Port Vale vs. Arsenal: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 23

Draws: 5

Arsenal wins: 14

Long before Arsenal earned promotion to the top tier of English football in 1919, the Gunners and Port Vale would frequently clash in the Second Division.

The Valiants have only claimed a paltry four wins over their North London counterparts, who in turn have 14 successes to their name from their last 23 meetings, and another five meetings have ended all square.

Back in the days of Christmas Day football, three of the first five clashes between Arsenal and Port Vale - including their first-ever showdown - were fought on December 25, and the Gunners won all three of those festive fixtures.

Christmas Day 1894 saw Arsenal register their most emphatic victory in this head-to-head - a 7-0 thumping at Manor Ground - and Port Vale have to go back to September 1901 for their last win over the three-time Premier League champions.

Since that 1-0 triumph on home soil, the Valiants have endured a nine-game winless run against the Gunners, whom they have only met four times in the FA Cup since the end of the First World War.

Arsenal needed replays to get the job done on both occasions, though; the two sides played out a 2-2 draw in the fourth round of the 1926-27 tournament, before the legendary Herbert Chapman led the Gunners to a 1-0 win in the replay.

Six decades later, Arsenal and Port Vale reunited in the third round of the 1997-98 FA Cup, where the Staffordshire side remarkably held Arsene Wenger's men to a 0-0 draw at Highbury as Nicolas Anelka, Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars and Ray Parlour were stunted.

The Valiants then threatened an almighty shock in the replay, taking Arsenal to penalties after a 1-1 draw in extra time, but the Gunners prevailed 4-3 on spot kicks to avoid a cup giant killing.

The last meeting between the two sides came in the third round of the EFL Cup in September 2025, with Arsenal progressing to the next stage courtesy of a 2-0 success.