About Match
Port Vale U18 (16th, 4 pts) visit Morecambe U18 (10th, 6 pts) with 2 points between them. Morecambe U18 have been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Morecambe U18 1.6 scored and 4.4 conceded per game, Port Vale U18 0.67 and 2.33, with the league averaging 2.06. Morecambe U18 would climb to 9 points with a win and up to 7th (other results held equal).
Morecambe U18 have been beaten in three straight games.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Morecambe U18 5, draws 1, Port Vale U18 1, at 3.57 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 29% of meetings won. History points to goals: 71% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.