Match Report
2 points and 2 places separated them: Port Vale U18 12th with 39, Blackpool U18 10th with 41. Port Vale U18's recent output lagged their position: 32nd on form over five rounds while 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.9 goals per team per game, Port Vale U18 ran at 1.76 scored and 2.14 conceded, Blackpool U18 at 1.8 and 1.63.
Port Vale U18 had lost four in a row.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by Port Vale U18, 5 by Blackpool U18, 0 drawn, at 4.67 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.




