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Port Vale face a trip to Doncaster Rovers at Belle Vue Gound 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 11 and win only 4 of the 19 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Doncaster Rvs. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Fri 08 Oct | Port Vale | 2 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 24 Aug | Doncaster Rvs. | 3 - 1 | Port Vale | LC |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 02 Apr | Port Vale | 5 - 0 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 07 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Tue 03 Feb | Port Vale | 4 - 2 | Doncaster Rvs. | LGE1 |
| 1986/1987 | Sat 22 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 15 Nov | Doncaster Rvs. | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Doncaster Rovers have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Valiants have hit 5 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Doncaster Rvs. see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 34 points from their 26 games played so far, Port Vale find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 32 points from their 26 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Doncaster Rvs. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Rovers, as the Valiants have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Doncaster Rvs. | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | 15 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 15 outings ago. |