Port Vale v Crawley Town prediction

League Two · Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00 GMT · Vale Park

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Port Vale v Crawley Town, League Two, is cancelled — this match is not being played as listed. No free pick is offered while the fixture stands like this.

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The match

Port Vale host Crawley Town in League Two on Saturday 14 March (kick-off 00:00 UK).

The key numbers

Port Vale are unbeaten in their last eight matches in all competitions. Crawley Town are unbeaten in their last four matches in all competitions.

Form and the table

Nine of Port Vale’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (60%). Both teams scored in eight of Port Vale’s last 15 results in all competitions (53%). At home, Port Vale have four wins, three draws and no defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 2.14 points per game, scoring 2.00 and conceding 0.86. Port Vale have scored 50 goals, the ninth-most of the 24 clubs (2019/20 so far). Port Vale have conceded 44 goals, the 11th-fewest of the 24 clubs.

Eight of Crawley Town’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (53%). Both teams scored in 10 of Crawley Town’s last 15 results in all competitions (67%). Away from home, Crawley Town have no wins, five draws and two defeats in their last 7 away matches in all competitions — 0.71 points per game, scoring 1.00 and conceding 1.29. Crawley Town have scored 51 goals, the eighth-most of the 24 clubs (2019/20 so far). Crawley Town have conceded 47 goals, the 12th-most (shared) of the 24 clubs.

Port Vale (eighth) and Crawley Town (13th) are nine points apart, 2019/20 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have Port Vale the stronger side, 186 rating points above Crawley Town (Port Vale 1434, Crawley Town 1248, after at least 281 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

Port Vale are unbeaten in the last three meetings with Crawley Town. The most recent meeting, on 14 December 2019, finished Crawley Town 0–0 Port Vale.

Team news

Predicted Port Vale XI (4-3-3): M. Maroši, C. Humphreys, C. Hall, J. Moon, K. John, J. Lawrence-Gabriel, K. Dempsey, B. Garrity, O. Lynch, O. Hernández, M. Watters — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, D. Worrall (3.1 per match over 29 appearances, four goals and nine assists) and Mitchell Clark (2.7 per match over four appearances) have been Port Vale’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Port Vale (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), D. Worrall averages 1.0 shots per 90 over 2609 minutes, with a shot in seven of the last 10 appearances. Mitchell Clark averages 2.5 tackles per 90 over 357 minutes.

Predicted Crawley Town XI (4-4-2): V. Mannone, P. Farquharson, L. Richards, J. Russell, K. Gordon, J. Arthurs, A. Adeyemo, K. Jennings, S. Duke-McKenna, D. Orsi, D. Morgan — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, B. Lubala (3.5 per match over 30 appearances, eight goals and three assists) and G. Morris (2.7 per match over 31 appearances) have been Crawley Town’s most influential players 2019/20, all competitions. In numbers for Crawley Town (2019/20, all competitions, before kick-off), B. Lubala averages 2.1 key passes per 90 over 2523 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last 10 appearances. G. Morris averages 3.8 saves per 90 over 2790 minutes, with two or more saves in nine of the last 10 appearances.

The referee

D. Drysdale takes charge; across the last 9 matches refereed (this competition) the referee has shown 3.6 yellow cards a game and 0.44 reds.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:00 GMT · League Two · Vale Park
Referee: D. Drysdale
Head-to-head (last 5): Port Vale 3 · draws 1 · Crawley Town 1 · 1.8 goals/game
Recent form: Port Vale 2W 3D 0L · Crawley Town 2W 2D 1L

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Key Stats

1.88 / 1.5

Goals

against 1 / 0.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

3 / 3.75

Corners

against 6.33 / 6.5 · 1 of the last 4 over 9.5

over 6 matches

4 / 4.25

Shots on target

against 4.17 / 6 · 2 of the last 4 over 8.5

over 6 matches

2.17 / 1.88

Cards

against 0.83 / 1.5 · 1 of the last 4 over 3.5

over 6 matches

3.56 yellows

Referee · D. Drysdale

21.78 fouls a game

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over 9 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 7 March 2020. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 7 March 2020. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Port Vale for / against	Line	Crawley Town for / against
Goals scored	1.88 for · 1 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.5 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	3 for · 6.33 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	3.75 for · 6.5 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	9.5 for · 14 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	12.38 for · 18.63 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	4 for · 4.17 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	4.25 for · 6 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	14.17 for · 8.83 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	10.63 for · 9.5 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2.17 for · 0.83 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	1.88 for · 1.5 against n 8 Last 5

Referee: D. Drysdale — 3.56 yellow cards a game, 0.44 red cards, 21.78 fouls over 9 matches.

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Port Vale

Port Vale Goalkeeper

Port Vale — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
S. Brown	32	902880 min	1003.1 /90	391.2 /90	10 /90

Port Vale — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Port Vale before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
S. Brown n 8	90	2.3 4/3

Port Vale Defensive

Port Vale — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
L. Legge	32	902880 min	270.8 /90	270.8 /90	300.9 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	270.8 /90	100.3 /90
N. Smith	28	882458 min	371.4 /90	210.8 /90	180.7 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	271 /90	10 /90
C. Montaño	27	852301 min	572.2 /90	321.3 /90	30.1 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	361.4 /90	70.3 /90
J. Gibbons	26	892315 min	391.5 /90	301.2 /90	140.5 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	200.8 /90	90.3 /90
A. Crookes	8	90720 min	172.1 /90	50.6 /90	00 /90	not recorded in FA Cup	60.8 /90	20.3 /90
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Port Vale — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Port Vale before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
L. Legge n 8	90	1.1 6/3	0.6 4/1	—
S. Brown n 8	90	0 0/0	0.5 3/1	—
L. Joyce n 8	90	1 5/2	0.5 3/1	—
D. Worrall n 8	90	1.4 6/3	0.4 3/0	—
N. Smith n 8	82.3	1.4 7/3	1.9 6/5	—
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Port Vale — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Port Vale before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
L. Legge n 8	90	1.1 5/2
L. Joyce n 8	90	1.4 6/3
D. Worrall n 8	90	0.9 5/2
N. Smith n 8	82.3	2.1 7/5
C. Montaño n 8	89.3	2 6/5
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Port Vale Attacking

Port Vale — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
D. Worrall	29	902609 min	40.1 /90	90.3 /90	301 /90	160.6 /90	863 /90	80.3 /90
D. Amoo	27	812193 min	20.1 /90	30.1 /90	321.3 /90	130.5 /90	251 /90	170.7 /90
T. Pope	22	581273 min	60.4 /90	20.1 /90	282 /90	141 /90	100.7 /90	30.2 /90
R. Bennett	18	681216 min	30.2 /90	30.2 /90	352.6 /90	131 /90	171.3 /90	10.1 /90
M. Cullen	12	56675 min	50.7 /90	00 /90	162.1 /90	81.1 /90	30.4 /90	20.3 /90
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Port Vale — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Port Vale before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
L. Legge n 8	90	0.6 4/1	0.3 2/0
S. Brown n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Joyce n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
D. Worrall n 8	90	1 6/2	0.5 4/0
N. Smith n 8	82.3	0.7 4/1	0.4 2/1
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Port Vale — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Port Vale before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
L. Legge n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0 0/0
S. Brown n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
L. Joyce n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
D. Worrall n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.6 4/1
N. Smith n 8	82.3	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
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Crawley Town

Crawley Town Goalkeeper

Crawley Town — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
G. Morris	31	902790 min	1173.8 /90	391.3 /90	20.1 /90
M. Luyambula	1	9090 min	44 /90	33 /90	00 /90

Crawley Town — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Crawley Town before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
G. Morris n 8	90	5.1 7/7

Crawley Town Defensive

Crawley Town — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
J. Tunnicliffe	32	902880 min	381.2 /90	531.7 /90	250.8 /90	not recorded in League Two	321 /90	20.1 /90
J. Doherty	27	892404 min	341.3 /90	331.2 /90	110.4 /90	not recorded in League Two	291.1 /90	90.3 /90
D. Sesay	19	691315 min	332.3 /90	141 /90	120.8 /90	not recorded in League Two	151 /90	50.3 /90
T. Dallison-Lisbon	16	851355 min	281.9 /90	241.6 /90	100.7 /90	not recorded in League Two	261.7 /90	60.4 /90
J. Sendles-White	14	831158 min	100.8 /90	231.8 /90	110.9 /90	not recorded in League Two	100.8 /90	20.2 /90
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Crawley Town — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Crawley Town before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
J. Tunnicliffe n 8	90	0.8 5/1	0.8 5/1	—
G. Morris n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
B. Lubala n 8	82	2.3 8/7	1.4 7/3	—
J. Doherty n 8	90	1 5/3	0.6 3/2	—
N. Ferguson n 8	68.8	1.8 6/4	0.3 2/0	—
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Crawley Town — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Crawley Town before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
J. Tunnicliffe n 8	90	1.3 7/2
B. Lubala n 8	82	1.9 6/4
J. Doherty n 8	90	1.8 7/4
N. Ferguson n 8	68.8	0.7 3/1
D. Bulman n 8	88	2.7 8/7
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Crawley Town Attacking

Crawley Town — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
O. Palmer	22	791747 min	90.5 /90	20.1 /90	583 /90	221.1 /90	201 /90	180.9 /90
A. Nadesan	20	771535 min	50.3 /90	50.3 /90	321.9 /90	130.8 /90	271.6 /90	110.6 /90
M. Enigbokan-Bloomfield	16	61975 min	20.2 /90	00 /90	211.9 /90	80.7 /90	100.9 /90	40.4 /90
R. German	4	54217 min	10.4 /90	00 /90	83.3 /90	31.2 /90	20.8 /90	41.7 /90
B. Lubala	29	842426 min	80.3 /90	30.1 /90	1174.3 /90	250.9 /90	582.2 /90	471.7 /90
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Crawley Town — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Crawley Town before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
J. Tunnicliffe n 8	90	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
G. Morris n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Lubala n 8	82	4.1 8/5	0.7 4/1
J. Doherty n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
N. Ferguson n 8	68.8	1.3 6/2	0.3 2/0
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Crawley Town — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for Crawley Town before kick-off, to 7 March 2020. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
J. Tunnicliffe n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
G. Morris n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Lubala n 8	82	0.3 2/0	0.1 1/0
J. Doherty n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0
N. Ferguson n 8	68.8	0.2 1/0	0.2 1/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind Port Vale v Crawley Town — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Port ValeWWDDD

Last 5: 2W 3D 0L · 2 scored / 1.2 conceded per game

Crawley TownLDWDW

Last 5: 2W 2D 1L · 1.4 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 5

Port Vale 3 · 1 draw · Crawley Town 1 · 1.8 goals/game

2019-12-14 Crawley Town 0–0 Port Vale
2019-01-19 Crawley Town 0–1 Port Vale
2018-08-18 Port Vale 1–0 Crawley Town
2018-04-07 Port Vale 1–2 Crawley Town
2017-08-05 Crawley Town 1–3 Port Vale

League standing · 2019/20

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Port Vale#8 pos57 pts37 pl+6 GD

Crawley Town#13 pos48 pts37 pl+4 GD

Goals per game

Port Vale scored1.35

Crawley Town scored1.38

Port Vale conceded1.19

Crawley Town conceded1.27

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What is the head-to-head record between Port Vale and Crawley Town?: In their last 5 meetings, Port Vale won 3, Crawley Town won 1 and there was 1 draw, averaging 1.8 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Port Vale and Crawley Town?: Recent form — Port Vale 2W 3D 0L; Crawley Town 2W 2D 1L.

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