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West Ham Utd. travel to take on Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Monday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Hammers 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 last time the two teams met at Portsmouth was more than a decade ago, in September 1992, with West Ham Utd. inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Pompey in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1992/1993 | Sat 16 Jan | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1992/1993 | Sun 27 Sep | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 08 Dec | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 1990/1991 | Wed 29 Aug | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 10 Mar | West Ham Utd. | 2 - 1 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1989/1990 | Tue 26 Sep | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | West Ham Utd. | CHMP |
| 1987/1988 | Sat 13 Feb | West Ham Utd. | 1 - 1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Pompey have conceded a disappointing 7 goals in this period, and managed to convert only 3 of their own chances.
West Ham Utd.'s away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Hammers's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Portsmouth are stuck down in the relegation zone of Barclays Premiership with a return of just 13 points from their 17 games thus far. West Ham Utd.'s 25 points from 17 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| West Ham Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The away form of the Hammers has not been the best, though the Footymad panel sees them pulling off a narrow win on their visit to Portsmouth. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 8 . |
| West Ham Utd. | 4 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |