Match Report
27 points for Walsall U18 (20th), 39 for Port Vale U18 (12th): a 12-point gap. Port Vale U18's recent output lagged their position: 32nd on form over five rounds while 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Walsall U18 were scoring 1.4 and conceding 2.27, Port Vale U18 1.76 and 2.14, against a competition average of 1.9 goals per team per game.
Port Vale U18 had lost three in a row, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Walsall U18 wins, 2 for Port Vale U18, 1 draw, at 4.33 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%. The recent trend is more open — 5.2 goals per game over the last five meetings versus 4.33 all-time.




