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Port Vale prepare to entertain Morecambe 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 Morecambe at was just last season, in October 2008, the Valiants carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 31 Jan | Morecambe | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE2 |
| 2008/2009 | Sat 25 Oct | Port Vale | 2-1 | Morecambe | LGE2 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 10 Nov | Morecambe | 0 - 2 | Port Vale | FAC |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 09 Oct | Morecambe | 2 - 2 | Port Vale | ASSM |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Morecambe's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Shrimps's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 12 goals for and 10 against.
Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 25 points from their 19 games played so far, Morecambe's 27 points from 19 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 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Morecambe | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Vale Park for the Valiants and the Madmen are unable to see past Morecambe claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. |
| Morecambe | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |