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Portsmouth face a trip to Manchester City at City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 21 out of 32 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in April 2002, with Man City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2001/2002 | Sun 21 Apr | Man City | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth | LD1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 17 Nov | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Man City | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 24 Apr | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Man City | LD1 |
| 1999/2000 | Wed 03 Nov | Man City | 4 - 2 | Portsmouth | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 10 Jan | Portsmouth | 0 - 3 | Man City | LD1 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 09 Aug | Man City | 2 - 2 | Portsmouth | LD1 |
| 1996/1997 | Wed 05 Mar | Man City | 1 - 1 | Portsmouth | LD1 |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 in the wrong end.
The Pompey have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 13 goals for the Pompey, and 6 goals against.
Man City sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 3 points from their 1 games. Portsmouth's 3 points from 1 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 |
| Man City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Pompey could well see them head back from City of Manchester Stadium with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Portsmouth | 4 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |