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Port Vale travel to take on Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve on a record of draws against their opponents.
The last time the two teams met at Gillingham was well over fifteen years ago, back in December 1988, the The Gills carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 09 Aug | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 08 Apr | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1988/1989 | Fri 30 Dec | Gillingham | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 19 Mar | Gillingham | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 31 Oct | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 07 Mar | Gillingham | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 25 Oct | Port Vale | 1 - 2 | Gillingham | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Gillingham are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the The Gills in those games, with 3 conceded.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Valiants have hit 5 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Gillingham find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 23 points from their 20 matches. Port Vale's 28 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Gillingham | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 7 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the The Gills, as the Valiants have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Gillingham | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. |
| Port Vale | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 3 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |