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Port Vale vs Colchester — League Two 2025

Port Vale
Port Vale
Preview
18:45
Colchester
Colchester
4/27/2027League TwoLeague Two · Round 44Vale Park
42%
Port Vale
model favours
42%28%30%

Port Vale score first in only 18% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–1
likely score
60%
under 2.5 goals
46%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 15+ matches

Port Vale42%
×Draw28%
Colchester30%
✓ Correct in 49 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
48.6%
Always home
43.8%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 48.6% correct across 15,072 matches, vs 43.8% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.1% correct · Away picks 45.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Port Vale
1.26
Colchester
1.02

Port Vale creates 24% more chances

Season form · 15 home / 24 away

creates per match

Port Vale
1.40
Colchester
1.17

allows per match

Port Vale
0.87
Colchester
1.13

finishing

Port Vale+0.00on par
Colchester+0.00on par

Total goals

60%Under
  • Under60
  • Over40

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

54%No
  • No54
  • Yes46

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Port Vale ↓

Colchester →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–110%
0–25%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–013%
1–113%
1–27%
1–32%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–18%
2–24%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–03%
3–13%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (13%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
66%34%2.5
40%60%3.5
20%80%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Port Vale or draw
70%
Port Vale or Colchester
72%
Draw or Colchester
58%

Winning margin

Port Vale wins by 2+
19%
Colchester wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

Port Vale 1+ goals
72%
Port Vale 2+ goals
36%
Port Vale 3+ goals
13%
Colchester 1+ goals
64%
Colchester 2+ goals
27%
Colchester 3+ goals
8%

Draw no bet

Port Vale (draw refunded)
58%
Colchester (draw refunded)
42%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
33%
Both score & under 3
13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Port Vale at home — creates 1.40, concedes 0.87 · 15 matches

Colchester away — creates 1.17, concedes 1.13 · 24 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Port Vale attack 1.40 + Colchester defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.26

Colchester attack 1.17 + Port Vale defence 0.87 → ÷2 → 1.02

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 42%?"

Port Vale scores more
42%
level
28%
Colchester scores more
30%

Port Vale at 42% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 42% does not mean "Port Vale will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Match Insights

  • Both teams score in only 18% of Port Vale’s matches
  • Colchester fall short of their xG (0.5 vs 1.2 expected)
  • Port Vale and Colchester have never met before

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Style Matchup

Contrasting styles
Port Vale
Balanced
Colchester
Defensively solid
50%PossessionBiggest gap62%
66%Pass accuracy78%
12.4Shots13.4
—xG1.18
Pass acc.ShotsxGBox shareShot acc.Defense
Port ValeColchester

Head-to-head

First-ever meeting

Playing styles from match stats. Historical H2H record. Not a prediction.

Form
Vale
WLWLL
Colchester
DWLLW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

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