Port Vale vs Grimsby Prediction & Betting Tips

Contrasting recent form

Grimsby haven't lost a league game all season. Three wins and four draws from their opening seven fixtures have them right in the mix near the top of the table.

Port Vale: 20 completed matches; Grimsby: 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

Grimsby

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

45% 9 / 20

Loss

20% 4 / 20

Scored

32

Conceded

22

Difference

+10

Port Vale's picture couldn't be more different. Just one win in their first seven League Two matches, with only three goals scored across the lot, tells you goals have been hard to come by.

Grimsby arrive with real momentum, Port Vale without much to build on.

Comparative Team Statistics: Port Vale vs Grimsby

Head-to-head history

The last two meetings have gone Grimsby's way in different fashions. A 2-2 draw at Port Vale back in April followed a comfortable 3-0 Grimsby win at Blundell Park in December 2024.

Further back, the fixture has swung both ways over the years, so the longer history doesn't tell us much about where either side stands right now.

Recent meetings favour Grimsby, even if the older results are mixed.

League Two table snapshot

Grimsby sit third with 13 points from seven games, while Port Vale are down in 23rd with just five points. That's an eight-point gap already, and it's still early September form carrying through into October.

Port Vale's goal difference is heavily in the red, having shipped nine and scored only three, which lines up with the low win count.

Players and discipline to watch

K. Green has been Grimsby's standout so far, with three goals and two assists in seven appearances, and C. Vernam has chipped in with a couple of assists too.

Grimsby:

Best scorers:

K. Green - 3

Best assist providers:

K. Green - 2

C. Vernam - 2

Penalty cards:

K. Green x 3

On the Port Vale side, the notable names from recent matches are more about discipline than goals, with K. Dempsey and B. Garrity each picking up three yellow cards in a short run of games.