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

Sat 21st Mar, 15:00 BST, Vale Park, Stoke

Steven Schumacher will be hoping for a precious away win in the League One on Saturday afternoon, as he takes his Bolton Wanderers side to the Vale Park to visit Port Vale and Darren Moore. Stats drive the predictions below for all the markets, and flipping between them shows bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and a whole lot more besides. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are also provided. Click on the tabs below to explore.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Port Vale 30%	-	-
Draw 28%	-	-
Bolton 42%	-	-
Draw 1-1 13%	-	-
Bolton 1-0 12%	-	-
Port Vale 1-0 10%	-	-
Draw 0-0 10%	-	-
Bolton 2-1 8%	-	-
Bolton 2-0 8%	-	-
Port Vale 2-1 7%	-	-
Port Vale 2-0 5%	-	-
Draw 2-2 4%	-	-
Bolton 3-1 4%	-	-
Bolton 3-0 3%	-	-
Port Vale 3-1 2%	-	-
Bolton 3-2 2%	-	-
Port Vale 3-0 2%	-	-
Port Vale 3-2 2%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 41%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 59%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 49%	-	-
No 1st Goal 6%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 47%	-	-
BTTS - No 53%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 12%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 16%	-	-
Home/draw 58%	-	-
Away/draw 70%	-	-
Home/away 72%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 68%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 32%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 21%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 79%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 9%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 91%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 90%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 10%	-	-
Home DNB 50%	-	-
Away DNB 61%	-	-
Port Vale win to nil 18%	-	-
Bolton win to nil 25%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Port Vale have played 32 matches so far this season and are in 24th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

32 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 17 games, drawn 9 and won 6. Port Vale have conceded 44 goals, scored 26, failed to score in 16 matches and kept 8 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Port Vale have played 16 games at home, winning 2, drawing 6 and losing 8 fixtures. They have scored 15 goals, conceded 21 goals, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 8 times in home league games.

Bolton lay in 3rd place on 64 points in the League One league table having played 36 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 33 games against teams below them in the table, winning 16, drawing 11 and losing 6 games. They have scored 50 goals and kept 9 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Bolton have conceded 34 goals and have failed to score in 7 matches.

Away league performance

Bolton have played 18 away games, winning 5, drawing 8 and losing 5 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 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 Bolton
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	35	22	8	5	34	74	May 2	l 1-0A	d 1-1A	d 1-1A
2	Cardiff	35	22	6	7	30	72	d 0-00-0	Apr 3	w 1-0F	Apr 11
3	Bolton	36	17	13	6	17	64	Mar 21	l 4-0A	-	-
4	Bradford	35	18	7	10	6	61	Mar 11	l 1-0A	d 0-00-0	Apr 25
5	Stockport	34	16	8	10	4	56	l 0-3A	Apr 11	Apr 6	l 2-0A
6	Huddersfield	36	16	7	13	10	55	Mar 14	l 5-0A	Apr 18	w 1-2A
7	Reading	35	14	12	9	7	54	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	d 1-1F	d 1-1A
8	Stevenage	34	15	9	10	3	54	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	Mar 28	d 0-00-0
9	Wycombe	36	14	11	11	13	53	d 0-00-0	Mar 28	w 3-2A	l 2-1F
10	Plymouth	35	15	4	16	0	49	l 0-1A	Apr 25	w 2-0F	Apr 3
11	Luton	35	13	8	14	1	47	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	May 2	d 1-1F
12	Barnsley	33	13	8	12	0	47	-	w 0-2F	w 3-2F	d 1-1A
13	Peterborough	35	14	4	17	1	46	l 0-1A	-	w 2-1F	l 3-1A
14	AFC Wim	33	12	7	14	-7	43	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	w 3-0F	w 0-1F
15	Exeter	35	11	9	15	-2	42	l 1-3A	w 0-2F	w 2-1A	w 1-5F
16	Mansfield	33	10	11	12	2	41	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
17	Burton	36	10	10	16	-12	40	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	l 3-0A
18	Doncaster	34	11	6	17	-20	39	l 0-1A	-	Mar 17	d 1-1A
19	Wigan	34	9	11	14	-11	38	Apr 18	l 1-0A	w 4-1F	w 0-1F
20	Blackpool	35	10	8	17	-14	38	w 5-1A	Mar 17	d 2-2F	d 1-1A
21	L Orient	34	10	6	18	-13	36	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	d 1-1A
22	Rotherham	35	9	8	18	-15	35	Apr 6	l 2-1A	w 2-1F	Mar 14
23	Northampton	35	9	8	18	-16	35	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	d 0-00-0	l 2-0A
24	Port Vale	32	6	9	17	-18	27	-	-	w 4-0F	Mar 21

