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Cardiff City travel to take on Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 26 games played, Bluebirds have recorded 7 wins, and Portsmouth have come away with 12 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Portsmouth was more than a decade ago, in August 1995, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 17 May | Portsmouth | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 09 Nov | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | Portsmouth | LGEC |
| 1995/1996 | Tue 22 Aug | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Portsmouth | LGEC |
| 1995/1996 | Wed 16 Aug | Portsmouth | 0 - 2 | Cardiff City | LGEC |
| 1990/1991 | Tue 09 Oct | Portsmouth | 3 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGEC |
| 1990/1991 | Tue 25 Sep | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Portsmouth | LGEC |
| 1984/1985 | Sat 23 Mar | Portsmouth | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. While Pompey have scored 6, a worringly large 10 have been leaked at the other end.
Cardiff City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
Portsmouth are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower Championship with a return of just 1 points from their 3 games thus far. Cardiff City are holding the final promotion place in the Npower Championship, and have accumulated 7 points from the 3 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Cardiff City | 7 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |