Port Vale vs Sunderland Predictions - Struggling Sunderland to put Port Vale’s season to bed

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Last updated: 06 Mar 2026

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Simon Lewis 06 Mar 2026

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Port Vale have won their last three FA Cup matches 1-0 at home.
Both of Sunderland’s FA Cup wins this season have been on the road.
Can Sunderland beat Port Vale to hit the quarter-finals of the FA Cup?

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Sunderland vs Oxford (Getty Images).

Port Vale vs Sunderland Predictions

Port Vale are bottom of League One, 10 points deep into the relegation zone and haven’t been in great form. Sunderland are mid-table in the Premier League with an outside shot at European qualification, so they should have the beating of Port Vale.

Port Vale vs Sunderland Predictions
Head-to-Head
Port Vale Form
Sunderland Form
Port Vale vs Sunderland Team News & Squads

Port Vale are undefeated in their last four matches (W2, D2).
Port Vale have scored in each of their last five matches.
Port Vale have lost four, won three and drawn three of their last 10 matches.
Sunderland have won 10 of their 29 matches in the EPL this season.
Sunderland have lost four, won five and drawn one of their last 10 matches.
Sunderland have scored just 12 goals in their last 10 matches

Head-to-Head

Sunderland have won their last six matches against Port Vale.

Port Vale Form

Port Vale ended a six-match winless streak (D3, L3) by beating Bristol City 1-0 in the previous round of the FA Cup.

After claiming back-to-back wins against Blackpool (5-1) and Fleetwood (1-0) at home, Port Vale lost three of their next four home matches, followed by a pair of draws.

In their last home match (the fourth round of the FA Cup) they took Bristol City to extra-time before claiming a 112th-minute winner to win 1-0.

Sunderland Form

Sunderland lost three of four matches in a row in February, but bounced back by drawing with Bournemouth 1-1 at home and beating Leeds 1-0 on the road.

Their away form has been decent, winning two and drawing one of their last three games, but they have gone goalless in four of their games, scoring just a single goal in five of their other games.

Port Vale vs Sunderland Team News & Squads

In an interview with BBC Radio Stoke, Port Vale striker Andre Gray said he anticipated that their opponents in Sunday's FA Cup fifth round tie - Premier League side Sunderland - are unlikely to enjoy the experience of playing at their League One opposition.

"They're not going to enjoy being here and playing against a League One team. We've got to use that to our advantage," said Gray, who played for Watford in the 2019 FA Cup final.

"I've been there and done it but it's still a big occasion and you want to play as high a level as you can for as long as you can. It's a completely different level. You think you're strong, you think you're fast, you think you're smart - and then you come up against these top teams.

"But the reason we love the game is for giant killings and it's possible. I've been in both situations before. The atmosphere in the dressing room has been good and we've got to take it day by day with the amount of games we've had,” added Gray.

Port Vale (predicted XI): Gauci, Magloire, Humphreys, Hall, Lawrence-Gabriel, Walters, Shipley, Gordon, Archer, Sherif, Waine.

Sunderland (predicted XI): Roefs, Hume, Mukiele, O'Nien, Cirkin, Geertruida, Diarra, Talbi, Le Fee, Mundle, Isidor.

Verdict

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I am backing Sunderland to win, but I am also backing Port Vale to score.

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