Port Vale vs Chesterfield Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent form for both sides

Chesterfield's last 20 matches across all competitions show seven wins, eight draws and five defeats, with 27 goals scored and 22 conceded. That's a side picking up points fairly regularly, even when they're not winning outright.

Port Vale: 20 completed matches; Chesterfield: 20 completed matches.

Port Vale

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

20

Conceded

21

Difference

-1

Chesterfield

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

23

Difference

+4

Port Vale's equivalent run reads seven wins, five draws and eight defeats, with just 20 goals scored and 21 conceded. Some of those matches came in League One before their relegation, so it's a mixed sample, but goals have generally been hard to come by.

Port Vale's goal output has been noticeably thinner than Chesterfield's over the same stretch.

Comparative Team Statistics: Port Vale vs Chesterfield

How these two have got on before

These sides were at it recently in the EFL Trophy, drawing 1-1 on 22nd September. Before that, their last two league meetings also ended level or close, 1-1 in January 2025 and a narrow 1-0 Port Vale win in September 2024.

Further back, results swing both ways across their League One and League Two meetings over the years, so there's no strong historical pattern favouring either club.

Where they sit in the table

Chesterfield are 8th with 11 points from seven games, having won three, drawn two and lost two. Port Vale are down in 23rd with just five points from the same number of matches, winning only once.

Port Vale have also shipped nine goals in League Two so far against just three scored, a tough return since coming down from League One.

That's a significant gap in both league position and goal difference this early in the season.

Players worth watching

Chesterfield's L. Bonis has been their main source of goals, with three in seven appearances so far, making him the obvious offensive focal point.

Chesterfield:

Best scorers:

L. Bonis - 3

On the Port Vale side, K. Dempsey and B. Garrity have both picked up three yellow cards apiece already this season, so discipline could be worth keeping an eye on.

How this one might play out

Chesterfield go into this off a decent points return and a recent draw against this same opponent, so there's little reason to expect them to suddenly drop off. Port Vale's matches this season have generally been low-scoring affairs, and they haven't found many ways to win.

Given how tight that EFL Trophy meeting was just weeks ago, a similarly close scoreline wouldn't be a shock, even with the league table pointing to a wider gap in quality.