Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - League Cup, 12 Aug 2025

📅12/08/2025 · 🕒21:45 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 3-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
59%
1.76
Draw
19%
3.54
Away
22%
3.83
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
46%
1.91
Over 2.5
54%
1.8
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
1.76
No
49%
1.95
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
26%
3.27
2-3 Goals
39%
1.75
4-5 Goals
23%
3.28
6+ Goals
12%
12.2
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
34%
2.34
1/2
5%
35.0
1/X
6%
13.8
X/1
18%
4.35
X/2
5%
8.74
X/X
8%
5.05
2/1 EV+ ✗
7%
23.05
2/2
11%
6.83
2/X
6%
15.15
Value flag · 2/1 at 23.05 — our 7% vs market 2.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
59%
Home Win
53%
+6.1pp
20%
Draw
25%
-5.2pp
22%
Away Win
23%
-0.9pp
46%
Under 2.5
48%
-2.8pp
54%
Over 2.5
52%
+2.8pp
51%
BTTS Yes
53%
-1.6pp
49%
BTTS No
47%
+1.6pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Blackpool EU Bookmakers 57%
Head to Head
AWAY Port Vale EU Bookmakers 26%
-20% / -20% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +2% / +2%
1.48/0.19 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.15/1.01
-68% / +120% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +25% / -13%
52% Ball Possession 48%
14 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
426 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 299 · 74%
35.3 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 20.7
35.4 Crosses 16.6
1.3 Yellow Cards 1.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Blackpool
2W-1D-3L
AWAY Port Vale
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
0.85 xG 1.09
54% Ball Possession 46%
11 Total Shots 11
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 4
410 Passes 228
79% Pass Accuracy 68%
27 Box Touches 18
36 Crosses 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
29.12.2023 Port Vale Port Vale 3-0 HT 1-0 Blackpool Blackpool İN1
15.08.2023 Blackpool Blackpool 0-0 HT 0-0 Port Vale Port Vale İN1
21.07.2018 Port Vale Port Vale 0-1 HT 0-1 Blackpool Blackpool HAZ
09.01.2016 Blackpool Blackpool 0-1 HT 0-0 Port Vale Port Vale İN1
24.11.2015 Port Vale Port Vale 2-0 HT 0-0 Blackpool Blackpool İN1
06.10.2015 Port Vale Port Vale 1-2 HT 0-1 Blackpool Blackpool İNTK
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Blackpool
0-1
AWAY Port Vale
0.63 xG 1.00
57% Ball Possession 43%
11 Total Shots 10
2 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 7
387 Passes 275
82% Pass Accuracy 78%
28 Box Touches 21
29 Crosses 21
2 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Blackpool vs Port Vale
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Port Vale nicked a narrow win over Blackpool 1-0 away from home. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

This one beat our numbers. Blackpool carried 59% before kick-off and it didn't land — a reminder that even strong leads lose regularly.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 54% and both teams to score was close to even at 51%.

On the day, Blackpool had 57% of the ball to Port Vale's 43%, shots finished 11-10, expected goals 0.63 to 1.00.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, Port Vale led the recent series with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 0.50 goals for Blackpool and 1.17 for Port Vale.

What was the final score of Blackpool vs Port Vale?

Blackpool 0-1 Port Vale in the England - League Cup on 12/08/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Blackpool vs Port Vale?

Before kick-off our model rated a Blackpool win the most likely single outcome at about 59%, with the full match-result split Blackpool 59%, draw 20%, Port Vale 22%. The final score 0-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Blackpool) ✗ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS Yes
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