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Port Vale prepare to entertain Leyton Orient at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, aiming to maintain a near-perfect record against their opponents. The Valiants have won 23 of the 26 matches the two teams have contested.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Vale Park was just last season, in August 2006, with Port Vale running out comfortable 3-0 winners in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 20 Oct | Leyton Orient | 3 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 03 Feb | Leyton Orient | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 Aug | Port Vale | 3-0 | Leyton Orient | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Mon 04 Apr | Leyton Orient | 2 - 3 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Wed 29 Dec | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 20 Mar | Leyton Orient | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Tue 03 Nov | Port Vale | 2 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Valiants have scored 8, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Leyton Orient's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The O's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 4 goals for and 3 against.
Port Vale find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 40 games have yielded only 29 points. Leyton Orient's 56 points from 40 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Vale Park for the Valiants and the Madmen are unable to see past Leyton Orient claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | No sequences of note |
| Leyton Orient | An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |