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Port Vale v Chesterfield : League Two match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Oct, 15:00 BST, Vale Park, Stoke

the Vale Park crowd welcome Chesterfield's supporters on Saturday afternoon, as Jon Brady's Port Vale face Paul Cook's troops in the League Two. For every League Two match preview, KickOff dives into the statistics for all of the biggest markets. Key stats, including head-to-head results, are then given alongside the best odds.

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Best Tip: Under 2.5 goals

Maybe it'd be too strong to say that we expect Jon Brady and Paul Cook to batten down the hatches here, but we do not expect a glut of goals as Port Vale and Chesterfield go head-to-head. The statistics belowimply under 2.5 goals (i.e. 2 goals of fewer in total), and we think that's a good shout here. With best odds of 1.85 available on under 2.5 goals and no obvious match winner in sight, that's the bet we're recommending.

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

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Port Vale 38%	2.90 10%	-
Draw 30%	3.20 2%	-
Chesterfield 32%	2.38 3%	-
Port Vale 1-0 14%	9.00 5%	-
Draw 1-1 13%	6.00 8%	-
Draw 0-0 12%	8.50 23%	-
Chesterfield 1-0 12%	7.50 17%	-
Port Vale 2-0 8%	15.00 15%	-
Port Vale 2-1 8%	11.00 10%	-
Chesterfield 2-1 7%	10.00	-
Chesterfield 2-0 6%	11.00 15%	-
Draw 2-2 4%	15.00 15%	-
Port Vale 3-0 3%	29.00 12%	-
Port Vale 3-1 3%	26.00 24%	-
Chesterfield 3-1 2%	21.00	-
Chesterfield 3-0 2%	23.00	-
Port Vale 3-2 1%	34.00 17%	-
Chesterfield 3-2 1%	34.00 17%	-
Over 2.5 Goals 35%	2.08 8%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 65%	1.73 8%	-
Home 1st Goal 48%	2.10 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 44%	1.91	-
No 1st Goal 9%	8.50 23%	-
BTTS - Yes 42%	1.83 6%	-
BTTS - No 58%	1.83 9%	-
BTTS - Home Win 13%	6.50 18%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	4.33	-
BTTS - Away Win 11%	5.50 10%	-
Home/draw 68%	1.53 2%	-
Away/draw 62%	1.40	-
Home/away 70%	1.36 5%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 62%	1.33 3%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 38%	3.25 7%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 16%	3.75 15%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 84%	1.25 6%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 6%	8.00 23%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 94%	1.08 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 2%	17.00 13%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 98%	1.03	-
Over 0.5 Goals 88%	1.06 2%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 12%	10.00 18%	-
Home DNB 59%	2.10 10%	-
Away DNB 53%	1.67 7%	-
Port Vale win to nil 25%	5.00	-
Chesterfield win to nil 21%	4.00 8%	-
Port Vale / Port Vale 17%	4.75 10%	-
Port Vale / Chesterfield 3%	29.00 12%	-
Port Vale / Draw 6%	15.00 15%	-
Draw / Port Vale 13%	6.50	-
Draw / Chesterfield 15%	5.50 8%	-
Draw / Draw 17%	4.75 14%	-
Chesterfield / Port Vale 3%	29.00 12%	-
Chesterfield / Chesterfield 21%	4.00	-
Chesterfield / Draw 6%	15.00 15%	-

Win / draw / win League Two table

Port Vale have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 22nd position in the league. Port Vale are unbeaten at home after 4 games and have kept 3 clean sheets in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

8 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 4 games, drawn 2 and won 2. Port Vale have conceded 9 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 3 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Port Vale have played 4 games at home, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 3 goals, conceded 1 goal, kept 3 clean sheets and failed to score 1 time in home league games.

Chesterfield lay in 7th place on 15 points in the League Two league table having played 10 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below them in the table, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3 games. They have scored 10 goals and kept 0 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Chesterfield have conceded 10 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Chesterfield have played 5 away games, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.4 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.4 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 Chesterfield
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Salford	10	6	1	3	5	19	Feb 13	l 1-0A	Mar 13	w 0-1F
2	Barnet	8	5	3	0	9	18	Mar 20	Nov 21	d 3-3A	Feb 13
3	Crewe	10	4	6	0	5	18	d 0-00-0	Feb 6	Oct 24	Jan 23
4	Gillingham	10	4	4	2	5	16	Jan 19	Oct 20	d 1-1F	Feb 9
5	York	9	4	3	2	6	15	Jan 23	Oct 24	w 2-0F	Apr 17
6	Walsall	9	3	6	0	6	15	Apr 17	l 2-0A	Apr 3	Dec 29
7	Chesterfield	10	4	3	3	3	15	Oct 17	Jan 16	-	-
8	Cheltenham	10	4	3	3	0	15	Mar 29	Dec 26	Apr 24	l 2-1A
9	Bristol R	10	5	0	5	-2	15	Dec 29	Apr 3	Feb 27	Nov 14
10	Rochdale	10	4	2	4	-1	14	Oct 31	Jan 30	Mar 26	Jan 1
11	Grimsby	10	3	4	3	2	13	w 1-0F	Apr 13	Dec 12	Apr 10
12	Newport	10	3	4	3	1	13	Nov 28	May 1	Jan 30	Oct 30
13	Tranmere	10	2	6	2	0	12	d 1-1F	Mar 13	w 4-2F	Apr 27
14	Exeter	10	3	3	4	0	12	w 1-0F	Feb 20	Dec 1	May 8
15	Accrington	10	2	5	3	-1	11	Nov 14	Feb 27	Jan 9	Dec 19
16	Fleetwood	10	2	5	3	-1	11	Jan 1	Mar 26	l 0-1A	Mar 6
17	Swindon	10	3	2	5	-5	11	Feb 9	l 3-1F	May 1	Nov 28
18	Shrewsbury	10	3	2	5	-6	11	Apr 10	Dec 12	Nov 21	Mar 20
19	Colchester	9	2	4	3	-3	10	Apr 27	-	Oct 20	Jan 19
20	Rotherham	10	2	4	4	-4	10	Dec 19	Jan 9	Feb 6	l 2-1A
21	Oldham	9	2	2	5	-4	8	Mar 6	l 2-0A	Feb 20	w 1-2F
22	Port Vale	8	2	2	4	-5	8	-	-	Jan 16	Oct 17
23	Northampton	8	1	4	3	-3	7	-	Apr 24	Dec 26	Mar 29
24	Crawley	8	1	2	5	-7	5	May 8	Dec 1	Apr 13	d 2-2F

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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

11 / 20

Clean sheets

9 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Port Vale	1 - 0	Grimsby
Port Vale	1 - 0	Exeter
Port Vale	0 - 0	Crewe
Port Vale	1 - 1	Tranmere
Port Vale	0 - 2	Lincoln
Port Vale	0 - 0	Wigan
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

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

10 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

10 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Grimsby
A	Port Vale	0 - 2	Walsall
H	Port Vale	1 - 0	Exeter
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Salford
A	Port Vale	1 - 3	Swindon
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Crewe
H	Port Vale	1 - 1	Tranmere
A	Port Vale	0 - 2	Oldham
H	Port Vale	0 - 2	Lincoln
A	Port Vale	2 - 1	Stockport
A	Port Vale	1 - 2	Plymouth
A	Port Vale	0 - 1	Cardiff
H	Port Vale	0 - 0	Wigan
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

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

18 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

2 / 20

Won

Draw

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Crawley	2 - 2	Chesterfield
Cheltenham	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Oldham	1 - 2	Chesterfield
Rotherham	2 - 1	Chesterfield
Salford	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Notts C	0 - 0	Chesterfield
Swindon	1 - 2	Chesterfield
Fleetwood	1 - 1	Chesterfield
Barrow	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Accrington	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Notts C	2 - 3	Chesterfield
Barnet	1 - 0	Chesterfield
Crawley	1 - 1	Chesterfield
Bristol R	2 - 3	Chesterfield
Salford	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Newport	2 - 1	Chesterfield
MK Dons	2 - 2	Chesterfield
Oldham	1 - 1	Chesterfield
Shrewsbury	0 - 1	Chesterfield
Cambridge	1 - 1	Chesterfield

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Chesterfield	2 - 2	Crawley
H	Chesterfield	4 - 2	Tranmere
A	Chesterfield	1 - 2	Cheltenham
H	Chesterfield	2 - 0	York
A	Chesterfield	2 - 1	Oldham
H	Chesterfield	3 - 3	Barnet
H	Chesterfield	1 - 1	Gillingham
A	Chesterfield	1 - 2	Rotherham
A	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Salford
H	Chesterfield	0 - 1	Fleetwood
A	Chesterfield	0 - 0	Notts C
H	Chesterfield	0 - 1	Notts C
A	Chesterfield	2 - 1	Swindon
H	Chesterfield	2 - 0	Crewe
A	Chesterfield	1 - 1	Fleetwood
H	Chesterfield	2 - 1	Grimsby
H	Chesterfield	1 - 1	Tranmere
A	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Barrow
H	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Cheltenham
A	Chesterfield	1 - 0	Accrington

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Port Vale have beaten Chesterfield in 4 consecutive home league meetings

Port Vale

Chesterfield

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 12

9 / 12

Clean sheets

3 / 12

2 / 12

PTV

CHF

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

Chesterfield

Port Vale

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

11 / 12

5 / 12

Clean sheets

7 / 12

1 / 12

PTV

CHF

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Chesterfield
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Chesterfield	2 - 0
Chesterfield	1 - 0
Chesterfield	4 - 2
Chesterfield	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Chesterfield	2 - 0
	0 - 5	Port Vale
Chesterfield	2 - 1
Chesterfield	3 - 0
Chesterfield	2 - 0
Chesterfield	1 - 0

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Port Vale of late. It has been 9 League Two matches since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Chesterfield.

	Port Vale 22nd	Chesterfield 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.1 goals	1.0 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 33% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 70% probability that Port Vale will score no more than 1 goal	0 37% 1 37% 2 18% 3 4+ There is a 74% probability of Chesterfield scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-41 Port Vale have scored 41% fewer goals at home than predicted	-7 Chesterfield’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	0.8 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	0.8 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
League Two - 2026/2027 season

PTV

CHF

55%

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Games scored	4		9
Failed to score	4		1
Scored first	4		6
Goals scored	4		17
Avg. goals scored	0.5		1.7
Avg. shots per game	9		14
Avg. shots per goal	18		8
Conversion rate for	6		12
Avg. XG for	1.3		2.2
KickOff rating		+55%

22%

better

PTV

CHF

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Games conceded	5		8
Clean sheets	3		2
Conceded first	3		4
Goals conceded	9		14
Avg. goals conceded	1.1		1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded	7		8
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		6
Conversion rate against	16%		17%
Avg. XG against	1		1.2
KickOff rating		+22%

Port Vale v Chesterfield League Two lLine ups will show here when available.

Port Vale League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
8	2	1	3
J Lawrence-Gabriel	G Byers	J Lawrence-Gabriel	K Dempsey

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Hall DEF	8			-
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	8		1	2 -
K Dempsey MID	8	1		3 -
O. Lynch FWD	8	1		-
O Hernández FWD	8			-
B Garrity MID	7			3 -
J. Headley MID	7		1	-
G Hall MID	7			2 -
B Waine FWD	7			-
J Smith GLK	6			-
C Humphreys DEF	6			1 -
L Montsma DEF	6			1 -
R. Walters MID	6			-
L Gordon DEF	5			1 -
G Byers MID	5	2		2 -
T Simpson FWD	4			-
K John DEF	3			-
M Marosi GLK	2			-
J Moon DEF	2			1 -
M Craig MID	2			-
M Watters FWD	2			-
M Faal FWD	2			-
R Croasdale MID	1			-
K. Figuora FWD	1			-
M. Asamoah FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	5	1	2
G Byers	O. Lynch	J Lawrence-Gabriel	J Lawrence-Gabriel

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
G Byers MID	2	2
K Dempsey MID	1	3		2
O. Lynch FWD	1	5
C Hall DEF		1
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF		1	1	2
O Hernández FWD		3		1
B Garrity MID		1
J. Headley MID		1	1
G Hall MID		2		1
B Waine FWD		3
C Humphreys DEF		1
L Montsma DEF		3
K John DEF		1
M Watters FWD		2
M Faal FWD		1
R Croasdale MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
305	17	55
C Hall	J Lawrence-Gabriel	J Lawrence-Gabriel

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Hall DEF	305	3	36
K Dempsey MID	300	16	40
C Humphreys DEF	245	4	24
J Lawrence-Gabriel DEF	242	17	55
J Smith GLK	224		7
L Montsma DEF	178	9	35
J. Headley MID	164	10	23
B Garrity MID	147	2	35
G Byers MID	143	4	12
L Gordon DEF	132	2	17
R. Walters MID	101	12	30
O Hernández FWD	89	9	27
O. Lynch FWD	81	3	26
K John DEF	70	8	18
M Marosi GLK	65		1
G Hall MID	63	6	24
B Waine FWD	37	2	10
J Moon DEF	34	1	8
M Craig MID	32		2
M Watters FWD	23		4
T Simpson FWD	18		3
M Faal FWD	17		11
M. Asamoah FWD	12	2	3
R Croasdale MID	6	2	2
K. Figuora FWD	1

Chesterfield League Two squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
10	5	2	4
R Boot	L Marsh	L Bonis	K McFadzean

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
R Boot GLK	10			-
L Gordon DEF	10		1	1 -
R Hutton DEF	10		1	2 -
J Simpson DEF	10			1 -
G McEachran MID	10		1	3 -
L Mandeville MID	10	1		1 -
R Stirk MID	10			-
D Markanday MID	10	3	1	1 -
L Bonis FWD	10	4	2	2 -
K McFadzean DEF	9			4 -
J Koroma FWD	9	3	1	1 -
T Naylor MID	7			-
L Marsh FWD	7	5	1	1 -
F Bryden FWD	7		1	-
J Randall MID	6	1		-
K. Dyer MID	6			-
J. Eccleston DEF	4			1 -
A. Owolabi-Belewu DEF	3			-
T Pearce DEF	3			-
Rafiq Lamptey MID	2			1 -
D. Anijsko FWD	2			-
A Pond DEF	1		1	1 -
R Sotiriou FWD	1			-
W Grigg FWD	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
5	13	2	5
L Marsh	D Markanday	L Bonis	R Hutton

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
L Marsh FWD	5	12	1
L Bonis FWD	4	10	2	4
D Markanday MID	3	13	1	3
J Koroma FWD	3	11	1	3
L Mandeville MID	1	3		1
J Randall MID	1	4		1
L Gordon DEF		1	1	2
R Hutton DEF		1	1	5
J Simpson DEF		2
G McEachran MID		3	1	1
R Stirk MID				2
K McFadzean DEF		2
T Naylor MID		2
F Bryden FWD		2	1
A Pond DEF			1
R Sotiriou FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
617	30	68
J Simpson	G McEachran	G McEachran

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
J Simpson DEF	617	7	49
K McFadzean DEF	578	13	42
G McEachran MID	527	30	68
L Gordon DEF	524	14	28
R Stirk MID	520	16	44
R Hutton DEF	455	17	45
R Boot GLK	330	1	9
D Markanday MID	291	24	59
L Marsh FWD	227	7	22
L Mandeville MID	197	5	19
J Koroma FWD	129	4	20
J Randall MID	121	4	14
L Bonis FWD	110	5	49
K. Dyer MID	46	3	10
T Naylor MID	38	2	9
A Pond DEF	38	2	4
A. Owolabi-Belewu DEF	29	1	4
F Bryden FWD	26		7
T Pearce DEF	20	1	4
Rafiq Lamptey MID	13	1	3
J. Eccleston DEF	12	1	3
R Sotiriou FWD	12		3
D. Anijsko FWD	3		2