FM Preview: Portsmouth v Crawley Town 26 Dec 2012

Last updated : 25 December 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Portsmouth v Crawley Town fixture

Portsmouth prepare to entertain Crawley Town at Fratton Park on Wednesday afternoon, for the first time in their history, and will be hoping to give their new opponents the runaround.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2012/2013 Sun 09 Sep Crawley Town 0 - 3 Portsmouth League One

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Recent respective form guides

Portsmouth's dreadful home form has resulted in just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While Pompey have scored 5, a worringly large 8 have been leaked at the other end.

Crawley Town's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Reds's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.

Portsmouth are stuck down in the relegation zone of npower League One with a return of just 21 points from their 22 games thus far.

Crawley Town's 35 points from 23 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Portsmouth 6 0 3 3 5 9 3
Crawley Town 6 2 1 3 7 8 7

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Nothing seems to be going right for the Pompey at home recently, and we can see no immediate turn around in fortunes as the Reds come away with an easy victory. Away win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Portsmouth Failed to win in previous 5 home matches.
Drawn each of their last 3 games.
Not won in the 10 most recent games.
Crawley Town No sequences of note

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