Port Vale vs Sunderland predictions, Mar 08, 2026

Mar 04, 2026 0 Comment By Yuriy Borshchenko

English FA Cup, on Sunday,

Port Vale

Sunderland

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As Port Vale prepares to host Sunderland AFC in the FA Cup on March 8, 2026, both teams approach this fixture with similar recent records, winning 2 of their last 5 matches. Port Vale will aim to leverage their home advantage at Vale Park, where they hope to create an intimidating atmosphere to unsettle their opponents.

Sunderland, currently favored by bookmakers with odds at 1.41 for an away win, have shown solid form and possess a more consistent record in higher leagues, which could play a crucial role in this cup tie. Their tactical strength lies in a well-coordinated attack supported by a disciplined midfield, allowing for quick transitions and exploiting defensive lapses.

In contrast, Port Vale has demonstrated resilience in their recent outings but will need to significantly improve their defensive organization to withstand Sunderland’s offensive threats. The model predictions favor an away victory at 62.2%, projecting a final score of 0:2.

While the odds suggest a clear advantage for Sunderland, Port Vale’s determination on home soil cannot be underestimated. This match promises to be closely contested, with both sides having the potential to influence the outcome based on their tactical execution.

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Port Vale
16.5%		 Draw
20.5%		 Sunderland
63%

Prediction (the most likely score): 0:1

Outrights of English FA Cup Sunderland: 3.99% Port Vale: 0.48%

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Betting Odds

1 X 2
bet_at_home 5.6 4.88 1.52
MarathonBet 6.05 4.8 1.51 Watch Watch and Bet
WilliamHill 5.5 4.33 1.44
Pinnacle 5.42 4.83 1.51

Latest Results

03.03.26 Port Vale – Bristol City – 1:0 ET
28.02.26 Port Vale – Luton Town – 1:1
24.02.26 Northampton Town – Port Vale – 0:1
21.02.26 Port Vale – Reading – 1:1
17.02.26 Stevenage Borough – Port Vale – 2:1		 03.03.26 Leeds United – Sunderland AFC – 0:1
28.02.26 AFC Bournemouth – Sunderland AFC – 1:1
22.02.26 Sunderland AFC – Fulham FC – 1:3
15.02.26 Oxford United – Sunderland AFC – 0:1
11.02.26 Sunderland AFC – Liverpool FC – 0:1

Facts

  • The recent form of both competitors has been shaky.
  • In this match, Sunderland is considered a favorite.
  • In the last 3 head-to-head matches, Port Vale won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 3 matches, and goals 2:6. (average 0.7:2).
  • Including home matches between the teams, Port Vale won 0 matches, drew 0 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 2:4. (average 1:2).

    Latest Head To Head

    10.08.21 Port Vale – Sunderland AFC – 1:2
    12.01.21 Sunderland AFC – Port Vale – 2:0
    11.11.18 Port Vale – Sunderland AFC – 1:2