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

11 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

9 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
Port Vale	0 - 1	Gillingham
Port Vale	2 - 2	Grimsby
Port Vale	5 - 0	Bromley
Port Vale	2 - 0	Bradford

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

9 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

11 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
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
A	Port Vale	2 - 2	Luton
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Lincoln
H	Port Vale	0 - 1	Plymouth
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Wycombe
A	Port Vale	0 - 4	Bolton
H	Port Vale	0 - 3	Stockport
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Wigan

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Exeter	1 - 5	Bolton
Reading	1 - 1	Bolton
Lincoln	1 - 1	Bolton
AFC Wim	0 - 1	Bolton
Stevenage	0 - 0	Bolton
Wigan	0 - 1	Bolton
Peterborough	3 - 1	Bolton
Doncaster	1 - 1	Bolton
Wycombe	2 - 1	Bolton
Mansfield	0 - 1	Bolton
Luton	1 - 1	Bolton
Huddersfield	1 - 2	Bolton
Burton	3 - 0	Bolton
Northampton	2 - 0	Bolton
L Orient	1 - 1	Bolton
Blackpool	1 - 1	Bolton
Barnsley	1 - 1	Bolton
Stockport	2 - 0	Bolton
Peterborough	1 - 1	Bolton
Lincoln	4 - 2	Bolton

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Bolton	3 - 2	Wycombe
A	Bolton	5 - 1	Exeter
H	Bolton	2 - 2	Blackpool
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Reading
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Lincoln
H	Bolton	3 - 2	Barnsley
A	Bolton	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Burton
H	Bolton	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Bolton	0 - 0	Stevenage
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Wigan
A	Bolton	1 - 3	Peterborough
H	Bolton	0 - 0	Northampton
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Doncaster
H	Bolton	0 - 1	Mansfield
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Rotherham
A	Bolton	1 - 2	Wycombe
H	Bolton	2 - 1	Exeter
A	Bolton	1 - 0	Mansfield
A	Bolton	1 - 1	Luton

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Bolton have beaten Port Vale in 4 consecutive league meetings

Bolton have not lost to Port Vale in 7 consecutive away league meetings

Bolton have kept a clean sheet in 6 consecutive away league meetings with Port Vale

Port Vale

Bolton

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

1 / 7

6 / 7

Clean sheets

1 / 7

6 / 7

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
	0 - 1	Bolton
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
	0 - 1	Bolton
	0 - 2	Bolton
	0 - 1	Bolton
	0 - 2	Bolton
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Bolton

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

0 / 8

PTV

BOL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Bolton
Bolton	4 - 0
Bolton	2 - 0
Bolton	2 - 1
	3 - 6	Port Vale
Bolton	3 - 1
Bolton	2 - 1
Bolton	3 - 1
Bolton	4 - 2

Goal Statistics

	Port Vale 24th	Bolton 3rd
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 35% 1 37% 2 19% 3 4+ There is a 72% probability that Port Vale will score no more than 1 goal	0 28% 1 36% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 64% probability that Bolton will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Port Vale have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-9 Bolton’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.2 average goals scored	1.1 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

PTV

BOL

37%

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Games scored	16		28
Failed to score	16		7
Scored first	9		18
Goals scored	26		50
Avg. goals scored	0.8		1.4
Avg. shots per game	8		11
Avg. shots per goal	10		8
Conversion rate for	10		12
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.7
KickOff rating		+37%

PTV

BOL

17%

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Games conceded	24		25
Clean sheets	8		10
Conceded first	19		14
Goals conceded	44		34
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		0.9
Avg. shots/game conceded	8		6
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		7
Conversion rate against	18%		15%
Avg. XG against	1.2		0.9
KickOff rating		+17%

Port Vale v Bolton 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
27	6	3	6
C Hall	D Cole	R Paton	F Ojo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Humphreys DEF	27	1		5 -
C Hall DEF	27	1		3 -
G Hall MID	24		2	2 -
B Heneghan DEF	23		1	5 -
R Croasdale MID	23	2		3 -
K John DEF	22	1		4 -
F Ojo MID	21			6 -
J Gauci GLK	20			-
J Stockley FWD	20	3		2 -
D Cole FWD	19	6	2	2 -
R Curtis FWD	19	2	2	1 -
G Byers MID	18	1	1	4 1
J. Headley DEF	17	1		3 1
J Debrah DEF	17			1 -
J Shipley MID	17		2	2 -
B Waine FWD	17	3		2 -
D Brown FWD	16		1	-
B Garrity MID	15		1	1 -
L Gordon DEF	14			3 -
R. Walters MID	14			-
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	13	1		4 -
R Paton FWD	13	1	3	2 -
M Faal FWD	13			1 -
M Clark DEF	12		1	2 -
B Amos GLK	7			-
M Marosi GLK	5			-
M Johnson MID	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
6	16	3	8
D Cole	D Cole	R Paton	G Hall

