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Port Vale face a trip to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road 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 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 less than a year ago, in March 2006, the Seasiders carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 18 Mar | Blackpool | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 26 Dec | Port Vale | 1 - 2 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 03 Jan | Blackpool | 0 - 2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Blackpool | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 25 Sep | Port Vale | 0 - 3 | Blackpool | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Mar | Blackpool | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Blackpool are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 15 goals for the Seasiders, with 7 goals against.
In complete contrast to Blackpool, Port Vale are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Valiants have hit 8 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Blackpool lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 41 points from their 26 games so far. Port Vale's 36 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackpool | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
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 Blackpool. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackpool | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
| Port Vale | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. No win in the 4 most recent games. |