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Port Vale vs Grimsby Town Live Stream, Predictions
The League Two fixture at Vale Park on Saturday sees home side Port Vale play against Grimsby Town.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Port Vale v Grimsby Town game including the latest game odds.
📊 Form Guide
Port Vale
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Port Vale will be looking for an improved result here after the 4-0 League Two defeat in their last game at the hands of Mansfield Town.
Ollie Clarke (1') and Jordan Bowery (32', 77', 80') scored for Mansfield Town.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where Port Vale have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that The Valiants have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 12 goals during that time. Still, it remains to be seen whether such a trend shall be maintained in this match.
A look at their previous results shows us that Port Vale:
- have not registered a win against Grimsby Town in their previous 5 league games.
- have not won at home in their last 6 league games. Their fans aren't happy.
Grimsby Town
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Since tasting defeat last time out to Cambridge United in League Two competition, Grimsby Town and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
The only player to score from Grimsby Town was Elliott Hewitt (72'). Adam May (4') and Paul Mullin (36') scored for Cambridge United.
Paul Hurst's Grimsby Town have found the back of the net 5 times in the course of their latest six matches. The aggregate of goals that they have conceded during that same period equals 10.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Grimsby Town:
- haven't been beaten by Port Vale when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
- are without a win away from home in their last 3 league matches.
🤜🤛 Head to head
Checking on their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 28/12/2009 shows us that Port Vale have won 1 of these games and Grimsby Town 4, with the tally of draws standing at 1.
A total of 18 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 6 from The Valiants and 12 coming from The Mariners. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.
The previous league match between the two was League Two match day 5 on 24/08/2019 and the score finished Grimsby Town 5-2 Port Vale.
The referee was Will Finnie.
📋 Team News: Port Vale
Port Vale boss will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all ahead of this game with a completely healthy squad available to choose from.
ℹ️ Team News: Grimsby Town
Due to a completely injury-free squad to choose from, Grimsby Town manager Paul Hurst doesn’t have any fitness concerns at all coming into this game.
✨ Prediction
We believe that Grimsby Town are certainly able to score against this Port Vale team, but that possibly won’t quite be as many as they’ll concede.
We reckon that it will be a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Port Vale by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. It will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 00:11 05/01/2021

🏟️ Team Focus:
Port Vale
Formed: 1876
Stadium: Vale Park (19,052)
Captain: Leon Legge
Chairman: Carol Shanahan
Manager: John Askey
Competitions: League Two position 17, EFL Trophy (Round 3)
⭐ Star Man: Devante Rodney

Typically playing in the Striker position, Devante Rodney was born in Manchester, England. After having made a senior debut playing for Hartlepool United in the 2016 - 2017 season, the skilful Forward has contributed 5 league goals in this League Two 2020 - 2021 campaign to date in 20 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 39 | WWLDW |
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20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 38 | WLDLD |
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21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 37 | WDWDL |
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21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 35 | DLLDD |
5 |
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21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 34 | WLWLW |
6 |
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22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 34 | DWDWW |
7 |
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20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 34 | LWWWW |
8 |
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21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 33 | DWWLL |
9 |
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22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 33 | LLLWW |
10 |
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19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 31 | WLWLD |
11 |
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22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | -3 | 30 | WWLLL |
12 |
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21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | -2 | 29 | DLLLD |
13 |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 28 | LLWLD |
14 |
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21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | -4 | 27 | WLWLD |
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22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | LDWWW |
16 |
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21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 26 | LWLDL |
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20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 25 | LLWLW |
18 |
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22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 25 | DLLDL |
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21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 24 | DWWWD |
20 |
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21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | -10 | 23 | WLLWL |
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21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 20 | LLWWD |
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20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | -6 | 20 | DLDWW |
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22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | -18 | 20 | WLLDL |
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20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -20 | 16 | WWDWL |
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Mansfield Town |
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Bradford City |
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Oldham Athletic |
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Barrow |
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Colchester United |
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Leyton Orient |
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Southend United |
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Colchester United |
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Goals scored | 1.1 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 41 |
Yellow cards | 1.1 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 2.3 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 1 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 28 |
Time first goal conceded | 22 |
Yellow cards | 1.5 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.5 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 5-0 |
Devante Rodney | 7 |
Tom Conlon | 4 |
Leon Legge | 3 |
Cristian Montaño | 3 |
Tom Pope | 3 |
Mattie Pollock | 3 |
Montel Gibson | 2 |
Luke Hendrie | 2 |
Ira Jackson | 2 |
James Tilley | 2 |
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Newport County |
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Stevenage |
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Cambridge United |
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Stevenage |
Newport County |
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Tranmere Rovers |
Exeter City |
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