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

Sat 2nd May, 15:00 BST, Vale Park, Stoke

the Vale Park faithful welcome Lincoln City's supporters on Saturday afternoon, as Jon Brady's Port Vale face Michael Skubala's side in the League One. We have odds for 17 top betting markets plus predictions, statistics and head to head (H2H) data for the two sides. All can be selected using the tabs below.

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Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Port Vale 20%	-	-
Draw 27%	-	-
Lincoln 53%	-	-
Lincoln 1-0 16%	-	-
Draw 1-1 12%	-	-
Lincoln 2-0 11%	-	-
Draw 0-0 11%	-	-
Lincoln 2-1 9%	-	-
Port Vale 1-0 8%	-	-
Lincoln 3-0 5%	-	-
Port Vale 2-1 5%	-	-
Lincoln 3-1 4%	-	-
Draw 2-2 3%	-	-
Port Vale 2-0 3%	-	-
Lincoln 4-0 2%	-	-
Lincoln 3-2 2%	-	-
Lincoln 4-1 2%	-	-
Port Vale 3-1 1%	-	-
Over 2.5 Goals 38%	-	-
Under 2.5 Goals 62%	-	-
Home 1st Goal 38%	-	-
Away 1st Goal 55%	-	-
No 1st Goal 7%	-	-
BTTS - Yes 41%	-	-
BTTS - No 59%	-	-
BTTS - Home Win 7%	-	-
BTTS - Draw 16%	-	-
BTTS - Away Win 18%	-	-
Home/draw 47%	-	-
Away/draw 80%	-	-
Home/away 73%	-	-
Over 1.5 Goals 65%	-	-
Under 1.5 Goals 35%	-	-
Over 3.5 Goals 18%	-	-
Under 3.5 Goals 82%	-	-
Over 4.5 Goals 7%	-	-
Under 4.5 Goals 93%	-	-
Over 5.5 Goals 3%	-	-
Under 5.5 Goals 97%	-	-
Over 0.5 Goals 89%	-	-
Under 0.5 Goals 11%	-	-
Home DNB 39%	-	-
Away DNB 72%	-	-
Port Vale win to nil 13%	-	-
Lincoln win to nil 35%	-	-

Win / draw / win League One table

Port Vale have played 41 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

37 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 20 games, drawn 10 and won 7. Port Vale have conceded 53 goals, scored 30, failed to score in 20 matches and kept 9 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Port Vale have played 21 games at home, winning 4, drawing 8 and losing 9 fixtures. They have scored 17 goals, conceded 23 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 11 times in home league games.

Lincoln lay in 1st place on 93 points in the League One league table having played 42 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 42 games against teams below them in the table, winning 28, drawing 9 and losing 5 games. They have scored 79 goals and kept 17 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Lincoln have conceded 36 goals and have failed to score in 5 matches.

Away league performance

Lincoln have played 20 away games, winning 11, drawing 5 and losing 4 games. They have scored an average of 1.5 goals per away game and conceded an average 1 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 Lincoln
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lincoln	42	28	9	5	43	93	May 2	l 1-0A	-	-
2	Cardiff	42	24	10	8	34	82	d 0-00-0	Apr 22	w 2-1F	w 0-2F
3	Bolton	43	19	16	8	19	73	w 1-0F	l 4-0A	d 1-1F	d 1-1F
4	Bradford	42	21	8	13	6	71	l 0-2A	l 1-0A	w 3-0F	d 0-00-0
5	Stockport	41	20	10	11	11	70	l 0-3A	Apr 28	w 3-1F	w 1-2F
6	Stevenage	42	19	10	13	1	67	l 1-2F	l 2-1F	w 1-0F	Apr 18
7	Luton	42	18	10	14	8	64	d 1-1A	d 2-2A	w 3-1F	d 2-2F
8	Huddersfield	43	17	12	14	9	63	d 0-00-0	l 5-0A	d 1-1A	d 2-2A
9	Plymouth	42	19	6	17	8	63	l 0-1A	Apr 25	w 3-2F	w 1-4A
10	Reading	43	16	14	13	7	62	d 1-1A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	w 1-2F
11	Wycombe	43	16	12	15	12	60	d 0-00-0	l 4-0A	Apr 25	l 3-2A
12	Barnsley	41	14	13	14	-2	55	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F	w 3-1F	w 0-2F
13	Wigan	43	14	13	16	-7	55	Apr 19	l 1-0A	d 2-2A	w 0-1F
14	Mansfield	41	13	15	13	7	54	w 2-1F	l 3-0A	d 1-1F	w 0-2F
15	Doncaster	42	15	8	19	-21	53	l 0-1A	l 1-0A	w 2-1F	Apr 21
16	Peterborough	42	15	6	21	0	51	l 0-1A	w 1-3F	w 5-2A	w 0-3F
17	L Orient	43	14	9	20	-9	51	l 2-3F	w 0-1F	w 2-1F	l 1-0A
18	Burton	43	13	12	18	-10	51	d 2-2F	d 0-00-0	w 2-1F	w 0-1F
19	Blackpool	43	14	9	20	-14	51	w 5-1A	l 3-2F	w 4-0F	d 2-2F
20	AFC Wim	43	14	8	21	-16	50	l 0-1A	d 1-1A	w 1-0F	l 2-0A
21	Exeter	43	12	11	20	-8	47	l 1-3A	w 0-2F	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
22	Port Vale	41	9	11	21	-22	38	-	-	w 1-0F	May 2
23	Rotherham	42	9	10	23	-29	37	w 1-0F	l 2-1A	w 3-0F	l 3-0A
24	Northampton	42	9	8	25	-27	35	d 0-00-0	w 0-1F	w 4-0F	w 0-1F

