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Peter Green - March 23, 2023
Portsmouth vs Port Vale Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in the England League One on Saturday, 25 March 2023.
Portsmouth was having an unimpressive form in the league before sealing a couple of victories in the previous rounds of League One match-ups. This pick-up helped in their positioning on the table, as the team climbed into 9th.
Meanwhile, Port Vale is having an inconsistent form at the moment. They have lost three of the past five league matches and have dropped into 16th position in the standings.
Portsmouth was unbeaten in four of the last five head to head meetings against Port Vale. They won three of those including a 0-1 reverse fixture win.
At this venue, Portsmouth is on a four-match unbeaten streak against Port Vale. Two of those four matches had goals under 2.5 ft.
Our bet is one Portsmouth as the team have a decent form at home lately. They were having a five-match unbeaten streak at home before conceding a 0-1 defeat against the current league toppers Sheffield.
Meanwhile, Port Vale is having a poor run on the road for the past many fixtures. Accurately, the team follows a five-match winless streak, losing three over the course.
Moreover, Portsmouth is having an upper hand in the recent tradition of this match-up. Therefore, we expect a win for Portsmouth on Saturday.
More than 50% of the matches played by these two teams had goals under 2.5 ft. In addition, the past three encounters between these two had goals under 2.5 ft. Therefore, we don’t expect a high-scoring match-up between these two on Saturday.
Portsmouth have kept a clean sheet in three of the past six home outings. It is worth noting that they won all those three outings. Since we expect a win for Portsmouth, expect a one-sided affair on Saturday.
From the head to head recordings to the current league stats, Portsmouth leads Port Vale and are clearly favorable to seal a win here.
We like to place a win for Portsmouth at 1.95 odds as the main tip here. For the second tip, we like to place the under 2.5 goals @ 1.75 odds.
