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Arsenal face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Wednesday evening, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 11 of the 33 previous games, with the hosts winning just 8.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2007, when they played out a goalless draw in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sun 02 Sep | Arsenal | 3 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 13 May | Portsmouth | 0 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 16 Dec | Arsenal | 2 - 2 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 12 Apr | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 28 Dec | Arsenal | 4 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Arsenal | 3 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 19 Dec | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
Arsenal's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Gunners's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 11 goals for and 10 against.
Portsmouth's 30 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 43 points from the 18 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Portsmouth. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | Failed to win in previous 5 home matches. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Arsenal | Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |