About Match
2 points for Port Vale (24th), 6 for Northampton Town (14th): a 4-point gap. Against a league average of 1.33 goals per team per game, Port Vale run at 0.4 scored and 1.4 conceded, Northampton Town at 0.6 and 0.6. A win here leaves Port Vale on 5 points and up to 16th, other results permitting.
6 games without a win frame Port Vale's arrival.
20 meetings are on record — 7 won by Port Vale, 6 by Northampton Town, 7 drawn, at 2.05 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 35% of the meetings went to the host. Historically tight: 35% of the meetings went beyond two goals. Goals have dried up lately: 0.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.05 across the full history.
The match takes place at Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent (capacity 19,052).