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Saturday 27 September 2025 · 15:00 · HT 0-0 · Referee James Linington

Barnsley v Port Vale: stats, form and bet builder picks

In Barnsley's last 4 home games and Port Vale's last 4 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 8, over 2.5 goals in 4 of 8, with 9.1 corners per match (league 10.0) and 5.0 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Barnsley's 8 League One games and Port Vale's 9 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Barnsley v Port Vale, full match

69%

Possession

31%

0.56

Expected goals (xG)

2.34

13

Shots

14

0

Shots on target

8

4

Corners

3

6

Fouls

11

1

Yellow cards

2

0

Red cards

0

3

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

35'

Yellow card

Jordan Shipley POR

63'

Yellow card

Jonathan Bland BAR

65'

Goal

Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel POR

81'

Yellow card

Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel POR

89'

Goal

Ryan Croasdale POR

At a glance

Barnsley

15th in the table

L

W

L

W

Port Vale

22nd in the table

W

L

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Barnsley's home games and Port Vale's away games in League One this season, before kick-off, with players from the confirmed lineups. At least 3 games or starts, one pick per kind of bet. Tap one to see it in the Bet builder.

Match probabilities

How often each happened in Barnsley's last 4 home games and Port Vale's last 4 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

63%

5/8 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

75%

6/8 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

50%

4/8 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

38%

3/8 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

38%

3/8 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

88%

7/8 games · League 56%

Barnsley clean sheet

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Port Vale clean sheet

50%

2/4 games · League 27%

Barnsley fail to score

0%

0/4 games · League 27%

Port Vale fail to score

50%

2/4 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

2.8

League 2.6

Corners

9.1

League 10.0

Cards

5.0

League 3.9

Lineups

Listed by position group: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, forwards.

Barnsley

4-2-3-1

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Murphy Cooper

DEFENDERS

5

14

27

32

MIDFIELDERS

8

Adam Phillips

30

Jonathan Bland

48

Luca Connell

FORWARDS

7

Caylan Vickers

10

David McGoldrick

40

Davis Keillor-Dunn

SUBSTITUTES

51

6

18

3

45

19

23

Port Vale

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

46

Joe Gauci

DEFENDERS

3

Jaheim Headley

5

Connor Hall

6

Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel

22

Jesse Debrah

25

Cameron Humphreys

MIDFIELDERS

7

George Byers

8

Ben Garrity

26

Jordan Shipley

FORWARDS

10

Dajaune Brown

44

Devante Cole

SUBSTITUTES

1

4

11

18

33

17

36

Referee: James Linington

2 games in League One this season, both teams added together

Cards per game

4.0

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

4.0

Red cards per game

0.00

Fouls per game

18.0

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.50

A player sent off for two yellows counts as two cards, so cards can be fewer than yellows plus reds.

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Bet builder stats

How often each bet would have won in each team's games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate. Each team column is that team's own record: "Win" is that team winning, "Goals scored" its own goals. "Match", on lines about the whole match, puts both teams' games together. These follow the switches below, so they can differ from the Overview, which always uses the same set of games.

Home/Away

All games

Season

Last 5

Last 10

Confirmed XI only

All players

Both teams home and away, this season.

High

Low

Bet

BAR

POR

Match

League

Goals per match

3.0

2.0

2.5

2.6

Over 0.5

100%

8/8

78%

7/9

88%

15/17

96%

Over 1.5

75%

6/8

56%

5/9

65%

11/17

74%

Over 2.5

50%

4/8

44%

4/9

47%

8/17

49%

Over 3.5

50%

4/8

11%

1/9

29%

5/17

25%

Over 4.5

25%

2/8

11%

1/9

18%

3/17

13%

Bet

BAR

POR

Match

League

Yes

63%

5/8

44%

4/9

53%

9/17

52%

Yes and win

50%

4/8

11%

1/9

19%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

50%

4/8

44%

4/9

47%

8/17

42%

Yes and draw

13%

1/8

0%

0/9

6%

1/17

14%

Yes and loss

0%

0/8

33%

3/9

19%

Yes in both halves

13%

1/8

11%

1/9

12%

2/17

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Bet

BAR

POR

Match

League

Corners per match

8.9

9.0

8.9

10.0

Over 7.5

63%

5/8

67%

6/9

65%

11/17

75%

Over 8.5

63%

5/8

56%

5/9

59%

10/17

64%

Over 9.5

38%

3/8

33%

3/9

35%

6/17

49%

Over 10.5

25%

2/8

22%

2/9

24%

4/17

37%

Over 11.5

13%

1/8

22%

2/9

18%

3/17

30%

Over 12.5

13%

1/8

11%

1/9

12%

2/17

22%

Referee James Linington: 4.0 cards and 18.0 fouls per game in 2 games this season

