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Fulham prepare to entertain Portsmouth at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 9 of the 23 previous games, with the Cottagers winning just 6.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Craven Cottage was less than a year ago, in April 2005, with Fulham running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 31 Dec | Portsmouth | 1 - 0 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 03 Apr | Fulham | 3-1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Mon 30 Aug | Portsmouth | 4 - 3 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 May | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 24 Nov | Fulham | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 21 Apr | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Fulham | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 18 Nov | Fulham | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Fulham are showing reasonable home form, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Cottagers in those games, with 7 conceded.
Portsmouth have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Pompey have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Fulham find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 36 points from their 32 matches. Portsmouth are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 24 points from their 30 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Fulham | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Portsmouth is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Cottagers in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Fulham | 8 games since last home draw. |
| Portsmouth | 13 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |