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Blackburn R. prepare to entertain Portsmouth at Ewood Park on Sunday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Rovers are clearly on top, having won 23 and lost only 7 of the 40 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ewood Park was just last season, in January 2006, the Rovers carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 19 Aug | Portsmouth | 3 - 0 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 08 Apr | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Mon 02 Jan | Blackburn R. | 2-1 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 15 Jan | Portsmouth | 0 - 1 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Sep | Blackburn R. | 1 - 0 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 27 Mar | Blackburn R. | 1 - 2 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Portsmouth | 1 - 2 | Blackburn R. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Blackburn Rovers have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 4.
In complete contrast to Blackburn R., Portsmouth are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. The Pompey's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Blackburn R. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 34 points from their 27 games played so far, Portsmouth's 41 points from 27 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Blackburn R. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Rovers are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Blackburn R. | Drawn each of their last 2 games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Portsmouth | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. |