Vale Park welcomes Port Vale and Cambridge United this Saturday in the early kickoff in League One. Port Vale have already been relegated from League One but Cambridge need a win this weekend to assure their safety.
Port Vale currently sit 23rd in League One after 45 games. The Valiants have ten wins, ten draws and 25 losses, leaving them on 40 points, six points from safety.
In their last five games in all competitions, Port Vale have one draw and four losses.
Despite having one more shot on target than Wigan, Port Vale were still unable to convert any of their four shots on target as they had to settle for a 0 - 0 draw. Port Vale were unable to score again, this time against Peterborough. A goal from Joel Randall, a penalty from Harrison Burrows and an own goal from Alex Iacovitti gave Peterborough the 3 - 0 win as Port Vale had just one shot on target and 25% of the possession.
Port Vale were able to get on the scoresheet against Exeter City, Ethan Chislett and Baylee Dipepa scoring to give Port Vale the 2 - 0 lead at halftime. However, in the second half, a brace from Millenic Alli and goals from Zak Jules and Luke Harris gave Exeter the 4 - 2 win. David Wheeler gave Wycombe the lead in the fourth minute but Chislett brought Port Vale level early in the second half. Nigel Lonwijk popped up with a goal in the 86th minute to give Wycombe the 2 - 1 win.
The last time out for Port Vale was against Bolton. Port Vale had just 28% of the possession as Aaron Collins and Cameron Jerome both scored in the second half to give Bolton the 2 - 0 win.
Cambridge United sit above Port Vale in 19th in League One. In 45 games, Cambridge have 12 wins, 11 draws and 22 losses which leaves them on 47 points, three points above the relegation zone.
In their last five games in all competitions, Cambridge have two draws and three losses.
Sonny Carey scored the only goal of the game in the 30th minute to give Blackpool the 1 - 0 win, with Cambridge having just one shot on target. Cambridge were behind at halftime again, this time Connor Wickham scoring for Charlton in the 23rd minute. However, early in the second half, Macauley Bonne scored to grab a 1 - 1 draw for Cambridge.
Cambridge struggled again against Bristol Rovers with just two shots on target as Chris Martin scored the only goal of the game in the 87th minute to give The Gas the 1 - 0 win. It was yet another 1 - 0 loss for Cambridge as Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored the only goal in the 39th minute to give Derby the win.
The most recent outing for Cambridge was against Wycombe. Gassan Ahadme opened the scoring for Cambridge in the 71st minute but a late penalty from Luke Leahy forced a 1 - 1 draw.
Port Vale and Cambridge have met 25 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1973. Port Vale have the better record in the fixture with 12 wins in comparison to Cambridge’s ten wins, the other three games ending in a draw.