Chelsea vs. Port Vale: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Premier League side Chelsea welcome League One basement club Port Vale to Stamford Bridge for an FA Cup quarter-final tie on Saturday evening.

Liam Rosenior's side enter this contest on the back of losing each of their last four games across the Premier League and Champions League, most recently falling to a 3-0 defeat at Everton before the international break.

As for Jon Brady's men, they suffered a heavy 4-0 loss against Wycombe Wanderers in the third tier last weekend, but they did secure a shock 1-0 victory over Sunderland in the FA Cup fifth round to set up their glamour tie with Chelsea.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Chelsea and Port Vale.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 14

Chelsea wins: 7

Draws: 4

Port Vale wins: 3

Chelsea and Port Vale have faced each other 14 times in total and they have all come in the old Division Two, with the Blues winning seven times and the Valiants coming out on top on just three occasions.

Their most recent meeting took place back in April 1929 when Port Vale secured a slender 1-0 victory, although that success was not enough to prevent the club from suffering relegation that season.

Port Vale also won their very first encounter against Chelsea in October 1905 (3-2), while their only other triumph over the Blues was by a 2-0 scoreline 13 months later - all three of Vale's victories against Chelsea have been on home soil.

Chelsea's first win over Port Vale was, in fact, their biggest to date in March 1906 when the West Londoners hit seven unanswered goals past the Burslem-based outfit at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues also celebrated a comfortable 6-0 win on the road in September 1925, and this was one of six successes across a 10-game unbeaten run against Port Vale over a 21-year period.

Chelsea and Port Vale are now preparing to face each other in a domestic cup competition for the very first time, with the former hoping to preserve their unbeaten home record against the latter (W6 D1) and avoid crashing out of the FA Cup to lower-league opposition.