Bet

BAR

POR

Match

League

Cards per match

4.9

4.3

4.6

4.0

Over 2.5

100%

8/8

100%

9/9

100%

17/17

78%

Over 3.5

75%

6/8

89%

8/9

82%

14/17

59%

Over 4.5

38%

3/8

33%

3/9

35%

6/17

34%

Over 5.5

38%

3/8

11%

1/9

24%

4/17

22%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Devante Cole

3 starts · 1.2 per 90

33%

1/3

100%

3/3

0%

0/3

0%

0/3

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Players listed: the confirmed XI for each side. Players with fewer than 3 starts are listed last, greyed. Per 90 figures show once a player has 90 minutes in the starts picked.

Form

Home / Away

All games

Barnsley

Last 5 games before this match

20 Sep

Blackpool

(A)

0-1

L

13 Sep

Reading

(H)

3-2

W

30 Aug

Huddersfield Town

(H)

3-1

W

23 Aug

AFC Wimbledon

(A)

0-2

L

19 Aug

Peterborough United

(A)

1-0

W

Port Vale

Last 5 games before this match

20 Sep

Mansfield Town

(H)

2-1

W

13 Sep

Exeter City

(A)

2-0

W

6 Sep

Leyton Orient

(H)

2-3

L

30 Aug

Reading

(A)

0-1

L

23 Aug

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

0-1

L

Head to head

League games since 2025/26 (as far back as our data goes), latest first

Barnsley and Port Vale haven't met in a league game since 2025/26.

League One table

2025/26 · as it stands now

#

Team

P

W

D

L

F

A

GD

Pts

Form (latest first)

1

Lincoln

46

31

10

5

89

41

+48

103

W

D

W

2

Cardiff

46

27

10

9

90

50

+40

91

L

W

D

3

Stockport

46

22

11

13

71

58

+13

77

W

L

W

L

D

4

Bradford

46

22

11

13

58

51

+7

77

W

D

L

5

Bolton

46

19

18

9

70

52

+18

75

L

D

W

L

6

Stevenage

46

21

12

13

49

46

+3

75

W

D

W

D

L

7

Luton Town

46

21

11

14

68

56

+12

74

W

D

W

8

Plymouth

46

22

7

17

75

63

+12

73

W

D

W

D

9

Huddersfield

46

18

13

15

74

64

+10

67

W

L

D

10

Mansfield

46

16

17

13

62

50

+12

65

W

D

W

D

11

Wycombe

46

17

12

17

69

58

+11

63

W

L

D

L

12

Reading

46

16

15

64

60

+4

63

L

D

L

13

Blackpool

46

17

9

20

54

65

-11

60

W

L

14

Doncaster

46

17

9

20

50

69

-19

60

W

D

L

W

15

Barnsley

46

15

14

17

68

73

-5

59

L

W

L

D

16

Wigan

46

14

18

49

58

-9

56

L

D

W

17

Burton

46

13

15

18

50

60

-10

54

D

W

D

18

Peterborough

46

15

8

23

64

68

-4

53

L

D

L

D

L

19

AFC Wimbledon

46

15

8

23

51

72

-21

53

L

W

L

20

Leyton Orient

46

14

10

22

59

71

-12

52

D

L

D

L

21

Exeter City

46

12

13

21

52

61

-9

49

L

D

W

22

Port Vale

46

10

12

24

36

61

-25

42

L

W

L

D

23

Rotherham

46

10

11

25

41

71

-30

41

L

D

L

W

L

24

Northampton

46

9

8

29

39

74

-35

35

L

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Barnsley v Port Vale: stats, form and bet builder picks

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Barnsley

Port Vale

Referee: James Linington

Bet builder stats

Match result›

Clean sheet, win to nil, to score›

Total match goals›

Both teams to score›

Total match corners›

Total match cards›

GoalscorerPer start this season›

Player shots on targetPer start this season›

Player to be cardedPer start this season›

Form

Barnsley

Port Vale

Head to head

League One table