Port Vale vs Bristol Rovers prediction and preview

Port Vale vs Bristol Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 29 December 2026, 19:45 UTC · Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent

Port Vale · Bristol Rovers · League Two predictions

Port Vale welcome Bristol Rovers at Vale Park in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday 29 December 2026 (19:45 UTC) in the League Two. Port Vale go into the round 19th, on 15 points from 12 games, while Bristol Rovers are 17th in the table with 16 points from 14.

Port Vale come into the game with a W-L-D-W-W run in the league (3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat in their last 5), while Bristol Rovers's recent sequence reads L-D-L-L-L. Over their last 6, Port Vale have scored 1.2 and conceded 1.2 goals per game, with 1 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 2. Bristol Rovers average 0.7 scored and 2.0 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

Head to head, Port Vale have 4 wins to Bristol Rovers's 5 across 10 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 2.6 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 4. The most recent meeting, on 29 Mar 2024, ended Port Vale 2-0 Bristol Rovers.