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Port Vale face a trip to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Friday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2003, with Port Vale inflicting a narrow 2 - 3 defeat upon the The Owls in a League Division Two match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Dec | Port Vale | 0 - 2 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 07 Feb | Port Vale | 3 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Sheff. Wed. | 2 - 3 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1990/1991 | Mon 06 May | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Sheff. Wed. | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 20 Oct | Sheff. Wed. | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 11 Feb | Sheff. Wed. | 3 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 17 Sep | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Sheff. Wed. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Sheffield Wednesday are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 14 goals have been scored by the The Owls in those games, with 8 conceded.
The away form of Port Vale is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Valiants have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Sheff. Wed. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 47 points from 28 games. Port Vale find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 28 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Sheff. Wed. | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Valiants are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Sheff. Wed.. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Sheff. Wed. | Won 3 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Port Vale | 16 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |