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Tranmere Rvs. face a trip to Port Vale at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 39 games played, Rovers have recorded 10 wins, and Port Vale have come away with 16 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in August 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 1 - 4 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 22 Nov | Tranmere Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 01 Feb | Tranmere Rvs. | 1 - 0 | Port Vale | LD2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | Port Vale | 1 - 4 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 09 Mar | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 15 Dec | Tranmere Rvs. | 3 - 1 | Port Vale | LD2 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 18 Apr | Tranmere Rvs. | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 28 Aug | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Tranmere Rvs. | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Valiants in those games, with 6 conceded.
The Rovers have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Rovers, and 2 goals against.
Port Vale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division Two, picking up 67 points from their 44 games so far. Tranmere Rvs.'s 64 points from 44 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 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Tranmere Rvs. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Port Vale, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | Unbeaten in the last 8 home games. |
| Tranmere Rvs. | 3 successive away victories. 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |