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Port Vale face a trip to Bradford City at The Bradford & Bingley 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 25 and win only 6 of the 42 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 15 Oct | Port Vale | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 01 Jan | Port Vale | 0 - 1 | Bradford City | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Sep | Bradford City | 0 - 2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 13 Apr | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Bradford City | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 29 Sep | Bradford City | 4 - 0 | Port Vale | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Tue 24 Feb | Bradford City | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 18 Oct | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Bradford City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Bradford City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Valiants have hit 4 goals, 7 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Bradford City's 56 points from 43 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola League One, showing a record of 56 points from their 43 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bradford City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Bantams, as the Valiants have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bradford City | Won 3 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. |
| Port Vale | Not won in previous 4 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |