Match Report
Port Vale, 5th with 78 points, sat 17 points above Crawley Town (12th, 61). On recent form Port Vale sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Port Vale ran at 1.46 scored and 1 conceded, Crawley Town at 1.22 and 1.43.
14 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Port Vale 9, draws 2, Crawley Town 3, at 3.07 goals per meeting. Only 29% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 71% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 64%.
The match was played at Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent (capacity 18,947). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Port Vale led 2-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-1.