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Port Vale vs Rochdale — League Two 2025

Port Vale
Port Vale
Preview
15:00
Rochdale
Rochdale
10/31/2026League TwoLeague Two · Round 14Vale Park
45%
Port Vale
model favours
45%30%26%

Port Vale score first in only 18% of matches

brightest fact of this match

1–0
likely score
67%
under 2.5 goals
39%
both teams score

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 5+ matches

Port Vale45%
×Draw30%
Rochdale26%
✓ 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
1.20
Rochdale
0.83

Port Vale creates 45% more chances

Season form · 15 home / 5 away

creates per match

Port Vale
1.40
Rochdale
0.80

allows per match

Port Vale
0.87
Rochdale
1.00

finishing

Port Vale+0.00on par
Rochdale+0.00on par

Total goals

67%Under
  • Under67
  • Over33

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

61%No
  • No61
  • Yes39

One side may not score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Port Vale ↓

Rochdale →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–013%
0–111%
0–25%
0–31%
0–40%
1
1–016%
1–113%
1–25%
1–32%
1–40%
2
2–09%
2–18%
2–23%
2–31%
2–40%
3
3–04%
3–13%
3–21%
3–30%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–0 (16%) · grid covers 99% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
87%13%1.5
60%40%2.5
33%67%3.5
15%85%4.5
6%94%

Double chance

Port Vale or draw
74%
Port Vale or Rochdale
70%
Draw or Rochdale
55%

Winning margin

Port Vale wins by 2+
20%
Rochdale wins by 2+
8%

Team goals

Port Vale 1+ goals
70%
Port Vale 2+ goals
34%
Port Vale 3+ goals
12%
Rochdale 1+ goals
56%
Rochdale 2+ goals
20%
Rochdale 3+ goals
5%

Draw no bet

Port Vale (draw refunded)
64%
Rochdale (draw refunded)
36%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
26%
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

Rochdale away — creates 0.80, concedes 1.00 · 5 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 + Rochdale defence 1.00 → ÷2 → 1.20

Rochdale attack 0.80 + Port Vale defence 0.87 → ÷2 → 0.83

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 45%?"

Port Vale scores more
45%
level
30%
Rochdale scores more
26%

Port Vale at 45% 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 45% 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
  • Port Vale and Rochdale have never met before

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Vale
WLWLL
Rochdale
LDWWW

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Port Vale vs Rochdale — Match Preview

Port Vale face Rochdale on October 31, 2026 in this League Two fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Port Vale host Rochdale at Vale Park.

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