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Cole FWD	6	16	2	6
J Stockley FWD	3	8
B Waine FWD	3	7		1
R Croasdale MID	2	5		1
R Curtis FWD	2	6	2	5
C Humphreys DEF	1	2		1
C Hall DEF	1	5		3
K John DEF	1	2		3
G Byers MID	1	3	1	1
J. Headley DEF	1	4		2
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	1	3
R Paton FWD	1	7	3	5
G Hall MID		4	2	8
B Heneghan DEF		1	1	1
F Ojo MID		1		2
J Gauci GLK				1
J Debrah DEF		1		1
J Shipley MID		1	2	3
D Brown FWD		4	1	2
B Garrity MID		6	1	1
L Gordon DEF				2
R. Walters MID		4
M Faal FWD		4
M Clark DEF			1	2
M Johnson MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1042	41	171
C Hall	K John	C Hall

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	1042	29	171
C Humphreys DEF	1006	18	107
G Byers MID	739	40	85
F Ojo MID	627	22	73
J Gauci GLK	601		16
B Heneghan DEF	553	11	106
R Croasdale MID	509	29	84
J Debrah DEF	454	11	77
B Garrity MID	423	30	124
K John DEF	405	41	118
J. Headley DEF	369	30	77
J Shipley MID	347	11	22
M Clark DEF	336	18	49
D Cole FWD	306	19	108
R Curtis FWD	293	19	84
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	286	7	48
L Gordon DEF	272	10	36
J Stockley FWD	250	8	145
G Hall MID	236	36	96
R. Walters MID	201	22	65
M Marosi GLK	177		3
B Amos GLK	175	1	4
R Paton FWD	167	5	19
M Johnson MID	114	7	15
D Brown FWD	98	5	28
M Faal FWD	90	4	37
B Waine FWD	84	13	44

Bolton League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
35	11	8	8
G Johnston	M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	J Sheehan

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Johnston DEF	35	1		7 -
M Burstow FWD	35	11	3	3 -
S Dalby FWD	33	9	3	2 -
M Conway DEF	32		2	2 -
X Simons MID	31	1		3 1
E Toal DEF	28	2	2	-
E Erhahon MID	28		3	2 -
J Sheehan MID	28	3	4	8 -
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	28	6	8	1 -
J Osei-Tutu DEF	27	1	1	5 -
T Gale FWD	27	5	2	2 -
T Sharman-Lowe GLK	22			1 -
K Dempsey MID	21	3	2	3 -
I Cissoko FWD	21	1		3 -
C Forino DEF	20			5 -
A Morley MID	20			1 -
M Forss FWD	18	2		1 -
J McAtee FWD	18	2	1	2 -
C Christie DEF	15		1	2 -
J Randall MID	15	1		-
J Dacres-Cogley DEF	13		2	2 -
R Taylor DEF	7			1 -
T Miller GLK	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	26	8	10
M Burstow	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry	A Cozier-Duberry

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
M Burstow FWD	11	23	3	3
S Dalby FWD	9	19	3	7
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	6	26	8	10
T Gale FWD	5	19	2	6
J Sheehan MID	3	11	4	4
K Dempsey MID	3	7	2	3
E Toal DEF	2	5	2	1
M Forss FWD	2	8
J McAtee FWD	2	7	1	2
G Johnston DEF	1	5		2
X Simons MID	1	6		1
J Osei-Tutu DEF	1	6	1	1
I Cissoko FWD	1	4		1
J Randall MID	1	7
M Conway DEF		6	2	6
E Erhahon MID			3	3
C Forino DEF		6		2
A Morley MID		1		6
C Christie DEF		5	1	3
J Dacres-Cogley DEF			2
R Taylor DEF		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2367	63	222
G Johnston	M Conway	G Johnston

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Johnston DEF	2367	40	222
E Toal DEF	1746	32	160
M Conway DEF	1370	63	218
J Sheehan MID	1282	27	81
X Simons MID	1063	38	87
C Forino DEF	1011	30	163
E Erhahon MID	913	53	111
T Sharman-Lowe GLK	901	1	12
A Cozier-Duberry FWD	847	37	121
J Osei-Tutu DEF	658	62	181
C Christie DEF	564	15	67
J Dacres-Cogley DEF	495	18	40
A Morley MID	481	11	21
M Burstow FWD	427	17	93
S Dalby FWD	401	20	160
K Dempsey MID	349	20	55
T Gale FWD	331	12	59
I Cissoko FWD	233	10	63
J Randall MID	218	11	24
J McAtee FWD	201	14	37
M Forss FWD	153	13	33
T Miller GLK	109
R Taylor DEF	73	4	13