	Promotion
	Promotion Play Off
	Relegation

Win / draw / win form

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	0 - 0	Barnsley
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

8 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Port Vale	3 - 1	Peterborough
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Barnsley
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Won

Draw

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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

20 / 20

Conceded

10 / 20

Clean sheets

10 / 20

Failed to score

0 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	L Orient
A	Lincoln	2 - 1	Reading
H	Lincoln	1 - 0	AFC Wim
H	Lincoln	3 - 0	Rotherham
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Huddersfield
H	Lincoln	3 - 1	Stockport
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Cardiff
H	Lincoln	4 - 0	Blackpool
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Mansfield
H	Lincoln	4 - 0	Northampton
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Bolton
A	Lincoln	4 - 1	Plymouth
A	Lincoln	1 - 0	Wigan
H	Lincoln	3 - 0	Bradford
H	Lincoln	2 - 1	Burton
A	Lincoln	2 - 2	Luton
H	Lincoln	5 - 2	Peterborough
H	Lincoln	1 - 1	Huddersfield
A	Lincoln	2 - 0	Barnsley

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Port Vale

Lincoln

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

5 / 7

4 / 7

Clean sheets

3 / 7

2 / 7

PTV

LIN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Port Vale
	0 - 2	Lincoln
Port Vale	1 - 0
	2 - 6	Lincoln
Port Vale	1 - 0
Port Vale	2 - 1
Port Vale	4 - 0
	0 - 1	Lincoln

Lincoln

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 8

6 / 8

Clean sheets

2 / 8

1 / 8

PTV

LIN

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Lincoln
Lincoln	1 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lincoln	3 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Lincoln	3 - 1
Lincoln	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Port Vale
	0 - 1	Port Vale

Goal Statistics

	Port Vale 22nd	Lincoln 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	0.8 goals	1.4 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 46% 1 36% 2 14% 3 4+ There is a 82% probability of Port Vale scoring 1 goal or less	0 24% 1 34% 2 25% 3 12% 4+ There is a 76% probability that Lincoln will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-32 Port Vale have scored 32% fewer goals at home than predicted	+21 Lincoln have scored 21% more goals when away than predicted
	0.9 average goals scored	1.5 average goals scored
	1.2 conceded	1.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League One - 2025/2026 season

better

PTV

LIN

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Games scored	0		0
Failed to score	0		0
Scored first	0		0
Goals scored	0		0
Avg. goals scored	0		0
Avg. shots per game	0		0
Avg. shots per goal	0		0
Conversion rate for	0		0
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

better

PTV

LIN

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Games conceded	0		0
Clean sheets	0		0
Conceded first	0		0
Goals conceded	0		0
Avg. goals conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/game conceded	0		0
Avg. shots/goal conceded	0		0
Conversion rate against	0%		0%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		0%

Port Vale v Lincoln 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
34	4	3	7
C Hall	R Croasdale	J Shipley	F Ojo

