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Man. City face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2009, with Portsmouth running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 14 Feb | Portsmouth | 2 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2008/2009 | Sun 21 Sep | Man. City | 6 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 20 Apr | Man. City | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 11 Nov | Portsmouth | 0 - 0 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 23 Aug | Man. City | 0 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Man. City | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 8.
Man. City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Portsmouth are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premier League with a return of just 0 points from their 3 games thus far. Man. City's total of 6 points from their 2 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
| Man. City | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Man. City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| Man. City | 11 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 21 outings ago. |