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West Brom. pack their bags to visit Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 17 of the 36 previous games, with the hosts winning just 10.
The previous match played between the two at Fratton Park was more than three years back, in September 2001, with West Brom. inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Pompey in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | West Brom. | 5 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 25 Sep | Portsmouth | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | West Brom. | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 21 Mar | Portsmouth | 2 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 14 Nov | West Brom. | 3 - 2 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 17 Apr | West Brom. | 2 - 2 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Pompey in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of West Brom. is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Baggies have hit 5 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Portsmouth see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 18 points from their 14 games played so far, West Brom. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 15 games have yielded only 10 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| West Brom. | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Baggies are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Portsmouth. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| West Brom. | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 10 away matches. No win in the 7 most recent games. |