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Port Vale v Barnsley : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Tue 14th Apr, 19:45 BST, Vale Park, Stoke

Conor Hourihane pays counterpart Jon Brady a visit on Tuesday evening in the League One, as their Barnsley and Port Vale teams face each other at the Vale Park. We want you to make a winning bet on this match, so every stats you could possibly need to make a well-informed wager is laid out below. Go between seventeen markets or take our top tip. We've got predictions, head to head (H2H) analysis and odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for it all.

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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We are making over 1.5 goals our top tip on this fixture, meaning that the sides will score a minimum of 2 goals between them during the standard 90 mins. Both Port Vale and Barnsley's recent form stats suggest goals are to be expected, while their head-to-head (H2H) record also supports the bet. The bookies make it the most likely outcome in this market too, available at 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Port Vale are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 46% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.50.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Port Vale 46%	OFF	6/4
Draw 24%	OFF	5/2
Barnsley 29%	OFF	17/10
Draw 1-1 11%	11/2	5/1
Port Vale 2-1 9%	17/2	8/1
Port Vale 1-0 9%	8/1	7/1
Port Vale 2-0 8%	11/1	10/1
Barnsley 2-1 7%	10/1	15/2
Barnsley 1-0 7%	10/1	15/2
Draw 2-2 6%	11/1	10/1
Draw 0-0 6%	10/1	9/1
Port Vale 3-1 5%	18/1	14/1
Barnsley 2-0 4%	14/1	11/1
Port Vale 3-0 4%	22/1	18/1
Port Vale 3-2 3%	25/1	18/1
Barnsley 3-1 3%	22/1	16/1
Barnsley 3-2 2%	28/1	18/1
Port Vale 4-1 2%	40/1	28/1
Over 2.5 Goals 55%	17/20	4/5
Under 2.5 Goals 45%	19/20	19/20
Home 1st Goal 51%	5/6	10/11
Away 1st Goal 46%	11/10	21/20
No 1st Goal 3%	10/1	9/1
BTTS - Yes 57%	4/6	13/20
BTTS - No 43%	11/10	11/10
BTTS - Home Win 23%	7/2	17/5
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	16/5
BTTS - Away Win 15%	9/2	18/5
Home/draw 71%	2/5	4/9
Away/draw 54%	4/7	8/15
Home/away 76%	1/3	3/10
Over 1.5 Goals 78%	1/4	1/4
Under 1.5 Goals 22%	11/4	27/10
Over 3.5 Goals 32%	2/1	19/10
Under 3.5 Goals 68%	4/11	4/11
Over 4.5 Goals 16%	5/1	9/2
Under 4.5 Goals 84%	1/8	1/8
Over 5.5 Goals 7%	12/1	10/1
Under 5.5 Goals 93%	1/25	1/33
Over 0.5 Goals 94%	1/20	1/25
Under 0.5 Goals 6%	10/1	9/1
Home DNB 64%	4/6	4/5
Away DNB 46%	11/10	10/11
Port Vale win to nil 23%	10/3	-
Barnsley win to nil 14%	9/2	-
Port Vale / Port Vale 21%	11/4	14/5
Port Vale / Barnsley 3%	28/1	18/1
Port Vale / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1
Draw / Port Vale 14%	5/1	19/4
Draw / Barnsley 13%	11/2	5/1
Draw / Draw 15%	9/2	17/4
Barnsley / Port Vale 4%	22/1	20/1
Barnsley / Barnsley 18%	15/4	16/5
Barnsley / Draw 7%	12/1	10/1

Win / draw / win League One table

Port Vale have played 39 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

39 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 21 games, drawn 10 and won 8. Port Vale have conceded 54 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 20 matches and kept 11 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Port Vale have played 20 games at home, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 6 clean sheets and failed to score 10 times in home league games.

Barnsley lay in 14th place on 51 points in the League One league table having played 39 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 17 games against teams below them in the table, winning 6, drawing 5 and losing 6 games. They have scored 23 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Barnsley have conceded 26 goals and have failed to score in 6 matches.

