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Sunderland face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 47 games played, The Black Cats have recorded 11 wins, and Portsmouth have come away with 20 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in April 2006, the Pompey carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 13 Jan | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Sunderland | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 4 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 11 Dec | Sunderland | 1 - 0 | Portsmouth | FAC |
| 1998/1999 | Tue 02 Mar | Sunderland | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 26 Sep | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 21 Mar | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
The away form of Sunderland is pretty dire, losing every single one of the last six matches played! The Black Cats have conceded 17 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
Portsmouth's 41 points from 26 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Sunderland find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 26 points from their 26 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Pompey, as the The Black Cats have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Sunderland | Lost each of the previous 9 away matches. Not won in previous 14 away matches. Last drawn game 11 outings ago. |