Port Vale

vs

Bradford City

Predictions & Betting Tips

Port Vale

• Port Vale are on a run of 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 in all competitions.
• Port Vale occupy the last spot in 24th with just 14 points from 18 matches, according to our Port Vale vs Bradford City betting tips.

Bradford City

• Bradford City have the 3rd best record in League One 2025/2026, picking up 31 points from 17 games.
• Bradford City are on a mixed run of 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from their last 5 matches.

Head-to-Head

• There is an added spice to the fixture between Port Vale and Bradford City given their promotion tussle to the Championship last season and the two recent highly competitive head-to-heads.
• Both teams have one win apiece in the last 2 meetings, with Port Vale prevailing in the most recent matchup, a 2-0 home win eight months ago in League Two 2024/2025. Considering this, our Port Vale vs Bradford City prediction is that this will be another tightly contested battle.

Key Players

• Both Port Vale and Bradford City are managed by coaches who have set their teams up with clear styles and structures, with Darren Moore’s Vale being much more defence-first since his appointment in February 2024, while Graham Alexander has instilled a direct, transition-based style, with his Bradford side pressing aggressively, since taking the reins in November 2023.
• Key attacking threats:
  • Devante Cole (4 goals in 12 League One appearances) provides a reliable outlet and if Vale are to seriously trouble Bradford, they will need him to finish off the good build-up play.
  • Bobby Pointon is Bradford City’s danger man, he is the one they call to score when they need him.
  • He has bagged 6 goals in 13 League One games this season and his pace and pressing style has given many defences a hard time.

Betting Insights

• The hosts are priced at 2.82, compared to the visitors’ 2.46 and the draw at 3.22.
• This Port Vale vs Bradford City betting tips section highlights that Bradford City have played 8 away games in League One 2025/2026 (W2, D5, L1), scoring an average of 1.25 goals and conceding 1.12 goals.
• Port Vale and Bradford City have been prone to the occasional blunder in the back recently, so the Both Teams to Score market at 1.88 looks like a great value to me in this encounter.

Prediction

• With Port Vale’s defence being anchored by their structured back four, and the fact that Bradford’s best players can hurt them, Port Vale should be able to keep it close.
• Bradford have also been wobbling recently, so I think they can squeak out a competitive game and get the win on Tuesday.