Away league performance

Barnsley have played 18 away games, winning 4, drawing 7 and losing 7 games. They have scored an average of 1.3 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Port Vale Barnsley
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	41	27	9	5	42	90	May 2	l 1-0A	l 0-2A	l 3-1A
2	Cardiff	40	23	9	8	32	78	d 0-00-0	Apr 22	d 1-1A	l 4-0A
3	Bradford	41	21	8	12	7	71	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	Apr 18	d 2-2A
4	Bolton	41	18	16	7	17	70	w 1-0F	l 4-0A	d 1-1F	l 3-2A
5	Stockport	40	19	10	11	9	67	l 0-3A	Apr 28	May 2	d 1-1F
6	Stevenage	40	18	10	12	4	64	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	w 3-1F	Apr 21
7	Reading	42	16	14	12	8	62	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	w 3-2F	d 2-2A
8	Plymouth	41	19	5	17	8	62	l 0-1A	Apr 25	l 0-3A	w 1-3F
9	Huddersfield	41	17	10	14	9	61	d 0-00-0	l 5-0A	w 3-1F	l 2-1F
10	Luton	41	17	10	14	7	61	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	w 5-0F	Apr 25
11	Wycombe	42	16	11	15	12	59	d 0-00-0	l 4-0A	l 0-1A	d 2-2F
12	Mansfield	39	13	14	12	8	53	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	l 2-3F	d 2-2F
13	Peterborough	40	15	6	19	4	51	l 0-1A	Apr 16	w 2-1A	w 0-1F
14	Barnsley	39	13	12	14	-4	51	Apr 14	w 0-2F	-	-
15	L Orient	41	14	8	19	-8	50	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	w 3-2F	w 1-3F
16	AFC Wim	41	14	8	19	-13	50	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	d 3-3F	l 2-0A
17	Doncaster	41	14	8	19	-22	50	l 0-1A	l 1-0A	l 0-1A	w 1-2F
18	Wigan	41	12	13	16	-11	49	Apr 19	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
19	Burton	42	12	12	18	-11	48	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 3-2A	d 1-1A
20	Blackpool	42	13	9	20	-16	48	w 5-1A	l 3-2F	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
21	Exeter	42	12	10	20	-8	46	l 1-3A	w 0-2F	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
22	Rotherham	40	9	10	21	-24	37	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	l 0-1A	Apr 11
23	Northampton	41	9	8	24	-26	35	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	d 2-2A	Apr 28
24	Port Vale	39	8	10	21	-24	34	-	-	l 0-2A	Apr 14

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Win / draw / win form

Port Vale have kept a clean sheet for 3 consecutive home league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	1 - 0	Rotherham
Port Vale	1 - 0	Bolton
Port Vale	0 - 0	Huddersfield
Port Vale	0 - 2	Bradford
Port Vale	1 - 1	Luton
Port Vale	1 - 1	Reading
Port Vale	2 - 2	Burton
Port Vale	0 - 1	AFC Wim
Port Vale	1 - 3	Exeter
Port Vale	5 - 1	Blackpool
Port Vale	0 - 1	Peterborough
Port Vale	0 - 1	Plymouth
Port Vale	0 - 0	Wycombe
Port Vale	0 - 3	Stockport
Port Vale	0 - 0	Northampton
Port Vale	2 - 1	Mansfield
Port Vale	2 - 3	L Orient
Port Vale	0 - 1	Doncaster
Port Vale	1 - 2	Stevenage
Port Vale	0 - 0	Cardiff

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Rotherham
A	Port Vale	0 - 4	Wycombe
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Bolton
A	Port Vale	2 - 3	Blackpool
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Huddersfield
H	Port Vale	0 - 2	Bradford
H	Port Vale	1 - 1	Luton
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	Northampton
H	Port Vale	1 - 1	Reading
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Stevenage
H	Port Vale	2 - 2	Burton
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	AFC Wim
A	Port Vale	1 - 0	L Orient
H	Port Vale	1 - 3	Exeter
A	Port Vale	0 - 3	Mansfield
H	Port Vale	5 - 1	Blackpool
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Bradford
A	Port Vale	0 - 5	Huddersfield
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Peterborough

