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Port Vale vs Southend: result 3-1 and analysis

League OneRegular Season - 33Kick-off on February 26, 2016 at 07:45 PM (UTC)Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Port Vale
3-1
Southend

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What was the result of Port Vale vs Southend?

Port Vale won 3-1 on February 26, 2016.

Goalscorers

  • 18′Carl DickinsonPort Vale
  • 38′M. O'ConnorPort Vale
  • 40′B. CokerPort Vale (o.g.)
  • 90′S. McQueenSouthend

Official lineup for Port Vale vs Southend

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Port Vale

  1. 10Louis Dodds
  2. 20Ajay Leitch-Smith
  1. 8M. O'Connor
  2. 9M. Kennedy
  3. 11S. Foley
  4. 42A. Grant
  1. 2Benjamin Purkiss
  2. 3Carl Dickinson
  3. 5R. McGivern
  4. 6R. Duffy
  1. 1C. Neal

Southend

  1. 10J. Payne
  2. 16N. Hunt
  3. 19T. Barnett
  1. 3B. Coker
  2. 4A. Wordsworth
  3. 12William Henry Atkinson
  1. 8M. Timlin
  2. 15C. Bolger
  3. 24L. O'Neill
  4. 26Adam Barrett
  1. 1D. Bentley
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Port Vale have 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats; Southend have 7, 2 and 6.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Port Vale
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 20, 2016Sheffield Utd(away)0-1League One
Feb 13, 2016Fleetwood Town(home)0-0League One
Feb 7, 2016Coventry(home)1-1League One
Feb 2, 2016Swindon Town(home)1-0League One
Jan 30, 2016Wigan(away)0-3League One
Southend
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Feb 22, 2016Burton Albion(home)3-1League One
Feb 16, 2016Bradford(away)0-2League One
Feb 13, 2016Scunthorpe(away)0-1League One
Feb 6, 2016Colchester(home)3-0League One
Feb 2, 2016Shrewsbury(away)2-1League One

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 5 meetings: 0 Port Vale wins, 1 draw, 4 Southend wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Oct 10, 2015Southend 1-0 Port ValeLeague One
Mar 9, 2013Port Vale 1-2 SouthendLeague Two
Nov 10, 2012Southend 0-0 Port ValeLeague Two
Jan 7, 2012Southend 3-0 Port ValeLeague Two
Aug 27, 2011Port Vale 2-3 SouthendLeague Two

Last archived meeting: Southend vs Port Vale on Oct 10, 2015

How many goals should we expect?

Port Vale score 0.7 and concede 1.2 goals per match over their last 15; Southend score 1.6 and concede 1.4.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Port Vale0.71.246/154/15
Southend1.61.455/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

2025-26 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
22Port Vale46101224366142

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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