Port Vale vs Bristol City Prediction & Betting Tips (3 March)

Resident of 3rd division League One, Port Vale is far from playing the leading roles and is even trying to survive by being the bottom of the championship with a ten-point outlay on the first non-relegation: Blackpool. Over the last 10 days of the championship, Port Vale have lost four times against Stevenage 2-1, Wimbledon 0-1, Exeter 1-3 and Mansfield 3-0. Last weekend, for the reception of Luton, Port Vale was not able to string together a second successive victory 1-1 after its success gleaned on the road on the turf of Northampton 0-1. For the moment, in this FA Cup campaign, Port Vale has never faced a Premier League or Championship opponent. Precisely, Bristol is a team playing throughout the season in the Championship, 2nd English division with the objective of finishing among the first 6 places in order to compete in the playoffs for accession to the Premier League.

At the moment, Bristol City are only 10th and have just lost at home to Watford 1-2. A second defeat in three games after the setback suffered on the Swansea pitch 1-0. In the previous round, the Robins calmly defeated Watford in person 5-1. 

Within this Port Vale team, 4 players could not experience this 1/16th final due to injury. These are midfielder George Byers (1 goal, 1 assist in the league), defender Ben Heneghan, Ben Garrity (1 assist in the league) and Ryan Croasdale (2 goals in the league). The three musketeers with 3 goals in the championship will, however, be very present. To name them: Martin Sherif (19 years old), Jayden Stockley and Ben Waine.

 Opposite, Bristol should travel without McNally and without Joe Williams, both injured. On the other hand, the valuable midfielder Scott Twine (10 goals, 6 assists in the Championship) will be well suited to battle, like Emil Riis (9 goals, 2 assists in the Championship), Sinclair Armstrong (4 goals in the Championship) and the returning injury Ross McCrorie (3 goals, 6 assists in the Championship).