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Hull City face a trip to Port Vale at Vale Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tigers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 19 and win only 8 of the 34 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in October 2002, with Port Vale running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a (Associate Members) match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Port Vale | 3 - 1 | Hull City | AM |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 04 Dec | Hull City | 2 - 1 | Port Vale | AM |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 22 Jan | Hull City | 0 - 0 | Port Vale | LD2 |
| 1993/1994 | Sat 09 Oct | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Hull City | LD2 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 27 Mar | Hull City | 0 - 1 | Port Vale | LD2 |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 21 Nov | Port Vale | 1 - 1 | Hull City | LD2 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 16 Mar | Port Vale | 0 - 0 | Hull City | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Port Vale are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 12 goals have been scored by the Valiants in those games, with 8 conceded.
Hull City's away form is equally impressive, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 12 goals for the Tigers, and 3 goals against.
Port Vale's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Hull City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 6 points from the 2 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Port Vale | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 13 |
| Hull City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tigers'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 10 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Hull City | Undefeated in last 7 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |
