Pick of the stats: Port Vale v Bristol City
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Port Vale welcome Bristol City for their rearranged FA Cup fourth-round tie on Tuesday night (kick-off 19:45 GMT).
The original encounter scheduled for 14 February was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch and a fifth-round tie at home to Premier League side Sunderland awaits the winner.
Vale are rooted to the foot of the League One table, 10 points adrift of safety, and have won three of their past 11 matches (D3 L5) in all competitions since beating Fleetwood 1-0 in the FA Cup third round.
The Robins are 10th in the Championship, 38 league places higher than Vale, though their play-off bid has stuttered with Gerhard Struber's side seven points behind the top six after three wins in their past nine league games (D2 L4) since the 5-1 win over Watford in round three of the FA Cup.
Port Vale and Bristol City have never previously faced each other in the FA Cup, with this the first meeting between the two sides since a 3-1 victory for the Robins in League One in February 2015.
Bristol City have won eight of their past nine games against Port Vale (D1) – since the first game in this run in April 2005, their 89% win-rate against the Valiants is their strongest against any side they've played more than three times.
This is Port Vale's first FA Cup fourth round tie since falling to a 3-1 defeat to Brighton in 2013-14. The Valiants have been eliminated from five of their past six ties at this stage of the competition, last progressing to the fifth round in 1995-96.
Bristol City have progressed from five of their past six FA Cup ties against sides from a lower division, while they have won eight of their last 10 away games in the competition against lower tier opponents.
Emil Riis has been involved in five goals in four starts in the FA Cup (4 goals, 1 assist), scoring a hat-trick for Bristol City in their 5-1 win in this season's third round, their first FA Cup hat-trick since Phil Jevons in December 2006 against Gillingham.
