Portsmouth Match Preview

History of the Birmingham City v Portsmouth fixture

Blues prepare to entertain Portsmouth at St. Andrew's at tea-time on Saturday, looking to continue an impressive home record against the South coast side. The Blues are clearly on top, having won 27 and lost only 10 of the 45 games.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. Andrew's was just last season, in September 2003, with the Blues running out comfortable 2-0 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 14 Aug	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Birmingham C.	PREM
2003/2004	Mon 12 Apr	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Birmingham C.	PREM
2003/2004	Sat 27 Sep	Birmingham C.	2-0	Portsmouth	PREM
2001/2002	Sun 07 Apr	Birmingham C.	1 - 1	Portsmouth	CHMP
2001/2002	Tue 30 Oct	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Birmingham C.	CHMP
2000/2001	Mon 16 Apr	Birmingham C.	0 - 0	Portsmouth	CHMP
2000/2001	Sat 28 Oct	Portsmouth	1 - 1	Birmingham C.	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Birmingham City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Blues, with 4 goals against.

In complete contrast Portsmouth are having a torrid time on their travels, losing every single one of the last six matches played! Whilst Pompey have hit 4 goals, 16 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Birmingham City see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 37 points from their 32 games played so far, Portsmouth find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 32 matches.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Birmingham C.	6	2	2	2	6	6	8
Portsmouth	6	1	1	4	8	13	4

STB prediction ...

They may be coming up against a decent side in Portsmouth, but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow win for the Blues. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Birmingham C.	Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Drawn each of their last 2 games.
Portsmouth	Lost each of the previous 7 away matches. Won just twice in last 13 matches.