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Stoke City

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Stoke City will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-0 Championship losing effort in their last game against Middlesbrough.

In that match, Stoke City had 50% possession and 7 attempts on goal with 1 on target. On the other side, Middlesbrough got 26 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. Ben Doak (34') and Hayden Hackney (73') scored for Middlesbrough.

Over their past six fixtures, Narcís Pèlach's Stoke City have scored 8 times, an average number of goals per match of 1.33.

Leading up to this clash, Stoke City:

• are unbeaten in the league by Portsmouth in their previous 3 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Portsmouth

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In their previous game, Portsmouth drew 0-0 in the Championship match with Sheffield United.

In that match, Portsmouth had 46% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Sheffield United had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The forward players for Portsmouth have failed to get amongst the goals over their last 6 encounters, netting the poor return of just 4. In those fixtures, Pompey have also seen the overall goal aggregate against them equal 10.

Their past results show that Portsmouth:

• have not emerged victorious against Stoke City in games played away from home for the previous 6 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 05/10/2008 tells us that Stoke City have won 3 of these & Portsmouth 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 1.

A sum of 18 goals were scored between them in this period, with 9 from The Potters and 9 for Pompey. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.

ℹ️ Team News: Stoke City

It seems likely that The Potters will possibly employ a 4-4-1-1 formation for this game, beginning the first half with Viktor Johansson, Junior Tchamadeu, Ben Wilmot, Ben Gibson, Eric Junior Bocat, Lewis Koumas, Wouter Burger, Jordan Thompson, Joon-ho Bae, Andy Moran and Thomas Cannon.

🗞️ Team News: Portsmouth

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group of players, there’s just the one fitness problem for the Portsmouth manager John Mousinho to be concerned with. Colby Bishop (heart problems) won’t be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Pompey appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation using Will Norris, Zak Swanson, Regan Poole, Tom McIntyre, Jacob Farrell, Marlon Pack, Freddie Potts, Sam Silvera, Paddy Lane, Joshua Murphy and Mark O'Mahony.

💭 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Stoke City should dominate possession and create several successful chances.

In contrast, Portsmouth could well struggle to make a breakthrough but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be being dangerous for periods.

We’re tipping a comfortable 3-1 winning margin for Stoke City at the end of the match.

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Victor Martins, 18:05 02/10/2024