    Standings

    Draw

    Main

    1/128-finals

    1 Stoke Bye
    4 Bye Coventry
    5 Fulham Bye
    8 Bye Middlesbrough
    9 Stevenage Chesterfield 0 : 1
    10 Crewe Doncaster 1 : 2
    12 Bye Southampton
    13 Cheltenham Bradford City 1 : 0
    14 Buxton Chatham 2 : 1
    16 Bye Leicester
    17 Tottenham Bye
    20 Bye Aston Villa
    21 Newcastle Bye
    24 Bye Bournemouth
    25 Manchester City Bye
    27 FC Halifax Exeter 0 : 2
    28 Wycombe Plymouth 2 : 0
    29 Salford Lincoln 2 : 1
    30 Tamworth Leyton Orient 0 : 1
    31 Rotherham Swindon 1 : 2
    32 Bolton Huddersfield 2 : 1
    33 Boreham Wood Crawley 3 : 0
    34 Newport Gillingham 3 : 2
    35 Brackley Town Notts Co 3 : 2
    36 Burton St. Albans 6 : 0
    37 West Ham Bye
    40 Bye QPR
    41 Slough Altrincham 2 : 1
    42 Macclesfield AFC Totton 6 : 3
    44 Bye Crystal Palace
    45 Sheffield Wed Bye
    48 Bye Brentford
    49 Burnley Bye
    52 Bye Millwall
    53 Sheffield Utd Bye
    55 Gainsborough Accrington 1 : 2
    56 Mansfield Harrogate 3 : 2
    57 Portsmouth Bye
    60 Bye Arsenal
    61 Preston Bye
    63 Wigan Hemel Hempstead 2 : 1
    64 Spennymoor Barrow 0 : 2
    65 Grimsby Ebbsfleet 3 : 1
    66 Wealdstone Southend 1 : 0
    67 Chelmsford Braintree 4 : 1
    68 Weston-super-Mare Aldershot 2 : 1
    69 Wolves Bye
    71 Sutton AFC Telford 2 : 1
    72 South Shields Shrewsbury 1 : 3
    73 Liverpool Bye
    75 Peterborough Cardiff 1 : 0
    76 Barnsley York City 3 : 2
    77 Manchester Utd Bye
    80 Bye Brighton
    81 Port Vale Maldon & Tiptree 5 : 1
    82 Bromley Bristol Rovers 1 : 2
    83 Fleetwood Barnet 2 : 1
    84 Luton Forest Green 4 : 3
    85 Bristol City Bye
    88 Bye Watford
    89 Colchester MK Dons 2 : 3
    90 Oldham Northampton 3 : 1
    92 Bye Oxford Utd
    93 Everton Bye
    96 Bye Sunderland
    97 Wrexham Bye
    100 Bye Nottingham
    101 Ipswich Bye
    103 Blackpool Scunthorpe 1 : 0
    104 Reading Carlisle 2 : 3
    105 Hull Bye
    108 Bye Blackburn
    109 Charlton Bye
    112 Bye Chelsea
    113 Tranmere Stockport County 1 : 3
    114 Cambridge Utd Chester 3 : 0
    116 Bye Birmingham
    117 Derby Bye
    120 Bye Leeds
    121 Norwich Bye
    123 AFC Wimbledon Gateshead 0 : 2
    124 Eastleigh Walsall 0 : 3
    125 Swansea Bye
    128 Bye West Brom

    1/64-finals

    1 Stoke Bye
    2 Bye Coventry
    3 Fulham Bye
    4 Bye Middlesbrough
    5 Chesterfield Doncaster 1 : 2
    6 Bye Southampton
    7 Cheltenham Buxton 6 : 2
    8 Bye Leicester
    9 Tottenham Bye
    10 Bye Aston Villa
    11 Newcastle Bye
    12 Bye Bournemouth
    13 Manchester City Bye
    14 Exeter Wycombe 4 : 0
    15 Salford Leyton Orient 4 : 0
    16 Swindon Bolton 4 : 0
    17 Boreham Wood Newport 3 : 0
    18 Brackley Town Burton 1 : 3
    19 West Ham Bye
    20 Bye QPR
    21 Slough Macclesfield 1 : 3
    22 Bye Crystal Palace
    23 Sheffield Wed Bye
    24 Bye Brentford
    25 Burnley Bye
    26 Bye Millwall
    27 Sheffield Utd Bye
    28 Accrington Mansfield 2 : 3
    29 Portsmouth Bye
    30 Bye Arsenal
    31 Preston Bye
    32 Wigan Barrow 3 : 2
    33 Grimsby Wealdstone 4 : 0
    34 Chelmsford Weston-super-Mare 0 : 2
    35 Wolves Bye
    36 Sutton Shrewsbury 1 : 2
    37 Liverpool Bye
    38 Peterborough Barnsley 0 : 1
    39 Manchester Utd Bye
    40 Bye Brighton
    41 Port Vale Bristol Rovers 1 : 0
    42 Fleetwood Luton 3 : 2
    43 Bristol City Bye
    44 Bye Watford
    45 MK Dons Oldham 3 : 1
    46 Bye Oxford Utd
    47 Everton Bye
    48 Bye Sunderland
    49 Wrexham Bye
    50 Bye Nottingham
    51 Ipswich Bye
    52 Blackpool Carlisle 4 : 1
    53 Hull Bye
    54 Bye Blackburn
    55 Charlton Bye
    56 Bye Chelsea
    57 Stockport County Cambridge Utd 0 : 1
    58 Bye Birmingham
    59 Derby Bye
    60 Bye Leeds
    61 Norwich Bye
    62 Gateshead Walsall 0 : 2
    63 Swansea Bye
    64 Bye West Brom

