FootyMAD's Swindon Town match preview

History of the Port Vale v Swindon Town fixture

Port Vale prepare to entertain Swindon Town at Vale Park on Tuesday evening, looking to continue an impressive record. The Valiants are clearly on top, having won 18 and lost only 5 of the 32 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Vale Park was less than a year ago, in March 2004, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3-3 draw in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Tue 30 Mar	Port Vale	3-3	Swindon Town	LGE1
2003/2004	Sat 25 Oct	Swindon Town	0 - 0	Port Vale	LGE1
2002/2003	Sat 22 Feb	Port Vale	1 - 1	Swindon Town	LGE1
2002/2003	Sat 07 Sep	Swindon Town	1 - 2	Port Vale	LGE1
2001/2002	Sat 02 Mar	Swindon Town	3 - 0	Port Vale	LGE1
2001/2002	Tue 18 Sep	Port Vale	0 - 2	Swindon Town	LGE1
2000/2001	Sat 13 Jan	Swindon Town	0 - 1	Port Vale	LGE1

Recent respective form guides

Port Vale are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 9 to 8.

Swindon Town have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 16 points from their 13 games played so far, Swindon Town's 20 points from 12 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Port Vale	6	2	0	4	4	10	6
Swindon Town	6	2	2	2	6	6	8

FootyMad's prediction ...

This is certainly an intriguing match for the Valiants, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Port Vale	9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 11 .
Swindon Town	Not won in previous 3 away matches. 4 games since last defeat.