Gillingham visit Vale Park on Saturday for the League Two showdown with home team Port Vale.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Port Vale v Gillingham, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
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Port Vale
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Port Vale will be looking for another win after the 0-2 League Two success against AFC Wimbledon.
For Port Vale, the goals were scored by Jayden Stockley (64') and Jaheim Headley (67').
Matches with Port Vale have proved to be absorbing ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past half dozen games alone, a grand total of 23 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 16 of them coming from Port Vale. It will be interesting to see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Port Vale:
- have left without a victory over Gillingham in their previous 2 league games.
- have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
Gillingham
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Previously, Gillingham drew 1-1 in the League Two match with Swindon Town.
The only player to score from Gillingham was Joseph Gbode (61'). Will Wright (67') was the scorer for Swindon Town.
In their previous six outings, Gillingham have amassed the sum of 7 goals. Gillingham have also managed to score in every single one of those games. Over that period, theyโve seen 5 goals go into their own net.
Their prior results show that Gillingham:
- have not won against Port Vale in games played away from home for the previous 4 matches in the league. Not good at all.
- are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches away from home.
- are without a win away from home in their last 13 matches in the league. They clearly need to do something about it.
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Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 03/01/2015 shows that Port Vale have won 3 of these & Gillingham 1, with the tally of drawn games being 2.
13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 8 from The Valiants and 5 for The Gills. That is an average goals per game value of 2.17.
The last league meeting between the two was League Two match day 15 on 09/11/2024 when the final score was Gillingham 1-0 Port Vale.
The match was refereed by Alan Young.
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Team News: Port Vale
Availability isnโt a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Port Vale gaffer Darren Moore to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust group of players. Mitch Clark (Cartilage damage) is out of contention.
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Prediction
Port Vale will most probably create the chances to score more than once when they face Gillingham, who could well struggle getting on the scoresheet.
Our selection here is for a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning score for Port Vale come full-time.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the top odds for this match?
In terms of the bookiesโ odds on the win-draw-win market, a victory for Port Vale is available for 1.62, going for the game finishing all-square is 3.5 and selecting a win for Gillingham can be had at 6. Those are the top returns available at the current time.
Renata Leite,
14:03 29/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Port Vale
Formed: 1876
Stadium: Vale Park (15,695)
Captain: Ben Garrity
Chairman: Carol Shanahan
Manager: Darren Moore
Competitions: League Two position 2
๐ Key Man: Lorent Tolaj
Generally playing in the Striker position, Lorent Tolaj was born in Aigle, Switzerland. After having made a senior debut playing for Salford City in the 2022 - 2023 season, the talented Forward has managed 14 league goals in the League Two 2024 - 2025 campaign to date coming from a total of 36 appearances.