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Port Vale play host to Accrington Stanley at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having managed to conjure up a win from 4 of the previous 6 games.
The last time the two teams met at Port Vale was way back in the black-and-white days of October 1959, with Port Vale running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1959/1960 | Sat 27 Feb | Accrington S. | 1 - 3 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1959/1960 | Sat 10 Oct | Port Vale | 2-0 | Accrington S. | LGE1 |
| 1953/1954 | Tue 30 Mar | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Accrington S. | D3N |
| 1953/1954 | Sat 07 Nov | Accrington S. | 2 - 2 | Port Vale | D3N |
| 1952/1953 | Sat 14 Mar | Accrington S. | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | D3N |
| 1952/1953 | Sat 25 Oct | Port Vale | 0 - 1 | Accrington S. | D3N |
| 1937/1938 | Sat 09 Apr | Accrington S. | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | D3N |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The Valiants's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
The away form of Accrington S. is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the The Reds have hit 9 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Port Vale are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 3 points from 1 games. Accrington S. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 0 points from their 1 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| Accrington S. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Valiants's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Accrington S.. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. |
| Accrington S. | 16 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |