Port Vale vs Brentford Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Port Vale

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Port Vale will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-1 League Two loss in their previous game against Newport County.

The only name on the scoresheet from Port Vale was Ben Garrity (25'). Dominic Telford (69') and Finn Azaz (75') scored for Newport County.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games where Port Vale have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Port Vale have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals along the way.

Brentford

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Brentford head into the game following on from a 2-1 Premier League win vs Aston Villa in their last match.

In that game, Brentford managed 45% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Brentford, the goals were scored by Yoane Wissa (42') and Mads Roerslev (83'). For their opponents, Aston Villa had 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Danny Ings (16') scored for Aston Villa.

The stats don’t lie, and Brentford have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. At the back, Brentford have some weaknesses to address. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 16/12/2006 shows us that Port Vale have won 1 of these games and Brentford 4, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

17 goals were produced between them in these games, with 5 from The Valiants and 12 netted by The Bees. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league clash between these clubs was League One match day 26 on 11/01/2014 and the score finished Brentford 2-0 Port Vale.

The referee was Phil Gibbs.

📋 Team News: Port Vale

The Port Vale manager Darrell Clarke will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go.

🗞️ Team News: Brentford

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has a number of players out of action. David Raya (Knee Injury) and Josh Dasilva (Hip Injury) are those who can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that Port Vale have it in them to score against this Brentford side, but a single goal probably won’t quite be enough to give them the result that they want.

We therefore reckon that it will be a very close game with a 1-2 advantage for Brentford at the end of the match. There looks to be little in this one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:19 04/01/2022