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Brentford prepare to entertain Port Vale at Griffin Park on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 15 wins out of 22 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Griffin Park was less than a year ago, in January 2004, as the Bees squeezed past their rivals by a scoreline of 3-2 in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 31 Jan | Brentford | 3-2 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 18 Mar | Port Vale | 1 - 0 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Oct | Brentford | 1 - 1 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 12 Jan | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Brentford | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 18 Aug | Brentford | 2 - 0 | Port Vale | LGE1 |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 22 Apr | Port Vale | 2 - 1 | Brentford | AM |
Recent respective form guides
Brentford are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Bees, with 5 goals against.
Port Vale have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Brentford's 13 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Port Vale lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola League One, picking up 13 from their 8 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Brentford | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 |
| Port Vale | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Brentford may be coming up against a decent side in Port Vale, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Bees. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Brentford | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. |
| Port Vale | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |