Port Vale vs Mansfield Town Predictions

• Port Vale have not lost in five home games
• Three of Mansfield’s last five on the road have been stalemates
• Vale have drawn six of their last 11 matches

Vale back in the promotion hunt

Port Vale’s season looked like it had hit the buffers a few weeks ago, but a run of one defeat in eleven means they remain just four points off the top seven.

Their problem is getting results over the line, as seven of those 11 fixtures have ended all-square, including home matches against promotion chasing Forest Green (1-1) and Northampton (0-0).

Darrell Clarke’s side hammered Crawley 4-1 at the weekend, but this will be a tougher test, and another draw might well be incoming.

Mansfield hoping to bounce back

So tight is the League Two promotion race that defeat to Tranmere on Friday night saw Mansfield fall from the automatic promotion spots down to ninth place in the table.

That was a rare loss for Nigel Clough’s side, their first in 15 league games, but they too have a slight issue in turning draws into wins, with three of their last five on the road ending all-square.

Indeed, the Stags have still only won four away League Two matches, and this could be another case of them failing to collect three points.

I predict that the match will end as a draw, selecting 1-1 as a correct score prediction.