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Port Vale v Walsall - George Bennett preview

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00:00Good evening Sadler's fans. I was at Essington earlier today where I spoke to Matt Sadler

00:05ahead of Walsall's crunch clash against Port Vale on Saturday lunchtime. And over 2,000

00:12Sadler's fans are expected to descend on Vale Park ahead of what promises to be a very tasty

00:19encounter indeed. Walsall briefly topped the table on Tuesday night during their 3-2 victory

00:25over Notts County before Ronan Curtis's last gasp equaliser for Port Vale in their 1-1

00:31draw against Cheltenham sent them one point clear at the top of the table. But Walsall

00:37boasted a game in hand on Port Vale when maximum points would send them two points clear at

00:41the top of the table. So very finely poised ahead of this top end tussle. In terms of

00:48injury news, Jamie Jellis missed the midweek win with a calf injury which he sustained

00:52in the 4-0 defeat against Cheltenham Athletic last week. Matt Sadler issued a positive update

00:58on that note. He will assess Jamie Jellis in the build up to the game and probably make

01:04that decision on Friday morning. He's touch and go and is in contention ahead of the weekend.

01:09However, Brandon Connolly suffered a fractured cheekbone in that game which has been operated

01:15on and Matt Sadler is earmarked a potential four to six week absence for him. There was

01:20also a setback for Priestley Farquharson, not been involved because of a thigh injury

01:26since August. He was involved in the warm up in training sessions Matt Sadler revealed

01:32a couple of weeks ago as he continued his road to recovery. However, he has suffered

01:37a major setback. Matt Sadler revealed he went to see a specialist yesterday and is expected

01:44to spend a further two months on the sidelines which takes him up to about March. Elsewhere,

01:50Josh Gordon had a scan a couple of weeks ago and is still on track for a return in mid-January.