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West Brom. are ready to welcome Portsmouth to The Hawthorns on Sunday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 24 wins out of 34 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was more than three years back, in February 2002, with West Brom. annihilating their visitors 5-0 in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 04 Dec | Portsmouth | 3 - 2 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 23 Feb | West Brom. | 5-0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 25 Sep | Portsmouth | 1 - 2 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 24 Feb | West Brom. | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 23 Sep | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 21 Mar | Portsmouth | 2 - 0 | West Brom. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 14 Nov | West Brom. | 3 - 2 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
The away form of Portsmouth is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Pompey have conceded 13 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
West Brom. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 37 games have yielded only 31 points. Portsmouth are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 39 points from 37 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
None of the two sides are showing much worthwhile form at present, so the Madmen can look no further than a single point for the The Baggies. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| Portsmouth | Not won in previous 9 away matches. No win in the 2 most recent games. |