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Port Vale

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Port Vale won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-2 EFL Cup defeat in their last game at the hands of Barrow.

In that game, Port Vale had 57% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. For Port Vale, goals were scored by Ruari Paton (26') and Tom Sang (66'). Barrow got 20 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. Gerard Garner (1'), Emile Acquah (70') and Ben Jackson (76') scored for Barrow.

Darren Moore's Port Vale have celebrated scoring 5 times over their past six outings. At the other end, the tally of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 11.

Looking at their past form shows that Port Vale:

• are unbeaten in the league by Tranmere Rovers in their last 2 matches.
• have left without a victory over Tranmere Rovers in their last 6 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Tranmere Rovers

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Tranmere Rovers will go into this clash after a 3-0 EFL Cup win against Accrington Stanley in their previous outing.

In that game, Tranmere Rovers managed 49% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For Tranmere Rovers, the goals were scored by Harvey Saunders (3'), Josh Williams (45') and Omari Patrick (71'). Accrington Stanley got 12 shots at goal with 3 on target.

In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Tranmere Rovers, at least three goals have been hit. The average number of goals per match in that spell is 3.33, with the average number of goals for Tranmere Rovers working out to 1.67. That trend might not follow through into this match, though.

Going into this encounter, Tranmere Rovers remain unbeaten by Port Vale when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings going back to 19/02/2019 shows that Port Vale have won 0 of them & Tranmere Rovers 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.

16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 of them for The Valiants and 10 coming from Super White Army. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league encounter between the two was League Two match day 33 on 19/02/2022 when it ended Tranmere Rovers 1-1 Port Vale.

The referee was David Rock.

ℹ️ Team News: Port Vale

There’s just one fitness concern for the Port Vale manager Darren Moore to contend with thanks to an otherwise robust group. Mitch Clark (Cartilage damage) will miss out.

🧠 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Port Vale have it within them to fashion enough chances to find the net more than once while possibly not conceding against Tranmere Rovers, who may well find it hard finding the net themselves.

We’re tipping a controlled 2-0 win for Port Vale when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Lucas Pereira, 13:04 17/08/2024