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Wigan Ath. travel to take on Portsmouth at Fratton Park at tea-time on Saturday, looking to break their duck against the hosts. While the majority of previous matches have ended up drawn, a win has yet to be registered by Latics.
The last time the two teams met at Portsmouth was amazingly over twenty years ago, in March 1983, when they played out a goalless draw in a Third Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1982/1983 | Tue 01 Mar | Portsmouth | 0 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGE1 |
| 1982/1983 | Tue 19 Oct | Wigan Ath. | 0 - 1 | Portsmouth | LGE1 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 12 Jan | Portsmouth | 1 - 1 | Wigan Ath. | LGE2 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 01 Sep | Wigan Ath. | 1 - 2 | Portsmouth | LGE2 |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 03 Feb | Wigan Ath. | 2 - 0 | Portsmouth | LGE2 |
| 1978/1979 | Tue 26 Sep | Portsmouth | 1 - 0 | Wigan Ath. | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Portsmouth will be hoping to improve on their poor home form, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. While Pompey have scored 4, a worringly large 7 have been leaked at the other end.
Wigan Ath.'s away form is none too clever either, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Latics, and 2 goals against.
Portsmouth find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 10 points from their 11 matches. Wigan Ath. sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 22 points from their 10 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Wigan Ath. | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Wigan Ath. are in great form out on the road, so much so that the Madmen confidently predict a comfortable three points from their visit to Portsmouth. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Portsmouth | Failed to win in previous 6 home matches. |
| Wigan Ath. | 3 successive away victories. 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 7 matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |