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Everton face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Toffees will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in December 2006, with Portsmouth running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 May | Everton | 3 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Dec | Portsmouth | 2 - 0 | Everton | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Everton | 0 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 04 Jan | Everton | 2 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 26 Sep | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Everton | 1 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Pompey in those games, with 6 conceded.
The away form of Everton however, is much more impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Toffees, and 6 goals against.
Portsmouth's 26 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Everton's 23 points from 14 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 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Everton | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Everton are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Portsmouth. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Unbeaten run of 3 matches. |
| Everton | Undefeated in last 4 away games. 8 games since last defeat. |