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Port Vale travel to take on Darlington at Balfour Webnet Darlington Aren on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 20 games played, Valiants have recorded 4 wins, and Darlington have come away with 8 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Darlington was amazingly over twenty years ago, in December 1986, as the The Quakers edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2000/2001 | Tue 06 Feb | Port Vale | 4 - 0 | Darlington | ASSM |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 25 Apr | Port Vale | 1 - 2 | Darlington | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Fri 19 Dec | Darlington | 3 - 2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 04 May | Darlington | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE2 |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 15 Dec | Port Vale | 0 - 2 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 05 Feb | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Darlington | LGE2 |
| 1982/1983 | Sat 25 Sep | Darlington | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Darlington's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While The Quakers have scored 7, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Port Vale's away form is none too clever either, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Valiants have hit 6 goals, 13 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Darlington see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 5 points from their 5 games played so far, Port Vale's 7 points from 5 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Darlington | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Port Vale on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Darlington. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Darlington | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Port Vale | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |