FootyMAD's Portsmouth match preview

History of the Portsmouth v Chelsea fixture

Chelsea face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park at tea-time on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 37 games played, Blues have recorded 13 wins, and Portsmouth have come away with 15 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in November 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2006/2007	Sat 21 Oct	Chelsea	2 - 1	Portsmouth	PREM
2005/2006	Sat 25 Feb	Chelsea	2 - 0	Portsmouth	PREM
2005/2006	Sat 26 Nov	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Chelsea	PREM
2004/2005	Sat 22 Jan	Chelsea	3 - 0	Portsmouth	PREM
2004/2005	Tue 28 Dec	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Chelsea	PREM
2003/2004	Wed 11 Feb	Portsmouth	0 - 2	Chelsea	PREM
2003/2004	Sun 28 Dec	Chelsea	3 - 0	Portsmouth	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Portsmouth have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Pompey in those games, with 5 conceded.

Chelsea have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Portsmouth's 41 points from 28 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Chelsea sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 60 points from their 27 games.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Portsmouth	6	1	1	4	3	8	4
Chelsea	6	5	1	0	14	2	16

FootyMad's prediction ...

Chelsea 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	Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Chelsea	9 games since last defeat.