Match Report
The table read 4th (Walsall, 77 pts) against 2nd (Port Vale, 80 pts), 3 points apart. On recent form Walsall sat only 15th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 4th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Walsall 1.63 scored and 1.17 conceded per game, Port Vale 1.41 and 1, with the league averaging 1.25.
Level finishes had become the habit for Walsall: four in a row. The five-game form split read 4/15 points for Walsall against 12/15 for Port Vale.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 10 Walsall wins, 5 for Port Vale, 2 draws, at 2.41 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 24% of the wins in this matchup. Historically tight: 35% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The venue was Poundland Bescot Stadium in Walsall, with room for 11,300 spectators. On the scoreboard, Port Vale led 3-2 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 2-3 the final score.
Goal scorers
Walsall: Levi Amantchi (11'), Taylor Allen (7') · Port Vale: Lorent Tolaj (4'), Lorent Tolaj (45'), Ben Garrity (41')