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The two sides are preparing for FA Cup action scheduled for Sunday when Bristol City come up against Portsmouth.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Bristol City v Portsmouth, scroll down (plus the best game odds).
📏 Form Guide
Bristol City
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Bristol City will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 2-1 Championship defeat in their last game at the hands of Luton Town.
In that game, Bristol City had 55% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 1 on target. For their opponents, Luton Town had 11 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Glen Rea (17'), Sonny Bradley (61' Own goal) and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (68') scored for Luton Town.
It’s not been often in recent times that Bristol City have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that The Robins have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals in the process. However, we’ll just have to find out if the trend shall be maintained in this game or not.
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth go into this game following a 0-2 League One win as they beat Hull City in their most recent fixture.
Jacob Greaves (6' Own goal) and Josh Magennis (55' Own goal) scored for Hull City.
The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Portsmouth has become noticeable recently. A glance at their last 6 outings reveals that it has happened 6 times. During those clashes, opposing sides have managed a goal aggregate of 1 and Pompey have scored 9.
👥 Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 03/01/2009 shows that Bristol City have won 1 of these games & Portsmouth 2, with the number of drawn games standing at 3.
A combined sum of 9 goals were produced between them in this period, with 3 of them for The Robins and 6 netted by Pompey. The average goals per game has been 1.5.
The previous league game featuring these sides was Championship match day 37 on 17/03/2012 which finished with the scoreline of Portsmouth 0-0 Bristol City.
The referee was Andy D'Urso.
📰 Team News: Bristol City
Marley Watkins (Hamstring Injury), Alfie Mawson (Knee Surgery) and Andreas Weimann (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are unavailable for Bristol City gaffer Dean Holden.
ℹ️ Team News: Portsmouth
Thanks to a completely healthy squad to choose from, Portsmouth boss Kenny Jackett has zero fitness worries at all ahead of this clash.
⚡ Prediction
We believe that Portsmouth have it within them to breach the defence of this Bristol City lineup, however it may not quite be as many as they will have scored against them.
We reckon that it will be a 2-1 winning score for Bristol City at the end of this one. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite, 00:10 06/01/2021

🏟️ Team Focus:
Bristol City
Formed: 1897
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium (27,000)
Captain: Tomáš Kalas
Chairman: Stephen Lansdown
Manager: Dean Holden
Competitions: Championship position 10, FA Cup (Third Round)
🔑 Star Man: Jamie Paterson

Customarily used in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Jamie Paterson was born in Coventry, England. After making a first senior appearance for Walsall in the 2010 - 2011 season, the skilful Midfielder has struck 3 league goals in the Championship 2020 - 2021 season so far coming from a total of 14 appearances.
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23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 47 | WWLDW |
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23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 43 | LWWDW |
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22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 41 | WWDLW |
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22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 41 | WDWWW |
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23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 40 | LLWDW |
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22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 37 | WDLWL |
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22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 36 | WWWLW |
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23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 35 | DWDDL |
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23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 34 | WLWWL |
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22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 33 | LLLWL |
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23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 32 | WLDLW |
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23 | 10 | 2 | 11 | -1 | 32 | LWWWL |
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23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 31 | DWLWL |
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22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 30 | WLDLW |
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22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 29 | LWLLL |
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23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 26 | DLDLW |
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21 | 5 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 25 | DLWDL |
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23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | -12 | 23 | LLDLL |
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23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 22 | WDDDW |
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22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -10 | 21 | LDDLD |
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23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 19 | LWDWW |
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22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -10 | 19 | DWLWL |
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20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 16 | LLWLL |
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23 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 15 | LDLWL |
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21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 42 | LWWWD |
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20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 38 | LLLWD |
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19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 35 | LWWDW |
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18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 33 | WWWWL |
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19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 33 | LLWDD |
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20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 32 | WDDLL |
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21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 31 | WWWDD |
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19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 30 | LWDDD |
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20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 29 | LWDDD |
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20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 28 | DWWWW |
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20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | -3 | 27 | DWDLL |
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21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | -4 | 26 | LWLLL |
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