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Peterborough United will be hosting visitors Port Vale at Weston Homes Stadium in this League One clash on Wednesday.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Peterborough United v Port Vale are shown below - as well as up-to-date odds.
๐ Form Guide
Peterborough United
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Peterborough United will be looking for another win after the 2-1 EFL Trophy triumph against Wycombe Wanderers.
The only scorer from Peterborough United was Harrison Burrows (85', 90'). Dale Taylor (89') was the scorer for Wycombe Wanderers.
Itโs not been often in recent times that Peterborough United have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Peterborough United have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 7 goals in the process.
Looking at their past form shows that Peterborough United:
- haven't been beaten in the league by Port Vale in their previous 5 games.
- are without a home win in the past 2 league matches.
Port Vale
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Last time out, Port Vale drew 0-0 in the League One tie with Wigan Athletic.
It has become apparent that Port Vale have suffered from a lack of goals in their past 6 clashes, netting the disappointing return of just 3. In those matches, The Valiants have also seen the overall goal tally against them equal 4. That kind of pattern might not be carried forward into this match, of course.
Coming into this fixture, Port Vale have not beaten Peterborough United when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league games.
๐ฅ Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head meetings dating back to 12/03/2016 tells us that Peterborough United have won 4 of these games & Port Vale 1, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.
In all, 18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 13 of them from The Posh and 5 netted by The Valiants. Thatโs an average goals per game of 3.
The last league contest between the two was League One match day 15 on 24/10/2023 when the final score was Port Vale 0-1 Peterborough United.
The match was refereed by Marc Edwards.
๐ Team News: Peterborough United
The Peterborough United manager Darren Ferguson will be happy not to have any fitness worries at all before this match owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.
โน๏ธ Team News: Port Vale
Owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Port Vale boss Darren Moore has no fitness worries at all coming into this game.
๐ฎ Prediction
We believe that Peterborough United are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
Conversely, Port Vale may well struggle to get shooting opportunities although we do think itโs probable that they will be managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.
Weโre therefore expecting to see a comfortable 3-1 victory for Peterborough United at the end of this one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 18:11 10/04/2024
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Peterborough United
Formed: 1934
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium (15,314)
Captain: Harrison Burrows
Chairman: Darragh MacAnthony
Manager: Darren Ferguson
Competitions: League One position 4, EFL Trophy (Final)
๐ Star Man: Kwame Poku
Mostly playing in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Kwame Poku was born in Croydon, England. After having played his first senior match for Peterborough United in the 2021 - 2022 season, the dangerous Midfielder has managed 11 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 34 appearances.
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42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 35 | 90 | WWWDW |
2 |
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42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 82 | WWLWD |
3 |
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42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 81 | WLDWW |
4 |
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40 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 74 | WWLLW |
5 |
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42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 74 | DLWLL |
6 |
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42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 70 | LWDWW |
7 |
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42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 68 | WWWWD |
8 |
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43 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 67 | LLDWW |
9 |
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43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 67 | DDDLW |
10 |
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43 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 62 | WLLWD |
11 |
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43 | 17 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 59 | LWLWW |
12 |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -17 | 55 | WDWWD |
13 |
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43 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 53 | WDLDD |
14 |
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43 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 51 | DDDWD |
15 |
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40 | 13 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 51 | WWWLD |
16 |
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42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | -15 | 51 | LLDLL |
17 |
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43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 49 | WWLDW |
18 |
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42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | -28 | 46 | LWDDL |
19 |
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41 | 12 | 9 | 20 | -20 | 45 | LLWWL |
20 |
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41 | 10 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 40 | LWWLD |
21 |
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42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | -26 | 40 | LLDLL |
22 |
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41 | 10 | 8 | 23 | -23 | 38 | DWLLL |
23 |
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42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -26 | 34 | DDLLL |
24 |
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43 | 7 | 9 | 27 | -35 | 30 | DWLLW |
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Goals scored | 2.3 |
Goals conceded | 1.2 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 40 |
Yellow cards | 1.4 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3.8 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.7 |
Time first goal scored | 52 |
Time first goal conceded | 46 |
Yellow cards | 1.9 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-2 |
Biggest defeat | 7-0 |
Ephron Mason-Clark | 14 |
Kwame Poku | 11 |
Jonson Clarke-Harris | 9 |
Ricky-Jade Jones | 8 |
Hector Kyprianou | 8 |
Ethan Chislett | 9 |
Ben Garrity | 9 |
James Wilson | 4 |
Baylee Dipepa | 3 |
Ollie Arblaster | 2 |
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