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Man City prepare to entertain Portsmouth at City of Manchester Stadium on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 24 wins out of 36 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at City of Manchester Stadium was less than a year ago, in August 2005, the Sky Blues carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Sat 11 Mar | Portsmouth | 2 - 1 | Man City | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 27 Aug | Man City | 2-1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 30 Apr | Man City | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 20 Nov | Portsmouth | 1 - 3 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Jan | Portsmouth | 4 - 2 | Man City | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 23 Aug | Man City | 1 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 21 Apr | Man City | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Manchester City's woeful home form means they have chalked up just a single victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While Sky Blues have scored 5, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Portsmouth's away form is none too clever either, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Pompey's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
Man City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 0 points from their 1 games thus far. Portsmouth sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 3 points from their 1 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Man City | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Nothing seems to be going right for the Sky Blues at home recently, and I can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Pompey come away with an easy victory. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Man City | Been beaten in each of their previous 5 home matches. Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Portsmouth | 16 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 7 outings ago. |