Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Port Vale (2nd, 80 pts) held a 27-point advantage over Harrogate Town (18th, 53 pts). Harrogate Town ranked 6th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Port Vale were scoring 1.41 and conceding 1, Harrogate Town 0.93 and 1.33, against a competition average of 1.25 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Port Vale, 2 draws and 0 for Harrogate Town, at 1.4 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 20% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 0% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent (capacity 18,947). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.