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Newcastle Utd. prepare to entertain Portsmouth at St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Magpies are clearly on top, having won 18 and lost only 5 of the 32 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. James' Park was less than a year ago, in November 2006, the Magpies carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Apr | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 26 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1-0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Wed 25 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 0 | Portsmouth | LGEC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 01 Oct | Portsmouth | 0 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 19 Mar | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Magpies, with 4 goals against.
Portsmouth's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.
Newcastle Utd.'s 17 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position. Portsmouth's 19 points from 11 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newcastle Utd. are starting to turn St. James' Park into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occasion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 9 . |
| Portsmouth | 4 successive away victories. 7 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |