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20th October GILLINGHAM - PORT VALE

PREVIEW

  • Tue 20:00 Gillingham Vs Port Vale
  • Game for: 12th round of League Two
  • Last Game: Port Vale - Gillingham: 0-1
  • History of Games: 4-1-1

Standing

PTeamWDLPtsForm
6Gillingham44316LWWDLL
21Port Vale32411WWWDLW

6th (IN LEAGUE TWO )

  • League : This is the 6th home game this season.
  • Home Record : 2W - 2D - 1L
  • Last Game : Accrington - Gillingham: 3-1
  • Next Game : 24 Oct Gillingham - Grimsby

21st (IN LEAGUE TWO )

  • League : This is the 5th away game this season.
  • Away Record : 0W - 0D - 4L
  • Last Game : Port Vale - Chesterfield: 1-0
  • Next Game : 24 Oct York - Port Vale

KEY STATS BASED ON ALL GAMES

Team

GAMES

Record

Next Game

U 2.50Gillingham81 O - 7 U
20:00
Gillingham - Port Vale
U2.5(1.79)
U 1.50Gillingham84 O - 4 U
20:00
Gillingham - Port Vale
U1.5(3.30)
NGGillingham86 Y - 2 N
20:00
Gillingham - Port Vale
NG(1.90)

Odds

Gillingham Win: 3.05

DRAW: 3.32

Port Vale Win: 2.38

Prices are indicative and sourced from a range of bookmakers, and may differ from those of any individual bookmaker.

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Game Analysis

  • The market leans one way without any real conviction. Port Vale is the shortest price on a book of 3.05 / 3.32 / 2.38 (1 / X / 2), an implied 40.0%. Across the three outcomes the book reads 31.2% / 28.7% / 40.0% on an overround of 4.9%.

  • The draw is unusually well backed at 3.32 (28.7%), which normally points to a cagey, low-scoring game rather than an open one.

  • In the league table Gillingham sit 6th on 16 points (4W 4D 3L) with Port Vale 21st on 11 points (3W 2D 4L).

  • Gillingham read L-W-W-D-L-L across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (2W 1D 3L) — more bad than good.

  • Port Vale read W-W-W-D-L-W across their last 6 in all competitions, most recent first (4W 1D 1L) — a strong recent run.

  • Head to head the record reads 4-1-1 — Gillingham wins, draws, then Port Vale wins. Their last meeting finished Port Vale - Gillingham: 0-1.

  • Gillingham lean hardest on James Brophy (9.5), Nick Freeman (9.5), Andy Smith (9.5) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

  • Port Vale lean hardest on Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel (9.5), Connor Hall (9.5), Ben Garrity (9.5) on our Player Index — how much of the side's football each man accounts for, out of 10. It measures involvement and cover, not performance.

  • The read: Everything here points at a tight, low-tempo game. The draw at 3.32 is the selection the numbers keep coming back to, and the unders are the natural second look.

  • This analysis is generated automatically from BTFNews odds, market and statistical data at 22:30 on 19th October 2026. It is information, not advice — always check team news before the off.


Category: Previews

Written by: BTFNews

Date: 06:50 19 Oct, 2026