York City vs Port Vale Prediction & Preview - League Two
Zero. That is how many of their last six games Port Vale have scored twice in, and it is the number that frames York City vs Port Vale in League Two at the LNER Community Stadium on Saturday, 24 October 2026, kick-off 15:00 BST. Jon Brady's side have managed four goals and conceded four across those six matches. York City, meanwhile, have drawn their last three, all of them 1-1.
York City vs Port Vale kick-off time, date and venue
York City vs Port Vale kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday, 24 October 2026 at the LNER Community Stadium in York, in League Two. Full fixture details and the prediction page are on the York City vs Port Vale match page.
- Fixture: York City v Port Vale
- Competition: League Two
- Date: Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 15:00 BST
- Venue: LNER Community Stadium, York
Does Port Vale's goal drought actually matter?
Not as much as it sounds, because the other half of the record is just as flat. Three clean sheets in six. Only one game in that run where they shipped two or more. Brady's team have taken 10 points from those six matches - three wins, one draw, two defeats - and every one of the wins finished 1-0: at home to Exeter City, at home to Grimsby Town, at home to Chesterfield.
That is a side built to win tight games rather than open ones. None of their last six produced three goals or more. Both teams scored in only one of them.
York City have stopped losing and stopped winning
Three 1-1 draws in a row, against Accrington Stanley at home four days before this match, away to Newport County seven days before, and at home to Northampton Town 14 days before. Before that, there was proof York can do more than hold on: 3-0 against Gillingham, 4-0 against Swindon Town, both at the LNER Community Stadium.
Scott Lindsey's team have 9 points from the last six, scoring 10 and conceding 5. They have scored two or more in 2 of those 6 and kept two clean sheets. The 0-2 loss at Chesterfield 35 days before this fixture is the only blemish.
Home and away is the cleanest split in the fixture
York City have won 2 of 4 at home and 0 of 2 away. Port Vale have won 3 of 3 at home and 0 of 3 away. Both records point the same direction on Saturday, and Port Vale's three 1-0 wins all came at Vale Park.
Port Vale have not had to chase a game from behind often in this run, which is the question York's attack sets them.
Team news
Jovan Malcolm is out for York City. The striker was sent off in the 24th minute at Newport County for an alleged elbow on defender Lee Jenkins, a call head coach Scott Lindsey contested afterwards (YorkMix), and his appeal was turned down, so he sits out three matches (Yahoo Sport). For Port Vale, midfielder Ryan Croasdale is still sidelined by a foot problem, with Brady saying: "He's had an ongoing foot injury that we've talked about. I am hoping he will be back at some stage in November" (OneValeFan).
York City vs Port Vale prediction
Our prediction is a 1-0 York City win against Port Vale in League Two at the LNER Community Stadium on Saturday, 24 October 2026. York have won 2 of their last 4 at home and scored 10 in six games; Port Vale have won none of their last three away and have not scored more than once in any of the six.
Low-scoring looks the safer read than a shootout. Nothing in Port Vale's last six finished with three goals in it, and York have settled into 1-1 draws rather than wins, so a single goal deciding it fits both sides.
Our prediction: York City 1-0 Port Vale
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