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West Brom. prepare to entertain Portsmouth at The Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 25 wins out of 35 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Hawthorns was less than a year ago, in May 2005, with West Brom. running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 15 May | West Brom. | 2-0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the The Baggies score just 6 goals, though they have conceded 3.
The away form of Portsmouth is pretty dire, collecting just 1 solitary point from the last six. Pompey have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 2 in reply.
West Brom. find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 1 matches. Portsmouth find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 1 games have yielded only 0 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Portsmouth is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the The Baggies in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Portsmouth | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 10 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |