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Port Vale vs Grimsby — League Two 2025

Port Vale
Port Vale
FT
2 – 2
HT: 0 – 1
Grimsby
Grimsby
4/21/2025League TwoLeague Two · Round 44Vale Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 34+ matches

Port Vale42%
×Draw25%
Grimsby33%
✓ 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
1.49
Grimsby
1.28

Port Vale creates 16% more chances

Season form · 35 home / 34 away

creates per match

Port Vale
1.66
Grimsby
1.47

allows per match

Port Vale
1.09
Grimsby
1.32

finishing

Port Vale+0.00on par
Grimsby+0.00on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

56%Yes
  • Yes56
  • No44

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Port Vale ↓

Grimsby →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–18%
0–25%
0–32%
0–41%
1
1–09%
1–112%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–07%
2–19%
2–26%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

Port Vale or draw
67%
Port Vale or Grimsby
75%
Draw or Grimsby
58%

Winning margin

Port Vale wins by 2+
21%
Grimsby wins by 2+
14%

Team goals

Port Vale 1+ goals
77%
Port Vale 2+ goals
44%
Port Vale 3+ goals
19%
Grimsby 1+ goals
72%
Grimsby 2+ goals
37%
Grimsby 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

Port Vale (draw refunded)
56%
Grimsby (draw refunded)
44%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
44%
Both score & under 3
12%

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 1.66, concedes 1.09 · 35 matches

Grimsby away — creates 1.47, concedes 1.32 · 34 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 1.66 + Grimsby defence 1.32 → ÷2 → 1.49

Grimsby attack 1.47 + Port Vale defence 1.09 → ÷2 → 1.28

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
25%
Grimsby scores more
33%

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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: Port Vale vs Grimsby

Port Vale and Grimsby drew 2-2 in League Two on April 21, 2025.

The match was played at Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.