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Hall DEF	35	1		4 -
C Humphreys DEF	32	1		6 -
G Hall MID	32	1	2	2 -
J Gauci GLK	29			-
F Ojo MID	26			7 -
R Croasdale MID	26	4		4 -
K John DEF	25	1		4 -
J. Headley DEF	24	1	1	3 1
J Shipley MID	24		3	2 -
B Heneghan DEF	23		1	5 -
B Waine FWD	23	3		2 -
R. Walters MID	22	1		1 -
D Brown FWD	22	1	1	1 -
J Stockley FWD	22	3		2 -
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	21	1		5 -
L Gordon DEF	21			4 -
B Garrity MID	21		1	1 -
G Byers MID	18	1	1	4 1
E Archer MID	15	3	1	-
E. Campbell DEF	14		1	1 -
M. Sherif FWD	12	1		1 -
A Gray FWD	11			1 -
B Amos GLK	7			-
T Magloire DEF	7			2 -
M Marosi GLK	5			-
O Hernández FWD	4		1	-
G Ward MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	9	3	8
R Croasdale	B Waine	J Shipley	G Hall

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

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1297	53	221
C Hall	G Hall	C Hall

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	1297	40	221
C Humphreys DEF	1163	24	127
J Gauci GLK	911		22
F Ojo MID	791	26	92
G Byers MID	739	40	85
B Garrity MID	570	46	166
R Croasdale MID	562	32	91
B Heneghan DEF	553	11	106
J Shipley MID	541	26	46
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	499	20	102
K John DEF	489	48	136
J. Headley DEF	473	35	104
L Gordon DEF	438	19	62
R. Walters MID	355	34	96
E. Campbell DEF	347	17	79
G Hall MID	342	53	134
J Stockley FWD	274	9	155
E Archer MID	245	22	62
M Marosi GLK	177		3
B Amos GLK	175	1	4
D Brown FWD	147	8	39
T Magloire DEF	137	8	28
B Waine FWD	129	15	61
A Gray FWD	84	4	14
M. Sherif FWD	80	11	55
O Hernández FWD	61	7	13
G Ward MID	39	4	7

Lincoln League One squad statistics 2025/2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
42	10	8	10
G Wickens	J Moylan	R Hackett	T Darikwa

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
G Wickens GLK	42		3	5 -
T Hamer DEF	42	2	5	7 -
S Bradley DEF	41	3	2	3 1
T Darikwa DEF	41	4	3	10 -
C McGrandles MID	41	1	5	8 -
R Street FWD	41	8	3	4 1
T Bayliss MID	37	3	2	7 -
R Hackett FWD	37	9	8	4 -
R Towler DEF	36	1	2	9 -
F Draper FWD	32	7	3	6 -
A Reach DEF	31	4	4	3 -
B House FWD	30	4	2	7 -
I Varfolomeev MID	28	1	1	5 -
J Moylan MID	27	10	4	1 -
D Jefferies MID	23	2	2	4 -
J Collins FWD	18	4	1	2 -
A Lloyd FWD	15	1	1	3 -
R One FWD	12	5		1 -
A Jackson DEF	10			1 1
E Ring FWD	10			-
D Elerewe DEF	6			-
O. Thorn DEF	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	28	8	8
J Moylan	J Moylan	R Hackett	T Hamer

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
J Moylan MID	10	28	4	7
R Hackett FWD	9	19	8	8
R Street FWD	8	21	3	4
F Draper FWD	7	23	3	3
R One FWD	5	11		1
T Darikwa DEF	4	7	3	5
A Reach DEF	4	8	4	4
B House FWD	4	17	2	4
J Collins FWD	4	9	1	1
S Bradley DEF	3	11	2	6
T Bayliss MID	3	9	2	4
T Hamer DEF	2	4	5	8
D Jefferies MID	2	5	2	2
C McGrandles MID	1	5	5	3
R Towler DEF	1	3	2	2
I Varfolomeev MID	1	5	1	1
A Lloyd FWD	1	1	1	1
G Wickens GLK			3	2
A Jackson DEF		2		1
O. Thorn DEF		1		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1635	119	267
G Wickens	C McGrandles	T Hamer

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
G Wickens GLK	1635	1	22
C McGrandles MID	1459	119	263
T Darikwa DEF	1333	69	142
S Bradley DEF	1312	15	248
T Hamer DEF	1195	46	267
A Reach DEF	998	53	103
T Bayliss MID	777	55	104
R Hackett FWD	690	49	126
R Street FWD	543	48	215
I Varfolomeev MID	508	37	87
J Moylan MID	484	27	86
R Towler DEF	443	30	75
F Draper FWD	398	31	188
B House FWD	377	74	164
A Jackson DEF	220	7	50
J Collins FWD	217	12	67
D Jefferies MID	196	12	33
R One FWD	77	4	21
A Lloyd FWD	54	1	26
E Ring FWD	34	2	7
D Elerewe DEF	20	4	12
O. Thorn DEF	17	1	5