COLCHESTERUNITEDVPORTVALE

Match insight

This one's as close as the current numbers get — Colchester United and Port Vale are neck and neck right now. Colchester United currently sit 3 places and 2 points above Port Vale in the table — 19th against 22nd. Colchester United have taken 3 points from their last 5, against 6 for Port Vale over the same stretch. Worth flagging: Port Vale sit well below what our metrics imply, roughly 9 places under their underlying-strength rank.