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Port Vale face a trip to Burton Albion at The Pirelli Stadium on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 19 Jan | Port Vale | 3 - 1 | Burton Albion | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Burton Albion have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 12 to 10.
The Valiants have had a decent run of form away from home recently, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. Just 6 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 3 have been let in at the wrong end.
Burton Albion see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 37 points from their 27 games played so far, Port Vale's 37 points from 26 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Burton Albion | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Valiants's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Burton Albion, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Burton Albion | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Port Vale | Undefeated in last 10 away games. 7 games since last defeat. |