Match Report
3 points for Blackpool U18 (18th), 4 for Port Vale U18 (16th): a 1-point gap. On recent form Blackpool U18 sat only 31st league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 18th overall. Against a league average of 2.06 goals per team per game, Blackpool U18 ran at 2 scored and 2.75 conceded, Port Vale U18 at 0.67 and 2.33.
A win had eluded Blackpool U18 for 5 matches, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 5 wins for Blackpool U18, 1 draw and 1 for Port Vale U18, at 4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 86% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 57%.




