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Newcastle Utd. 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 33 games played, Magpies have recorded 11 wins, and Portsmouth have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2007, the Pompey carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 03 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 4 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth 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 Pompey, with 4 goals against.
In complete contrast to Portsmouth, Newcastle Utd. are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Magpies have hit 6 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Portsmouth find themselves in a respectable 6th position, courtesy of the 56 points they have accumulated from 33 games. Newcastle Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premier League, showing a record of 38 points from their 33 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Magpies are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Portsmouth. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | Won 4 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 11 . |
| Newcastle Utd. | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |