Port Vale vs Rochdale Prediction

Goals have been hard to come by for both sides

Strip away the cup ties and friendlies and Port Vale's League Two campaign reads one win, two draws and four defeats, with only three goals scored across those seven matches. That's a side struggling to create or finish chances at home or away.

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

Port Vale

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

20

Conceded

20

Difference

0

Rochdale

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

27

Conceded

37

Difference

-10

Rochdale have managed three wins from their first eight League Two games, but they've also lost four, including a heavy 1-4 defeat to Gillingham. Both teams have shown they can win a game here and there, but neither has put together anything like a settled run.

Neither side looks reliable in front of goal right now.

Comparative Team Statistics: Port Vale vs Rochdale

History doesn't offer much to go on

These two have met plenty of times down the years, stretching back over a decade across League One, League Two and cup competitions, but the last meeting was back in 2022. None of that tells us much about two sides who've changed considerably since then.

The table backs up the eye test

Port Vale sit down in 23rd with five points from seven games, while Rochdale are above them in 16th on ten points from eight. It's still early enough in the season that these positions could shift quickly, but right now Port Vale's goal difference, three for and nine against, points to a side short on firepower at both ends.

Player info is thin and mostly one-sided

The only individual details available concern Rochdale. D. Brown has two assists from eight appearances, while O. Adebayo-Rowling has picked up three yellows and a red in six games, which is worth keeping an eye on for discipline. There's no equivalent breakdown for Port Vale's squad, so it's not possible to say much about their personnel heading into this one.

Rochdale:

Best assist providers:

D. Brown - 2

Penalty cards:

O. Adebayo-Rowling x 1 x 3

E. Francis x 1 x 1

B. Bilongo x 1 x 1