It's away action in League One again this Saturday as we travel to Vale Park to play Port Vale.

Rovers will be hoping to pick up their first three points against the Valiants since 2019, which came in League Two.

Our last meeting with the hosts ended in a 1-1 draw in February earlier this year.

Here we cast our minds back to both of last season's meetings with our upcoming opponents as we welcome the fixture against an old League Two rival.

FGR 0-2 Port Vale - 28/08/2021

Port Vale inflicted a first defeat in League Two in the 21/22 season for FGR with 2-0 victory.

A brace inside the first 10 minutes for Jamie Proctor secured the three points for the Valiants in Nailsworth.

Seven changes were made from our defeat to Brentford in the Carabao Cup on the previous Tuesday as a host of regular starters including club captain Jamille Matt, returned to the starting XI.

The visitors took an early lead in the sixth minute, after Proctor slammed home the first of his two goals into the roof of the net from inside the box after a James Wilson lay off.

Shortly after, Proctor netted his second of the match from a Port Vale counter attack, after Ben Garrity stole the ball from Dom Bernard and squared it to Proctor to trickle the ball into the net.

Port Vale could have extended their lead further in the second half, but Luke McGee produced a terrific save from a Garrity effort after a surging run from the Vale midfielder.

Rovers were restricted to very few chances throughout the game, but Jake Young came close to pulling a goal back late on, creating space for himself on the edge of the area before firing narrowly wide.

A first defeat of the season for Rovers, but they would bounce back after that, collecting 11 points from their next five league games.

Port Vale 1-1 FGR - 01/02/2022

A late Matty Stevens equaliser kept Rovers' unbeaten away record intact in League Two as they drew 1-1 in a hard-fought game against Vale in Burslem.

Stevens equalised with ten minutes to go to save a point for FGR and continue a mammoth 16 game unbeaten run in the league.

The Valiants opened the scoring in the 12th minute when Ryan Edmondson, on loan from Leeds United, got the faintest of flicks to turn home a Chris Hussey corner.

Edmondson came close to scoring even earlier than he did when he set off on a bursting run from his own half, but his shot was parried away to safety by Luke McGee.

Vale nearly added to the score in the 21st minute when James Wilson struck an effort from distance that stung the palms of McGee.

Rovers started the second half much stronger than the first and Stevens managed to fashion a shot away that tested Vale keeper Tomas Holy for the first time.

Jamille Matt came close for FGR not long after Stevens’s chance when he managed to connect to a Ben Stevenson corner, but his strong header went over the bar.

Vale substitute Kian Harratt came close to a second for the hosts minutes before the equaliser when he saw his shot saved by McGee after a lung busting run into the box.

Kasey McAteer got his first minutes in a Rovers shirt when he came on in the second half to make his first FGR appearance since arriving on loan from Leicester City in January 2022.

10 minutes from time Stevens poked home after being set up by Josh March to head back to Gloucestershire with a well earned point.

Rovers would further their impressive unbeaten run in the weeks that followed with wins over Newport County and Rochdale.