    1/32-finals

    1 Stoke Coventry 1 : 0
    2 Fulham Middlesbrough 3 : 1
    3 Doncaster Southampton 2 : 3
    4 Cheltenham Leicester 0 : 2
    5 Tottenham Aston Villa 1 : 2
    6 Newcastle Bournemouth 4 : 3
    7 Manchester City Exeter 10 : 1
    8 Salford Swindon 3 : 2
    9 Boreham Wood Burton 0 : 5
    10 West Ham QPR 2 : 1
    11 Macclesfield Crystal Palace 2 : 1
    12 Sheffield Wed Brentford 0 : 2
    13 Burnley Millwall 5 : 1
    14 Sheffield Utd Mansfield 3 : 4
    15 Portsmouth Arsenal 1 : 4
    16 Preston Wigan 0 : 1
    17 Grimsby Weston-super-Mare 3 : 2
    18 Wolves Shrewsbury 6 : 1
    19 Liverpool Barnsley 4 : 1
    20 Manchester Utd Brighton 1 : 2
    21 Port Vale Fleetwood 1 : 0
    22 Bristol City Watford 5 : 1
    23 MK Dons Oxford Utd 1 : 2
    24 Everton Sunderland 1 : 2
    25 Wrexham Nottingham 4 : 3
    26 Ipswich Blackpool 2 : 1
    27 Hull Blackburn 1 : 0
    28 Charlton Chelsea 1 : 5
    29 Cambridge Utd Birmingham 2 : 3
    30 Derby Leeds 1 : 3
    31 Norwich Walsall 5 : 1
    32 Swansea West Brom 2 : 3

    1/16-finals

    1 Stoke Fulham 1 : 2
    2 Southampton Leicester 2 : 1
    3 Aston Villa Newcastle 1 : 3
    4 Manchester City Salford 2 : 0
    5 Burton West Ham 0 : 1
    6 Macclesfield Brentford 0 : 1
    7 Burnley Mansfield 1 : 2
    8 Arsenal Wigan 4 : 0
    9 Grimsby Wolves 0 : 1
    10 Liverpool Brighton 3 : 0
    11 Port Vale Bristol City 1 : 0
    12 Oxford Utd Sunderland 0 : 1
    13 Wrexham Ipswich 1 : 0
    14 Hull Chelsea 0 : 4
    15 Birmingham Leeds 1 : 2
    16 Norwich West Brom 3 : 1

    1/8-finals

    1 Fulham Southampton
    2 Newcastle Manchester City
    3 West Ham Brentford
    4 Mansfield Arsenal
    5 Wolves Liverpool
    6 Port Vale Sunderland
    7 Wrexham Chelsea
    8 Leeds Norwich

    English FA Cup Outrights

    1. Arsenal: 3.76 (22.33%)

    2. Manchester City: 4.9 (17.12%)

    3. Liverpool: 5.9 (14.21%)

    4. Chelsea: 6.28 (13.36%)

    5. Newcastle Utd: 13.1 (6.4%)

    6. Leeds: 16 (5.24%)

    7. Fulham: 17.5 (4.79%)

    8. Brentford: 17.5 (4.79%)

    9. Sunderland: 21 (3.99%)

    10. West Ham: 30.25 (2.77%)

    11. Wolves: 62 (1.35%)

    12. Southampton: 74.5 (1.13%)

    13. Norwich: 100.5 (0.83%)

    14. Wrexham: 100.5 (0.83%)

    15. Port Vale: 175.5 (0.48%)

    16. Mansfield: 238 (0.35%)

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