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Swansea City play host to Portsmouth at Liberty Stadium on Friday evening, hoping to improve on a record of draws against their opponents.
The last time the two teams met at Swansea City was amazingly over twenty years ago, in December 1983, with Portsmouth inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the Swans in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 24 Jan | Portsmouth | 0 - 2 | Swansea City | FAC |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 12 May | Portsmouth | 5 - 0 | Swansea City | CHMP |
| 1983/1984 | Sat 17 Dec | Swansea City | 1-2 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1977/1978 | Tue 20 Dec | Swansea City | 2 - 1 | Portsmouth | FAC |
| 1977/1978 | Sat 17 Dec | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Swansea City | FAC |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 05 Feb | Portsmouth | 2 - 0 | Swansea City | FAC |
| 1964/1965 | Sat 13 Feb | Swansea Tn. | 0 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Swansea City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. These games have seen the Swans score just 5 goals, though they have conceded 1.
Portsmouth have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. Only 5 goals have been registered in this time, with 7 leaked at the wrong end.
Swansea City are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 33 points from 18 games. Portsmouth find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 22 points from their 18 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Swansea City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Portsmouth is certainly an interesting one with me deciding its going to end up with a victory for the Swans in a close run game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Swansea City | 4 games since last home draw. |
| Portsmouth | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 4 most recent games. |