Derby vs Port Vale Prediction & Betting Tips (2 March)

In general, a visit from Port Vale has proven to be very beneficial in recent times, with 17 of the last 20 teams to entertain them claiming maximum points. Add to that the fact that Derby have enjoyed 15 wins in 20 home games at this level of late, and it is hard to see anything other than a home success in this meeting between high-fliers and strugglers.

Port Vale are the absolute masters of playing in away games containing three goals or fewer, as this has been the scenario which has unfolded on 16 of their most recent 18 top- flight trips, including 11 times in a row of late. As for Derby, 18 of their last 20 home matches in the League One have also been of the under 3.5 goals variety.

Over the course of their previous 18 matches at this elite level of the League One, Derby have been involved in no fewer than 14 contests in which at least one of the two goalkeepers has emerged with a clean sheet. This has also been the case in 16 of the last 19 Port Vale away games in the top-flight, so don’t expect the net to bulge at both ends in this encounter.