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

In Port Vale's last 10 home games and Blackpool's last 10 away games in League One before kick-off, both teams scored in 5 of 20, over 2.5 goals in 6 of 20, with 9.3 corners per match (league 10.0) and 4.3 cards (league 3.9).

Based on Port Vale's 22 League One games and Blackpool's 23 this season.

Overview

Lineups

Bet builder

Form

Table

Match stats

Port Vale v Blackpool, full match

50%

Possession

50%

2.56

Expected goals (xG)

0.35

17

Shots

2

6

Shots on target

1

5

Corners

2

14

Fouls

8

3

Yellow cards

3

0

Red cards

1

2

Offsides

3

Goals and cards

15'

Yellow card

George Honeyman BLA

23'

Yellow card

Ryan Croasdale POR

27'

Goal

Tom Bloxham BLA

43'

Yellow card

Zachary Ashworth BLA

45+1'

Red card

James Husband BLA

54'

Goal

Jayden Stockley POR

58'

Goal

George Byers POR

74'

Goal

Jaheim Headley POR

80'

Yellow card

Fraser Horsfall BLA

83'

Yellow card

Jordan Shipley POR

85'

Yellow card

Mo Faal POR

86'

Goal

Devante Cole POR

90+4'

Goal

Ronan Curtis POR

At a glance

Port Vale

22nd in the table

L

D

L

Blackpool

13th in the table

W

D

W

Last 5, latest first

Top picks

From Port Vale's home games and Blackpool'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 Port Vale's last 10 home games and Blackpool's last 10 away games this season, before kick-off, with the league rate beside it.

High

Low

Both teams to score

25%

5/20 games · League 53%

Over 1.5 goals

45%

9/20 games · League 73%

Over 2.5 goals

30%

6/20 games · League 51%

Over 3.5 goals

5%

1/20 games · League 28%

Over 9.5 corners

45%

9/20 games · League 52%

Over 3.5 cards

70%

14/20 games · League 56%

Port Vale clean sheet

30%

3/10 games · League 27%

Blackpool clean sheet

20%

2/10 games · League 27%

Port Vale fail to score

70%

7/10 games · League 27%

Blackpool fail to score

60%

6/10 games · League 27%

Averages per match

Same games, both teams added together

Goals

1.7

League 2.6

Corners

9.3

League 10.0

Cards

4.3

League 3.9

Lineups

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

Port Vale

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

13

Ben Amos

DEFENDERS

2

4

24

25

28

MIDFIELDERS

7

George Byers

18

Ryan Croasdale

26

Jordan Shipley

FORWARDS

9

Jayden Stockley

44

Devante Cole

SUBSTITUTES

46

3

22

11

12

33

36

Blackpool

3-5-2

Confirmed

GOALKEEPER

1

Bailey Peacock-Farrell

DEFENDERS

3

4

5

26

30

MIDFIELDERS

6

Jordan Brown

8

Albie Morgan

10

George Honeyman

FORWARDS

11

Ashley Fletcher

14

Tom Bloxham

SUBSTITUTES

25

2

7

19

29

22

23

Referee: Edward Duckworth

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

Cards per game

3.8

League 3.9

Yellow cards per game

3.7

Red cards per game

0.18

Fouls per game

22.3

League 22.9

Penalties per game

0.06

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

POR

BLA

Match

League

Goals per match

2.0

2.6

2.3

2.5

Over 0.5

82%

18/22

100%

23/23

91%

41/45

95%

Over 1.5

50%

11/22

70%

16/23

60%

27/45

72%

Over 2.5

36%

8/22

43%

10/23

40%

18/45

49%

Over 3.5

18%

4/22

30%

7/23

24%

11/45

24%

Over 4.5

9%

2/22

13%

3/23

11%

5/45

11%

Bet

POR

BLA

Match

League

Yes

27%

6/22

43%

10/23

36%

16/45

50%

Yes and win

5%

1/22

13%

3/23

16%

Yes and over 2.5 goals

23%

5/22

30%

7/23

27%

12/45

38%

Yes and draw

9%

2/22

22%

5/23

16%

7/45

17%

Yes and loss

14%

3/22

9%

2/23

16%

Yes in both halves

9%

2/22

4%

1/23

7%

3/45

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Bet

POR

BLA

Match

League

Corners per match

10.2

8.7

9.4

9.9

Over 7.5

77%

17/22

70%

16/23

73%

33/45

76%

Over 8.5

68%

15/22

52%

12/23

60%

27/45

63%

Over 9.5

55%

12/22

43%

10/23

49%

22/45

48%

Over 10.5

45%

10/22

30%

7/23

38%

17/45

39%

Over 11.5

36%

8/22

22%

5/23

29%

13/45

32%

Over 12.5

23%

5/22

9%

2/23

16%

7/45

21%

Referee Edward Duckworth: 3.8 cards and 22.3 fouls per game in 17 games this season

Bet

POR

BLA

Match

League

Cards per match

4.1

3.9

4.0

3.9

Over 2.5

95%

21/22

83%

19/23

89%

40/45

77%

Over 3.5

73%

16/22

48%

11/23

60%

27/45

56%

Over 4.5

32%

7/22

26%

6/23

29%

13/45

33%

Over 5.5

14%

3/22

22%

5/23

18%

8/45

21%

Player

First

1+

2+

3+

Ashley Fletcher

18 starts · 0.5 per 90

17%

3/18

44%

8/18

6%

1/18

0%

0/18

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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

Port Vale

Last 5 games before this match

29 Dec

Bradford City

(A)

0-1

L

26 Dec

Huddersfield Town

(A)

0-5

L

20 Dec

Peterborough United

(H)

0-1

L

13 Dec

Luton Town

(A)

2-2

D

29 Nov

Lincoln City

(A)

0-1

L

Blackpool

Last 5 games before this match

29 Dec

Rotherham United

(H)

4-0

W

26 Dec

Doncaster Rovers

(H)

1-0

W

20 Dec

Wigan Athletic

(A)

2-0

W

13 Dec

Lincoln City

(H)

2-2

D

10 Dec

Rotherham United

(A)

3-0

W

Head to head

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

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

Match stats

Goals and cards

At a glance

Match probabilities

Averages per match

Lineups

Port Vale

Blackpool

Referee: Edward Duckworth

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

Port Vale

Blackpool

Head to head

League One table