Fulham face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Cottagers will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 12 and win only 4 of the 23 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2005, the Pompey carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2005/2006 | Sat 01 Apr | Fulham | 1 - 3 | Portsmouth | PREM |
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 |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth 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 Pompey in those games, with 5 conceded.
Fulham have an average recent record on the road, collecting 1 win and 3 draws from the last six played. While the Cottagers have hit 8 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Portsmouth sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 19 points from their 11 games. Fulham's 16 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 6 |
Fulham | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Pompey, as the Cottagers have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Portsmouth | 9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 11 . |
Fulham | Previous 3 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 3 away matches. |