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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 26 and win only 6 of the 43 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, the Bantams carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | Bradford City | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Bradford City are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Bantams in those games, with 6 conceded.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Valiants have conceded 6 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Bradford City's 11 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Port Vale are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 15 points from 8 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bradford City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Valiants has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Bradford City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bradford City | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |