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Port Vale face a trip to Bradford City at Coral Windows Stadium on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 27 and win only 7 of the 47 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2009, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2 - 2 draw in an (Associate Members) match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 09 Mar | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 2009/2010 | Tue 10 Nov | Bradford City | 2 - 2 | Port Vale | ASSM |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 15 Aug | Bradford City | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 21 Mar | Bradford City | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Sep | Port Vale | 0 - 2 | Bradford City | LGE2 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 06 Jan | Port Vale | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Sep | Bradford City | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Bradford City are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 6.
The Valiants have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. While the Valiants have hit 8 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Bradford City are currently lying in 20th place in Npower League Two having mustered a points tally of 3 from their 4 matches played. Port Vale are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 7 points from 4 games.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Port Vale are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bradford City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |