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Blackburn R. prepare to entertain Portsmouth at Ewood Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Rovers are clearly on top, having won 24 and lost only 8 of the 42 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ewood Park was just last season, in September 2007, with Portsmouth inflicting a narrow 0-1 defeat upon the Rovers in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sun 30 Nov | Portsmouth | 3 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 27 Apr | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Wed 31 Oct | Portsmouth | 1 - 2 | Blackburn R. | LGEC |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 23 Sep | Blackburn R. | 0-1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sun 25 Feb | Blackburn R. | 3 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Portsmouth | 3 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 08 Apr | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
The away form of Portsmouth is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While the Pompey have hit 4 goals, 8 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Blackburn R. find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 37 points from their 35 matches. Portsmouth find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 38 points from their 35 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Rovers's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Portsmouth. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 5 . |
| Portsmouth | Not won in previous 7 away matches. No win in the 3 most recent games. |