FM Preview: Portsmouth v Leicester City 24 Sep 2010

Last updated : 23 September 2010 By Footymad Previewer
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History of the Portsmouth v Leicester City fixture

Leicester City face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Friday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 31 games played, Foxes have recorded 11 wins, and Portsmouth have come away with 14 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides was earlier this season, with Leicester City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Pompey in a League Cup match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2010/2011Tue 21 SepPortsmouth1 - 2Leicester CityLGEC
2003/2004Sat 08 MayLeicester City3 - 1PortsmouthPREM
2003/2004Sat 29 NovPortsmouth0 - 2Leicester CityPREM
2002/2003Mon 17 FebLeicester City1 - 1PortsmouthCHMP
2002/2003Sat 02 NovPortsmouth0 - 2Leicester CityCHMP
1995/1996Sat 10 FebPortsmouth2 - 1Leicester CityCHMP
1995/1996Wed 30 AugLeicester City4 - 2PortsmouthCHMP

Recent respective form guides

Portsmouth have only collected 1 win and 3 draws from the last six home games played. The Pompey's have scored 6 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 7.

Leicester City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Foxes's have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Portsmouth find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 7 games have yielded only 2 points. Leicester City are stuck down in the relegation zone of Npower Championship with a return of just 5 points from their 7 games thus far.

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Current form guides:PWDLFAP
Portsmouth60243102
Leicester City63128810

FootyMad's prediction ...

Leicester 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 Failed to win in previous 5 home matches.
Latest 3 games ended in defeat.
Not won in the 8 most recent games.
Leicester City Undefeated in last 3 away games.
Last drawn game 4 outings ago.