Port Vale vs Grimsby

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🕒 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:00 Europe/London 📍 Vale Park 🧑‍⚖️ Richard Eley 🔁 Regular Season - 44 🏁 match finished
Season
2024-2025 Season
Stage
Regular Season - 44
Regular Season Table
Port Vale 2 · Grimsby 9
Referee Stats
6 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg
Yellow cards avg 0.00
Reds avg 0.00
Penalties avg 0.00
Over 4.5 cards 0%
Home wins 33%
Draws 33%
Away wins 33%
How the match was played
  • Match ended level at 2-2.
  • Port Vale outshot their opponent (17-11).
  • Port Vale controlled possession (60%).

Team Overview

Port Vale (Home stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 12-7-4

Goals For / Against

34 / 18
Avg: 1.48 / 0.78

Points

43
Avg: 1.87

Clean Sheets

10

Failed to Score

7
Grimsby (Away stats)

Games / Record

23
W-D-L: 10-5-8

Goals For / Against

31 / 32
Avg: 1.35 / 1.39

Points

35
Avg: 1.52

Clean Sheets

7

Failed to Score

5

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this League Two fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.87
PPG
1.52
1.48
GF
1.35
0.78
GA
1.39
43%
O2.5
61%
43%
BTTS
57%
4%
Score 1st
0%

League-position context

Port Vale rank2nd
Grimsby rank9th
Port Vale points80
Grimsby points68
Port Vale: #2 · 80 pts · GD +19
Currently in the automatic promotion spots. 12 pts above the play-off edge. 30 pts clear of the relegation zone.
Grimsby: #9 · 68 pts · GD -6
12 pts off the top 2. 1 pts off the play-off line. 18 pts clear of the relegation zone.
12-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Port Vale last 5 home

L D W W L
Points7/15
Weighted index42
Goals9-4
Record2-1-2
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Recent venue-specific form is balanced.

Grimsby last 5 away

D D D L W
Points6/15
Weighted index33
Goals6-7
Record1-3-1
Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.
Unbeaten, but draw-heavy in the recent venue-specific run.

Port Vale trend breakdown

Over 2.543%
BTTS43%
BTTS + O2.535%
1H Over 0.557%
Also: Over 0.5 83% · Over 1.5 57% · Over 3.5 26% · 1H BTTS 13%

Grimsby trend breakdown

Over 2.561%
BTTS57%
BTTS + O2.552%
1H Over 0.578%
Also: Over 0.5 91% · Over 1.5 74% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 22%

Scoring reliability

Port Vale score at home70%
Port Vale clean sheet at home43%
Grimsby score away78%
Grimsby clean sheet away30%

First-goal patterns

Port Vale score first4%
Port Vale win after scoring first100%
Grimsby score first0%
Grimsby win after scoring first0%
Comeback rate after conceding first: Port Vale 0% · Grimsby 0%
Avg first goal minute: Port Vale 85.0' · Grimsby —

Vs league average

Port Vale score at home1.48 vs 1.37
Port Vale concede at home0.78 vs 1.12
Grimsby score away1.35 vs 1.12
Grimsby concede away1.39 vs 1.37
Port Vale score 8% above league average, while Grimsby score 20% above league average.
Defensive side: Port Vale are 30% below league average at home, and Grimsby are 1% above league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5
Avg goals2.40
BTTS20%
Over 2.560%
At this venue setup: 2.40 goals on average across the last 5.

Port Vale goal timing (home)

1H scored: 0% 2H scored: 100% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: —
Goals scored by 15-minute interval
76-90+ 1
0-15 0
16-30 0
31-45 0
46-60 0
61-75 0
Goals conceded by 15-minute interval
0-15 0
16-30 0
31-45 0
46-60 0
61-75 0
76-90+ 0

Grimsby goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal
8
4
Total Shots
17
11
Shots off Goal
4
5
Blocked Shots
5
2
Shots Inside Box
12
6
Shots Outside Box
5
5
Ball Possession
60%
40%
Corner Kicks
10
7
Fouls
11
7
Offsides
3
0
Yellow Cards
1
3
Red Cards
—
—
Goalkeeper Saves
2
6
Total Passes
312
222
Passes Accurate
228
133
Passes %
73%
60%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)
Total Games10
Home Wins2
Draws2
Away Wins6
Over 2.5 Goals5 (50.0%)
BTTS4 (40.0%)
Home vs Away as Scheduled
Total Games5
Home Wins2
Draws1
Away Wins2
Over 2.5 Goals3 (60.0%)
BTTS2 (40.0%)

Port Vale vs Grimsby Head-to-Head History by Season