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Swansea City face a trip to Port Vale at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 18 out of 26 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2006, as the Valiants edged out their past their rivals by a score of 3 - 2 in a League One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 08 Apr | Port Vale | 3 - 2 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Swansea City | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 16 Apr | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 28 Oct | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Tue 26 Apr | Swansea City | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 06 Nov | Port Vale | 3 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 13 Feb | Port Vale | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Valiants have scored 5, a worringly large 9 have been leaked at the other end.
Swansea City's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Swans's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Port Vale see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League One, showing a record of 23 points from their 17 games played so far, Swansea City's total of 27 points from their 17 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola League One.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Port Vale | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Swansea City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Swans has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Port Vale. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Port Vale | Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Swansea City | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |