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Bristol City face a trip to Port Vale at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Robins will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2004, with Port Vale running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a League One match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | Bristol City | 4 - 2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Apr | Bristol City | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 28 Aug | Port Vale | 3 - 0 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Bristol City | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 03 May | Bristol City | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 28 Sep | Port Vale | 2 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Bristol City is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Robins have hit 9 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola League One, showing a record of 28 points from their 21 games played so far, Bristol City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca Cola League One with a return of just 19 points from their 21 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Valiants, as the Robins have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Bristol City | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. Last drawn game 16 outings ago. |