AFC Wimbledon vs Port Vale Live Stream, Predictions (Apr 26)

📊 Form Guide

AFC Wimbledon

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AFC Wimbledon will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 League Two loss in their previous game against Gillingham.

Joseph Gbode (64') was the scorer for Gillingham.

AFC Wimbledon have really struggled up front in more recent games. Their ‘goals for’ figure stands at just 4 vs opponents during their previous 6 fixtures. In those games, AFC Wimbledon have also seen the number of goals against them total 5.

Their past results show that AFC Wimbledon:

• are winless against Port Vale in their last 2 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Port Vale

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In their previous game, Port Vale drew 2-2 in the League Two tie with Grimsby Town.

For Port Vale, the scorers were Lorent Tolaj (78') and Jesse Debrah (90'). Danny Rose (24', 52') was the scorer for Grimsby Town.

Illustrating their bias toward productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 22 times in the previous six games in which Port Vale have sent out their troops, giving a mean average of 3.67 goals each meeting. Their opponents have hit 7 of these goals. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, of course.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings dating back to 14/01/2012 shows that AFC Wimbledon have won 2 of these games and Port Vale 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

An aggregate of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 10 of them from The Dons and 11 belonging to The Valiants. That is an average goals per game value of 3.5.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was League Two match day 14 on 26/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Port Vale 3-2 AFC Wimbledon.

The match was refereed by Aaron Bannister.

ℹ️ Team News: AFC Wimbledon

Regarding absentees, there’s just one fitness concern for the AFC Wimbledon gaffer Johnnie Jackson to contend with thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Sam Hutchinson (Back injury) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Port Vale

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is only the one fitness problem for the Port Vale boss Darren Moore to be concerned about. Mitch Clark (Cartilage damage) won’t be playing here.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Port Vale must be fancied to find the back of the net against this AFC Wimbledon lineup, but it possibly won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.

Our tip is for a narrow 2-1 win for AFC Wimbledon at the end of this one. Should be a good one.

📚 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the full-time result market, the win for AFC Wimbledon can be had for 2.2, backing a drawn result is 3.2 and taking a punt on a win for Port Vale gets 3.3. They are the best of the returns that can be secured at the current time.

Andre Moura, 13:01 22/04/2025