Thursday , 2 July 2026

Port Vale FC vs Sunderland AFC, FA Cup 2025-26 LAST 16

FA Cup · 2025-26
Port Vale FC
1 – 0
Full Time
Sunderland AFC
Sun 8 Mar 2026 · 13:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Port Vale FC vs Sunderland AFC — FA Cup .

Match Details

  • Referee Anthony Taylor
19 games this season 🟨 3.0/game ⚽ 8.9 goals/game 🟥 5 total

Head-to-Head

1
1
Port Vale FC 2 games · Avg 2.0 goals Sunderland AFC
Last 5 meetings
2026-03-08 Port Vale FC 1–0 Sunderland AFC 2018-11-11 Port Vale FC 1–2 Sunderland AFC

Recent Form

Port Vale FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Mar Sunderland AFC H 1–0 W
03 Mar Bristol City FC H 1–0 W
28 Feb Luton Town FC H 1–1 D
24 Feb Northampton Town FC A 1–0 W
21 Feb Reading FC H 1–1 D
17 Feb Stevenage FC A 1–2 L
Sunderland AFC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
08 Mar Port Vale FC A 0–1 L
03 Mar Leeds United FC A 1–0 W
28 Feb AFC Bournemouth A 1–1 D
22 Feb Fulham FC H 1–3 L
15 Feb Oxford United FC A 1–0 W
11 Feb Liverpool FC H 0–1 L

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
67% Clean Sheets
Port Vale FC this season
33% Clean Sheets
Sunderland AFC this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Port Vale FC
Ben Waine 3 G
Devante Cole 2 G 2 A
Ruari Paton 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Port Vale FC and Sunderland AFC has kicked off!
  • With this win, Port Vale FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Port Vale FC Lineups

Sunderland AFC Lineups

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.1 Port Vale FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.9 Sunderland AFC xG
I would bet for: Port Vale FC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Port Vale FC43% Draw31% Sunderland AFC26%
Actual: Port Vale FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes41% 0% No59%
Avg goals/match: 2
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 84%
16%
± 1.5 60%
40%
± 2.5 32%
68%
± 3.5 15%
85%
± 4.5 6%
94%

Double Chance

Port Vale FC or Draw
73%
Draw or Sunderland AFC
57%
Port Vale FC or Sunderland AFC
69%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Port Vale FC26% Draw55% Sunderland AFC19%
Actual: Port Vale FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
16%
1 – 1
14.4%
1 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
10.9%
2 – 0
7.8%
2 – 1
7.2%
1 – 2
5.9%
0 – 2
5.2%
2 – 2
3.4%
3 – 0
2.8%
3 – 1
2.7%
1 – 3
1.8%

Asian Handicap — Port Vale FC

Handicap Port Vale FC covers Push Sunderland AFC covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 11% 84%
-1.5 16% — 84%
-1 16% 22% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 18% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Port Vale FC keeps clean sheet
41% ✗
Sunderland AFC keeps clean sheet
34% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.