Gillingham visit Vale Park on Saturday for the League Two meeting with home side Port Vale.
Our Port Vale v Gillingham predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below including the latest game odds.
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Form Guide
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Port Vale
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Port Vale will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 0-2 League Two success vs AFC Wimbledon.
For Port Vale, 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 name on the scoresheet from Gillingham was Joseph Gbode (61'). Will Wright (67') scored 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 past head-to-head clashes dating back to 03/01/2015 shows that Port Vale have won 3 of these games & Gillingham 1, with the number of drawn games being 2.
A sum of 13 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 8 of them for The Valiants and 5 netted by The Gills. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.
The previous league match featuring these sides was League Two match day 15 on 09/11/2024 which ended up with the score at Gillingham 1-0 Port Vale.
The referee was Alan Young.
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Team News: Port Vale
There arenโt many personnel worries, with just the sole fitness concern for the Port Vale boss Darren Moore to be concerned about from an otherwise complete group of players. Mitch Clark (Cartilage damage) wonโt play.
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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,
12:01 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.