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Port Vale face a trip to Rushden & Diamonds at Nene Park on Saturday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 29 Nov | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Rushden & D. | LD2 |
Recent respective form guides
Rushden & Diamonds's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Diamonds have scored 4, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Port Vale's away form is none too clever either, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Valiants have hit 7 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Rushden & D. are stuck down in the relegation zone of Nationwide League Division Two with a return of just 48 points from their 45 games thus far. Port Vale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Two, picking up 70 from their 45 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Rushden & D. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Although Port Vale have been far from successful in recent away games, I can see nothing other than an easy victory for them against Rushden & D.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Rushden & D. | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 3 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Port Vale | 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |