Football Bet of the Day: Defences to be shattered in the Potteries

Port Vale v Exeter
Tuesday 19:45

Banfield 0 Union Sante Fe 2 in Argentina last night. A fine result for Union, but not for us.

We're staying closer to home today for a dip into League 2, where tonight's game at Vale Park brings together two teams who could really use a win. Three points would fire eighth-placed Exeter right into the middle of the playoff mix. Sitting not so pretty in 19th, Port Vale really need the points to keep them out of the drop zone.

Home and away, Neil Aspin's hosts have seen goals at both ends of 8/10 and we fancy there might be a few more on the way this evening. Just over half of Vale's home games since Aspin took charge (7/13) have delivered Over 2.5 Goals, including 3/5 against teams now in the top half with Exeter.

Paul Tisdale's visitors have served up Over 2.5 Goals in 10/18 on the road this term. Against teams now in the bottom half with Vale, it's 7/9 high scorers. For all of these reasons, with Over 2.5 Goals trading at comfortably odds-against, we're backing another high scorer tonight.