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Burton	1 - 1	Barnsley
Mansfield	2 - 2	Barnsley
L Orient	1 - 3	Barnsley
Huddersfield	2 - 1	Barnsley
Bolton	3 - 2	Barnsley
Cardiff	4 - 0	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wigan	1 - 1	Barnsley
Exeter	3 - 0	Barnsley
Lincoln	3 - 1	Barnsley
Stockport	1 - 1	Barnsley
Doncaster	1 - 2	Barnsley
Bradford	2 - 2	Barnsley
Wycombe	2 - 2	Barnsley
Blackpool	1 - 0	Barnsley
AFC Wim	2 - 0	Barnsley
Peterborough	0 - 1	Barnsley
Plymouth	1 - 3	Barnsley
Reading	2 - 4	Barnsley
L Orient	4 - 3	Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Barnsley	0 - 3	Plymouth
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Burton
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Doncaster
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Mansfield
H	Barnsley	1 - 1	Cardiff
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Exeter
H	Barnsley	0 - 1	Wycombe
A	Barnsley	3 - 1	L Orient
A	Barnsley	1 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Peterborough
H	Barnsley	3 - 3	AFC Wim
A	Barnsley	2 - 3	Bolton
H	Barnsley	2 - 2	Northampton
H	Barnsley	3 - 1	Stevenage
A	Barnsley	0 - 4	Cardiff
A	Barnsley	2 - 2	Reading
H	Barnsley	2 - 1	Blackpool
A	Barnsley	1 - 1	Wigan
H	Barnsley	0 - 2	Lincoln

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Barnsley have beaten Port Vale in 3 consecutive away league meetings

Port Vale

Barnsley

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

7 / 9

Clean sheets

2 / 9

1 / 9

PTV

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
	2 - 3	Barnsley
	1 - 3	Barnsley
	0 - 1	Barnsley
Port Vale	2 - 1
Port Vale	3 - 2
Port Vale	5 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Port Vale	1 - 0
	1 - 3	Barnsley

Barnsley

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

PTV

BAR

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Barnsley
	0 - 2	Port Vale
Barnsley	7 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Port Vale
Barnsley	2 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	1 - 2	Port Vale
Barnsley	3 - 1
	0 - 2	Port Vale
Barnsley	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Port Vale's fans will be hoping for goals on Tuesday evening, not least because Barnsley have conceded in each of their last 25 League One games. A PG of 1.6 for J. Brady's side suggests that run should continue.

	Port Vale 24th	Barnsley 14th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.6 goals	1.2 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 20% 1 32% 2 26% 3 14% 4+ 8% There is a 80% probability that Port Vale will score 1 or more goals	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Barnsley will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-31 Port Vale have scored 31% fewer goals at home than predicted	+27 Barnsley have scored 27% more goals when away than predicted
	0.9 average goals scored	1.6 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

PTV

BAR

38%

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Games scored	19		29
Failed to score	20		10
Scored first	12		18
Goals scored	30		60
Avg. goals scored	0.8		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		8
Avg. shots per goal	10		5
Conversion rate for	10		19
Avg. XG for	1.1		1.2
KickOff rating		+38%

19%

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PTV

BAR

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Games conceded	28		37
Clean sheets	11		2
Conceded first	22		21
Goals conceded	54		64
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	17%		18%
Avg. XG against	1.3		1.7
KickOff rating		+19%

Port Vale v Barnsley League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Port Vale League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
32	3	3	7
C Hall	R Croasdale	J Shipley	F Ojo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Hall DEF	33	1		4 -
G Hall MID	31	1	2	2 -
C Humphreys DEF	30	1		5 -
J Gauci GLK	27			-
F Ojo MID	26			7 -
K John DEF	25	1		4 -
R Croasdale MID	24	3		4 -
B Heneghan DEF	23		1	5 -
J Shipley MID	23		3	2 -
J. Headley DEF	21	1	1	3 1
R. Walters MID	21	1		1 -
B Waine FWD	21	3		2 -
J Stockley FWD	21	3		2 -
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	20	1		5 -
B Garrity MID	20		1	1 -
D Brown FWD	20	1	1	1 -
L Gordon DEF	19			4 -
G Byers MID	18	1	1	4 1
E Archer MID	13	1	1	-
E. Campbell DEF	12		1	1 -
A Gray FWD	11			1 -
M. Sherif FWD	10	1		1 -
B Amos GLK	7			-
T Magloire DEF	6			1 -
M Marosi GLK	5			-
O Hernández FWD	2			-
G Ward MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	9	3	8
R Croasdale	B Waine	J Shipley	G Hall

