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Portsmouth travel to take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge at lunchtime on Sunday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 31 games played, Pompey have recorded 6 wins, and Chelsea have come away with 12 victories.
The last time the two teams met at Chelsea was well over fifteen years ago, back in December 1988, when they fought out a thrilling high-scoring 3 - 3 draw in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1996/1997 | Sun 09 Mar | Portsmouth | 1 - 4 | Chelsea | FAC |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 13 May | Portsmouth | 2 - 3 | Chelsea | DIV2 |
| 1988/1989 | Sat 10 Dec | Chelsea | 3 - 3 | Portsmouth | DIV2 |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 23 Jan | Chelsea | 0 - 0 | Portsmouth | DIV1 |
| 1987/1988 | Tue 18 Aug | Portsmouth | 0 - 3 | Chelsea | DIV1 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 24 Apr | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Chelsea | DIV2 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 27 Dec | Chelsea | 2 - 2 | Portsmouth | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Chelsea 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 12 goals for the Blues, with 4 goals against.
In complete contrast to Chelsea, Portsmouth are having a torrid time on their travels, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the Pompey have hit 4 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Chelsea sit in a healthy 3rd in the league, and have picked up 39 points from their 18 games. Portsmouth find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 19 points from their 18 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Chelsea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Pompey are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Chelsea. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Chelsea | Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Portsmouth | Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 6 most recent games. |