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Match insight

Neither side carries a table edge into this one — Port Vale and Tranmere Rovers look evenly matched on what's actually in front of them. Tranmere Rovers currently sit 9 places and 4 points above Port Vale in the table — 13th against 22nd. Port Vale have taken 6 points from their last 5, against 3 for Tranmere Rovers over the same stretch. Tranmere Rovers are outperforming our metrics by some distance — about 10 places higher in the actual table than their underlying rating alone would suggest.