FM Preview: Portsmouth v Hull City 27 Mar 2012

Last updated : 26 March 2012 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Portsmouth v Hull City fixture

Hull City face a trip to Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Tuesday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 26 games played, Tigers have recorded 4 wins, and Portsmouth have come away with 11 victories.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Fratton Park was just last season, in January 2011, with Hull City inflicting a narrow 2-3 defeat upon the Pompey in a Championship match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2011/2012 Sat 17 Sep Hull City 1 - 0 Portsmouth Championship
2010/2011 Mon 03 Jan Portsmouth 2-3 Hull City Championship
2010/2011 Sat 23 Oct Hull City 1 - 2 Portsmouth Championship
2009/2010 Sat 20 Mar Portsmouth 3 - 2 Hull City Premier League
2009/2010 Sat 24 Oct Hull City 0 - 0 Portsmouth Premier League
2008/2009 Sat 04 Apr Hull City 0 - 0 Portsmouth Premier League
2008/2009 Sat 22 Nov Portsmouth 2 - 2 Hull City Premier League

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Recent respective form guides

Portsmouth's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 6 in the wrong end.

Hull City's away form is none too clever either, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. Just 6 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 3 have been let in at the wrong end.

Portsmouth find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 38 games have yielded only 30 points.

Hull City's 58 points from 38 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Portsmouth 6 1 1 4 5 9 4
Hull City 6 1 3 2 6 6 6

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FootyMad's prediction ...

Hull 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

Team Sequences
Portsmouth No sequences of note
Hull City Not won in previous 2 away matches.
An overall losing run of 2 games.
No win in the 3 most recent games.

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