Tranmere R Vs Port Vale

Thursday 20th March 2008 - Kick-Off 7.45pm

Coca-Cola League One at Prenton Park

Thursday night football is about as rare as you can get unless you are in the UEFA Cup these days so a Thursday night match at Prenton Park will be one to remember in the future.

Rock bottom Port Vale are the visitors to Prenton Park for this rare outing and Rovers will be confident of a result against a team already seemingly destined for League Two football next season with six weeks of the season still to go.

It doesn't always work that way of course and with the possibility of a slightly increased crowd as a result of special half price offers for friends and family of season ticket holders, Rovers are still likely to underperform as they so often too when bigger crowds attend.

After their recent eight game unbeaten run ended, sparking a run of two straight defeats, Tranmere have again got back into the winning habit following a somewhat fortunate 3-1 home win against Hartlepool last Saturday.

That result came after a great 1-1 draw at League leaders Swansea City last Tuesday night despite not having the services of influential captain Ian Goodison for the game or indeed for the win over Hartlepool on Saturday.

Vale go into this game on the back of two decent results after a 2-0 away win at Crewe on Tuesday night and then a late equaliser on Saturday earned them a 3-3 draw against out of form Leeds United.

When the sides met earlier in the season just before Christmas, Vale could count themselves unlucky to be held to a 0-0 draw by Ronnie Moore's men as they created the better of the chances but failed to convert them.

With the rest of League One not playing until Friday or Saturday, a win would take Rovers into a play-off place so why not take advantage of the special ticket offer and bring a friend or family member to get behind the lads.

Ronnie Moore should be able to choose from a virtually full squad for this game with Steve Davies (knee) the only definite absentee.

Ian Goodison and Chris Shuker (both knee) are both in line for a place in the starting line-up after recovering from injury whilst Craig Curran has shaken off the flu and is also in contention.

Match Referee - Russell Booth (Nottinghamshire)

Tranmere v Port Vale Head-to-Head

At Prenton Park:

P35 W20 D7 L8 F63 A41

Overall Record:

P70 W27 D19 L24 F96 A91

Tranmere Form Guide and Season Record

Form Guide

Overall: WDLLDW  At Home: WWDWLW

Season Record

Overall: P38 W15 D11 L12 F44 A37  At Home: P18 W10 D4 L5 F27 A15

Port Vale Form Guide and Season Record

Form Guide

Overall: LLLLWD   On the Road: LLLLLW

Season Record

Overall: P38 W6 D8 L24 F37 A66   On the Road: P19 W3 D2 L14 F17 A35

LINK: TOTAL TRANMERE GUIDE TO PRENTON PARK

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