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Port Vale play host to Macclesfield Town at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, aiming to preserve their record of never having lost at home to the visitors. The Valiants won the only previous game contested between the two.
The only previous meeting between Port Vale and Macclesfield at was amazingly over twenty years ago, in January 1988, the Valiants carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1987/1988 | Sun 10 Jan | Port Vale | 1-0 | Macclesfield | FAC |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 17 Nov | Macclesfield | 1 - 2 | Port Vale | FAC |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Valiants's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
The away form of Macclesfield is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. The Silkmen have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Port Vale's 7 points from 6 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Macclesfield find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 6 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Macclesfield | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Port Vale are not exactly setting the world alight at Vale Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Macclesfield in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | 4 games since last home draw. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Macclesfield | 6 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 10 outings ago. |