About Match
In the standings it is Port Vale 23rd on 5 points, Gillingham 4th on 12 — separated by 7. Scoring rates set the scale: Port Vale 0.43 scored and 1.29 conceded per game, Gillingham 1.57 and 0.86, with the league averaging 1.26. Port Vale would climb to 8 points with a win and up to 16th (other results held equal).
The five-game form split reads 4/15 points for Port Vale against 10/15 for Gillingham.
17 meetings are on record — 6 won by Port Vale, 6 by Gillingham, 5 drawn, at 2.59 goals per meeting. In 65% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent, capacity 19,052, hosts the game.