Although they have been in poor form themselves of late, and have struggled at home this season, we expect Port Vale to win relatively comfortably in this one on Saturday.
Scunthorpe are lacking quality and any positives as things stand, so the hosts should have enough in them to see off a poor visiting side.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Port Vale win with a probability of 60.02%. A draw had a probability of 23.3% and a win for Scunthorpe United had a probability of 16.65%.
The most likely scoreline for a Port Vale win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (12.08%) and 2-1 (9.52%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.95%), while for a Scunthorpe United win it was 0-1 (6.31%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 13.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Port Vale in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for Port Vale.
