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Shrewsbury vs Port Vale — League Two 2025

Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Preview
15:00
Port Vale
Port Vale
12/12/2026League TwoLeague Two · Round 19The Croud Meadow
Big match
40%
Port Vale
model favours
31%28%40%

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 23+ matches

Shrewsbury31%
×Draw28%
Port Vale40%
✓ 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.

Shrewsbury
1.06
Port Vale
1.24

Port Vale creates 17% more chances

Season form · 23 home / 29 away

creates per match

Shrewsbury
0.96
Port Vale
1.31

allows per match

Shrewsbury
1.17
Port Vale
1.17

finishing

Shrewsbury+0.00on par
Port Vale+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, %

Shrewsbury ↓

Port Vale →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–010%
0–112%
0–28%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–011%
1–113%
1–28%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–06%
2–17%
2–24%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–02%
3–12%
3–22%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–01%
4–11%
4–20%
4–30%
4–40%

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

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
90%10%1.5
67%33%2.5
40%60%3.5
20%80%4.5
8%92%

Double chance

Shrewsbury or draw
60%
Shrewsbury or Port Vale
72%
Draw or Port Vale
69%

Winning margin

Shrewsbury wins by 2+
12%
Port Vale wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

Shrewsbury 1+ goals
65%
Shrewsbury 2+ goals
29%
Shrewsbury 3+ goals
9%
Port Vale 1+ goals
71%
Port Vale 2+ goals
35%
Port Vale 3+ goals
13%

Draw no bet

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

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

Shrewsbury at home — creates 0.96, concedes 1.17 · 23 matches

Port Vale away — creates 1.31, concedes 1.17 · 29 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

Shrewsbury attack 0.96 + Port Vale defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.06

Port Vale attack 1.31 + Shrewsbury defence 1.17 → ÷2 → 1.24

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 40%?"

Shrewsbury scores more
31%
level
28%
Port Vale scores more
40%

Port Vale at 40% 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 40% 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
  • Both teams scored in 4 of the last 5 meetings
  • Their last 5 meetings averaged 3.6 goals

Based on historical data — not a prediction.

Form
Shrewsbury
DLDDW
Vale
WLWLL

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Shrewsbury vs Port Vale — Match Preview

Shrewsbury face Port Vale on December 12, 2026 in this League Two fixture. Get live scores, lineups, and real-time match statistics here when the game starts.

Shrewsbury host Port Vale at The Croud Meadow.

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