Port Vale is set to host visiting team Exeter City at Vale Park in the League Two game on Tuesday. Match day is scheduled for 22nd March 2022 22:45 EAT.
Port Vale currently sits eighth in the League Two standings with 59 points from 36 matches. Three wins, a draw and a loss have been recorded in the past five fixtures. In their most recent six games they are on a three-match winning streak. Port Vale has seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, bagging 5 goals on the way.
The host will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 League Two success against Bradford City. In that game, Port Vale had 43% possession, 13 shots with 4 of them on target and goals scored by Ben Garrity (50′) and James Wilson (63′).Bradford City had 9 shots with 1 on target and a goal by Charles Vernam (70′).
Meanwhile Exeter City is in the second place with 64 points from 36 matches. Three wins, one draw and one loss have been recorded in the past five fixtures. Matt Taylor’s team has seen their efforts on goal rewarded 9 times thus giving them the goals per game average of 1.5. They have nine wins since the turn of the year.
The visitors are hoping for same results following a 0-2 League Two win against Oldham Athletic. In that match, Exeter City had 47% possession, 11 shots with 6 of them on target and goals by Kyle Taylor (52′) and Jevani Brown (90′). Oldham Athletic had 9 shots with 4 of them on target.
Port Vale vs. Exeter City head to head
Exeter City holds a better record in the history of this fixture claiming seven wins out of the 13 meetings since 2008. Port Vale has five victories and one match ended in a stalemate.
- Port Vale 1-0 Exeter 02/04/21
- Exeter 0-2 Port Vale 19/09/20
- Port Vale 3-1 Exeter 28/01/20
- Exeter 2-0 Port Vale 17/09/19
- Exeter 2-0 Port Vale 13/04/19
Home
- Bradford 1-2 Port Vale
- Port Vale 3-1 Mansfield
- Port Vale 4-1 Crawley
- Colchester 1-0 Port Vale
- Harrogate 1-1 Port Vale
Away
- Oldham 0-2 Exeter
- Exeter 2-1 Crawley
- Exeter 0-0 Salford
- Exeter 3-1 Swindon
- Mansfield 2-1 Exeter
Port Vale team news
Darrell Clarke will have a full squad to choose from.
Exeter City team news
Matt Taylor will miss the services of Alex Hartridge and Offrande Zanzala due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
Exeter City haven’t won against Port Vale when they’ve played them away from home in the last 3 league matches and are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league. Meanwhile, Port Vale has not lost a league tie with Exeter City in their last 3 games.
- Port Vale win
- Both teams to score
- Goals above 2.5