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
R Croasdale MID	3	6		2
B Waine FWD	3	9		1
J Stockley FWD	3	8
C Hall DEF	1	6		3
G Hall MID	1	7	2	8
C Humphreys DEF	1	3		1
K John DEF	1	2		3
J. Headley DEF	1	6	1	3
R. Walters MID	1	5
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	1	3
D Brown FWD	1	5	1	2
G Byers MID	1	3	1	1
E Archer MID	1	2	1	1
M. Sherif FWD	1	3
J Gauci GLK				1
F Ojo MID		2		2
B Heneghan DEF		1	1	1
J Shipley MID		4	3	6
B Garrity MID		8	1	1
L Gordon DEF				2
E. Campbell DEF			1
A Gray FWD		3		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1239	52	213
C Hall	G Hall	C Hall

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	1239	39	213
C Humphreys DEF	1127	23	123
J Gauci GLK	833		22
F Ojo MID	791	26	92
G Byers MID	739	40	85
B Heneghan DEF	553	11	106
B Garrity MID	538	41	158
R Croasdale MID	537	30	87
J Shipley MID	519	22	40
K John DEF	489	48	136
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	476	20	97
J. Headley DEF	458	34	96
L Gordon DEF	405	17	56
R. Walters MID	336	33	90
G Hall MID	327	52	130
E. Campbell DEF	289	16	70
J Stockley FWD	263	9	151
E Archer MID	223	20	57
M Marosi GLK	177		3
B Amos GLK	175	1	4
D Brown FWD	134	7	38
T Magloire DEF	119	8	23
B Waine FWD	118	15	59
A Gray FWD	84	4	14
M. Sherif FWD	69	8	48
O Hernández FWD	29	1	5
G Ward MID	19	1	3

Barnsley League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	15	12	12
J Shepherd	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	L Connell

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J. Bland MID	38		1	9 -
J Shepherd DEF	37			8 1
A Phillips MID	36	6	4	3 -
L Connell MID	35	4	3	11 1
R Cleary FWD	35	6	12	2 -
D McGoldrick FWD	35	15	3	2 -
T Watson DEF	34		1	3 -
P Kelly MID	33	2	4	6 -
V. Yoganathan MID	31	3		4 1
M Gevigney DEF	24		1	2 -
N Ogbeta DEF	23		1	1 -
E O'Connell DEF	18			2 -
O Goodman GLK	17			1 -
C O'Keeffe DEF	16		2	6 -
J Earl DEF	15	1		4 -
S Banks FWD	15	3	4	-
M Roberts DEF	12		1	3 -
T Bradshaw FWD	12	1	2	-
G. Gent DEF	2			1 -
C. Lennon FWD	2	1		-
K Flavell GLK	1			-
T Chirewa MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
15	33	12	12
D McGoldrick	D McGoldrick	R Cleary	R Cleary

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D McGoldrick FWD	15	33	3	2
A Phillips MID	6	14	4	5
R Cleary FWD	6	17	12	12
L Connell MID	4	12	3	8
V. Yoganathan MID	3	4
S Banks FWD	3	9	4	3
P Kelly MID	2	12	4	5
J Earl DEF	1	1		1
T Bradshaw FWD	1	3	2	1
C. Lennon FWD	1	2
J. Bland MID		5	1	4
J Shepherd DEF		1
T Watson DEF		1	1	1
M Gevigney DEF		1	1	3
N Ogbeta DEF		1	1	3
E O'Connell DEF				1
O Goodman GLK				1
C O'Keeffe DEF		2	2	2
M Roberts DEF		2	1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1963	60	224
J Shepherd	T Watson	J Shepherd

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Shepherd DEF	1963	22	224
L Connell MID	1919	59	141
T Watson DEF	1148	60	165
A Phillips MID	1117	25	106
J. Bland MID	1013	54	116
J Earl DEF	923	24	92
E O'Connell DEF	823	17	94
M Gevigney DEF	775	31	133
P Kelly MID	743	54	156
D McGoldrick FWD	639	28	126
O Goodman GLK	553		15
C O'Keeffe DEF	535	30	93
N Ogbeta DEF	511	39	78
V. Yoganathan MID	492	42	130
M Roberts DEF	410	14	75
R Cleary FWD	371	36	112
S Banks FWD	224	15	40
T Bradshaw FWD	112	2	41
G. Gent DEF	43	7	9
K Flavell GLK	30
C. Lennon FWD	13		1
T Chirewa MID	3