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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 26 wins out of 36 previous matches.
The previous match played between the two at The Hawthorns was more than three years back, in August 2005, the The Baggies carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 05 Apr | West Brom. | 0 - 1 | Portsmouth | FAC |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Dec | Portsmouth | 1 - 0 | West Brom. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 20 Aug | West Brom. | 2-1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
West Bromwich Albion have managed to pick up just two wins from their last six home games, losing three, While The Baggies have scored 7, a worringly large 12 have been leaked at the other end.
Portsmouth have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Pompey have hit 4 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
West Brom. find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 15 games have yielded only 11 points. Portsmouth's 22 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Brom. | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its been an indifferent run of form for the The Baggies of late, and things are not going to improve with the visit of Portsmouth, who one believes will win this game handsomely. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Brom. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 8 most recent games. |
| Portsmouth | Not won in previous 2 away matches. |