-3A
15	Cheltenham	40	13	11	16	-8	50	w 2-1F	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
16	Barrow	40	13	10	17	-3	49	w 1-0F	Apr 12	l 0-1A	l 4-0A
17	Newport	40	13	8	19	-16	47	w 2-0F	Apr 21	w 3-2A	w 1-4F
18	MK Dons	40	13	7	20	-11	46	w 4-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	w 0-1F
19	Gillingham	39	11	12	16	-8	45	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	May 3	l 1-0A
20	Harrogate	40	12	9	19	-18	45	Apr 18	w 0-2F	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F
21	Accrington	40	10	12	18	-13	42	Apr 26	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	d 2-2A
22	Tranmere	40	9	13	18	-26	40	w 5-1F	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	d 1-1A
23	Morecambe	40	10	6	24	-21	36	w 1-0F	w 0-2F	w 1-0F	w 0-1F
24	Carlisle	40	7	10	23	-30	31	w 3-1F	d 1-1F	d 0-00-0	Apr 18

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Win / draw / win form

Walsall have drawn 4 consecutive league games

Walsall have not won in 8 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Walsall	1 - 1	AFC Wim
Walsall	1 - 3	Grimsby
Walsall	0 - 1	Swindon
Walsall	3 - 1	Chesterfield
Walsall	1 - 1	Gillingham
Walsall	2 - 2	Salford
Walsall	4 - 2	MK Dons
Walsall	5 - 1	Tranmere
Walsall	2 - 0	Newport
Walsall	2 - 0	Doncaster
Walsall	1 - 0	Barrow
Walsall	3 - 2	Notts C
Walsall	2 - 2	Bromley
Walsall	1 - 1	Crewe
Walsall	3 - 1	Carlisle
Walsall	2 - 6	Fleetwood
Walsall	4 - 0	Colchester
Walsall	2 - 1	Bradford
Walsall	2 - 1	Cheltenham
Walsall	1 - 0	Morecambe

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Walsall	2 - 2	Doncaster
H	Walsall	1 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Walsall	0 - 0	Gillingham
A	Walsall	2 - 2	Bromley
H	Walsall	1 - 3	Grimsby
A	Walsall	1 - 1	Carlisle
H	Walsall	0 - 1	Swindon
A	Walsall	2 - 2	Cheltenham
A	Walsall	2 - 0	Morecambe
H	Walsall	3 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Walsall	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Walsall	1 - 2	Colchester
H	Walsall	2 - 2	Salford
A	Walsall	0 - 2	Fleetwood
A	Walsall	0 - 3	Bradford
H	Walsall	4 - 2	MK Dons
H	Walsall	5 - 1	Tranmere
A	Walsall	2 - 1	Notts C
H	Walsall	2 - 0	Newport
H	Walsall	2 - 0	Doncaster

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crewe	0 - 1	Port Vale
Colchester	2 - 1	Port Vale
Fleetwood	1 - 1	Port Vale
Tranmere	1 - 1	Port Vale
Swindon	3 - 3	Port Vale
Chesterfield	1 - 1	Port Vale
Doncaster	1 - 2	Port Vale
Grimsby	3 - 0	Port Vale
Bradford	2 - 1	Port Vale
Bromley	0 - 0	Port Vale
Cheltenham	1 - 1	Port Vale
Morecambe	0 - 1	Port Vale
Gillingham	1 - 0	Port Vale
Harrogate	0 - 1	Port Vale
MK Dons	0 - 1	Port Vale
Notts C	0 - 1	Port Vale
Accrington	2 - 2	Port Vale
Newport	1 - 4	Port Vale
Barrow	4 - 0	Port Vale
Salford	0 - 2	Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Port Vale	2 - 0	Bradford
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	Crewe
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Barrow
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Morecambe
H	Port Vale	3 - 0	MK Dons
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Colchester
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Harrogate
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Tranmere
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Salford
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Notts C
A	Port Vale	3 - 3	Swindon
H	Port Vale	2 - 1	Accrington
A	Port Vale	1 - 1	Chesterfield
H	Port Vale	3 - 2	Newport
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

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Walsall have beaten Port Vale in 5 consecutive league meetings

Walsall have not lost to Port Vale in 7 consecutive league meetings

Walsall have kept a clean sheet in 3 consecutive league meetings with Port Vale

Walsall

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

6 / 11

7 / 11

Clean sheets

4 / 11

5 / 11

WLS

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Walsall
Walsall	2 - 0
Walsall	4 - 3
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Port Vale
Walsall	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Port Vale
	0 - 2	Port Vale
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Walsall	3 - 2
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Port Vale

Walsall

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 12

10 / 12

Clean sheets

2 / 12

5 / 12

WLS

PTV

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
	0 - 1	Walsall
	0 - 1	Walsall
	1 - 3	Walsall
	0 - 1	Walsall
	0 - 1	Walsall
	0 - 5	Walsall
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Port Vale	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Port Vale	3 - 2
Port Vale	2 - 0
	1 - 2	Walsall

Goal Statistics

	Walsall 1st	Port Vale 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Walsall will score 1 or more goals	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Port Vale will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+17 Walsall have scored 17% more goals at home than predicted	-7 Port Vale’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.1 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.3 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2024/2025 season

19%

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WLS

PTV

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Games scored	33		30
Failed to score	7		10
Scored first	25		21
Goals scored	70		51
Avg. goals scored	1.8		1.3
Avg. shots per game	10		8
Avg. shots per goal	5		6
Conversion rate for	18		16
Avg. XG for	1.7		1.3
KickOff rating		+19%

WLS

PTV

12%

better

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Games conceded	27		24
Clean sheets	13		16
Conceded first	13		14
Goals conceded	46		38
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	6		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		8
Conversion rate against	19%		13%
Avg. XG against	0.9		1.1
KickOff rating		+12%

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

Walsall League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
39	12	9	12
R Stirk	J Matt	C Barrett	C Barrett

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Allen DEF	39	9	7	3 1
R Stirk MID	39	1	3	2 -
D Okagbue DEF	38	2	3	10 -
L Gordon DEF	38	2	1	11 -
C Barrett DEF	38		9	12 -
J Jellis MID	37	5	2	10 -
J Matt FWD	37	12	2	8 -
A Adomah FWD	36	5	4	3 -
T. Simkim GLK	35			3 -
C Lakin MID	34	2	1	2 -
O McEntee DEF	26		2	8 -
H Williams DEF	26	3		6 -
D Johnson FWD	22	5		-
J Earing MID	20	2		-
B Comley MID	17			1 -
E Weir DEF	13		3	2 -
L Amantchi FWD	12	2		-
G Hall MID	8	1	1	-
E Harrison FWD	8	3	1	1 -
J Gordon FWD	8	1		1 -
D Daniels DEF	6			1 -
S Hornby GLK	5			-
N Asiimwe DEF	5			1 -
P Farquharson DEF	3			1 -
E. Wheatley FWD	3			-
A Chang MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
12	23	9	29
J Matt	J Matt	C Barrett	T Allen

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Matt FWD	12	23	2	16
T Allen DEF	9	18	7	29
D Johnson FWD	5	8
J Jellis MID	5	18	2	17
A Adomah FWD	5	9	4	14
H Williams DEF	3	3		3
E Harrison FWD	3	3	1
L Amantchi FWD	2	5		2
J Earing MID	2	5		7
C Lakin MID	2	11	1	17
L Gordon DEF	2	11	1	20
D Okagbue DEF	2	4	3	13
J Gordon FWD	1	2
G Hall MID	1	1	1	4
R Stirk MID	1	8	3	19
B Comley MID				1
E Weir DEF		1	3	6
O McEntee DEF		5	2	6
C Barrett DEF		5	9	23
T. Simkim GLK				2
D Daniels DEF				1
N Asiimwe DEF				1
E. Wheatley FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1328	74	270
R Stirk	R Stirk	J Matt

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
R Stirk MID	1328	74	161
T Allen DEF	1289	43	157
J Jellis MID	1023	56	164
D Okagbue DEF	993	40	201
L Gordon DEF	972	58	157
T. Simkim GLK	788		15
C Barrett DEF	697	74	174
H Williams DEF	663	24	145
J Matt FWD	590	24	270
C Lakin MID	588	58	120
O McEntee DEF	535	44	153
J Earing MID	230	13	35
A Adomah FWD	229	24	52
E Weir DEF	227	11	30
B Comley MID	184	10	26
S Hornby GLK	162		3
D Daniels DEF	84	2	16
N Asiimwe DEF	71	4	12
G Hall MID	64	14	22
L Amantchi FWD	61	4	33
E Harrison FWD	61	4	31
J Gordon FWD	56	7	24
D Johnson FWD	39		6
P Farquharson DEF	35	3	7
E. Wheatley FWD	11	5	10
A Chang MID	3		1

Port Vale League Two squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	9	7	9
C Hall	L Tolaj	J Stockley	R Croasdale

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Croasdale MID	39	3	4	9 -
C Hall DEF	38			5 -
R Curtis FWD	36	5	5	4 1
L Tolaj FWD	31	9	6	4 -
J Stockley FWD	31	9	7	5 -
J Debrah DEF	29	1		5 -
T Sang DEF	28		2	2 3
K John DEF	26		2	4 -
B Garrity MID	26	4	2	3 -
B Heneghan DEF	25			4 -
E Chislett MID	25	4	1	4 -
R Richards MID	23	3	3	1 -
A Hackford FWD	22	4	1	1 -
N Smith DEF	18		1	2 -
S Hart DEF	18			2 -
B Amos GLK	17			1 -
G Byers MID	17	1		2 -
R Harper MID	15	1		3 1
M Clark DEF	14	1		2 1
J Shorrock MID	13	1	2	3 -
J Lowe MID	11			1 -
J. Umolu FWD	8			-
R. Walters MID	7			-
J. Headley DEF	5	1	1	-
D Edwards MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
9	26	7	18
L Tolaj	J Stockley	J Stockley	T Sang

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Tolaj FWD	9	22	6	15
J Stockley FWD	9	26	7	16
R Curtis FWD	5	20	5	15
A Hackford FWD	4	9	1	5
B Garrity MID	4	8	2	8
E Chislett MID	4	10	1	15
R Richards MID	3	8	3	13
R Croasdale MID	3	9	4	16
G Byers MID	1	3		8
R Harper MID	1	4		2
J. Headley DEF	1	4	1	1
J Debrah DEF	1	3		1
J Shorrock MID	1	2	2	5
M Clark DEF	1	1		5
J. Umolu FWD				1
J Lowe MID				2
K John DEF		2	2	8
B Heneghan DEF		3		1
S Hart DEF				1
N Smith DEF		2	1	5
C Hall DEF		9		8
T Sang DEF			2	18

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1736	95	318
C Hall	R Croasdale	J Stockley

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	1736	51	248
R Croasdale MID	1322	95	206
J Debrah DEF	919	38	136
T Sang DEF	875	48	119
B Garrity MID	777	37	144
K John DEF	673	48	133
L Tolaj FWD	644	24	133
B Heneghan DEF	623	11	115
R Curtis FWD	605	40	161
J Stockley FWD	569	18	318
E Chislett MID	542	31	100
G Byers MID	519	44	79
N Smith DEF	479	16	126
B Amos GLK	428		13
R Harper MID	320	14	50
S Hart DEF	293	26	70
M Clark DEF	262	18	55
R Richards MID	230	22	70
J Shorrock MID	210	16	30
R. Walters MID	133	12	44
A Hackford FWD	123	8	45
J Lowe MID	117	3	9
J. Headley DEF	94	12	28
J. Umolu FWD	17	2	9
D Edwards MID	1		1

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

Walsall have played 40 matches so far this season and lay in 1st place in the League Two league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Home League Performance

Port Vale are in 3rd position in the League Two on 70 points having played 40 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

Performance against teams above them in the league

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

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