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Port Vale pack their bags to visit Hull City at The KC Stadium at lunchtime on Saturday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Valiants will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 22 and win only 4 of the 34 games.
The previous match played between the two at The KC Stadium was more than three years back, in December 2001, the Tigers carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a (Associate Members) match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Port Vale | 3 - 2 | Hull City | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Port Vale | 3 - 1 | Hull City | AM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 04 Dec | Hull City | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | AM |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 22 Jan | Hull City | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 09 Oct | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Hull City | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 27 Mar | Hull City | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 21 Nov | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Hull City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Hull City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Tigers in those games, with 4 conceded.
In complete contrast to Hull City, Port Vale are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. Valiants have conceded 9 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Hull City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 78 points from the 38 games they have played so far. Port Vale find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 46 points from their 38 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Hull City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 16 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
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 Hull City. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Hull City | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 5 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Port Vale | Not won in previous 3 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |