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Port Vale travel to take on Bury at Gigg Lane 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 20 and win only 6 of the 34 games.
The last time the two teams met at Bury was back in March 2002, over five years ago, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Mar | Bury | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Bury | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Bury | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Bury | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1998/1999 | Sun 09 May | Bury | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 19 Dec | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Bury | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 07 Feb | Bury | 2 - 2 | Port Vale | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Bury's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. The The Shakers's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Port Vale's away form is none too clever either, picking up four victories from the last six. The Valiants's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Bury are just outside the promotion places, in 5th, having taken 32 points from 19 games. Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 23 points from their 19 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Bury | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Valiants's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Bury, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Bury | 8 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Port Vale | 10 games since last away draw. |