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Port Vale pack their bags to visit Northampton Town at Sixfields on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 17 and win only 6 of the 30 games.
The previous match played between the two at Sixfields was within the last three years, in October 2007, the Cobblers carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Apr | Port Vale | 2 - 2 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 06 Oct | Northampton | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Tue 06 Feb | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Sep | Northampton | 0 - 2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 12 Apr | Port Vale | 3 - 2 | Northampton | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 23 Nov | Northampton | 3 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 26 Feb | Northampton | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Northampton Town are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The Cobblers's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
The away form of Port Vale however, is much more impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Valiants, and 9 goals against.
Northampton find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 21 points from their 20 matches. Port Vale find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 25 points from their 20 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Northampton | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Valiants's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Northampton, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Northampton | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 4 home matches. Not won in the 7 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | Undefeated in last 7 away games. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |