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Derby County are ready to welcome Portsmouth to Pride Park at tea-time on Saturday, looking to continue an impressive record. The Rams are clearly on top, having won 26 and lost only 10 of the 43 games.
The previous match played between the two at Pride Park was more than three years back, in August 2007, where the two teams cancelled each other out in an enthralling 2-2 draw in a Premier League match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Jan | Portsmouth | 3 - 1 | Derby County | PREM |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 11 Aug | Derby County | 2-2 | Portsmouth | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Portsmouth | 6 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 09 Nov | Derby County | 1 - 2 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 24 Feb | Derby County | 3 - 2 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
| 1995/1996 | Sat 16 Sep | Portsmouth | 2 - 2 | Derby County | CHMP |
| 1994/1995 | Sun 22 Jan | Derby County | 3 - 0 | Portsmouth | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Derby County have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. In this time, Rams have rattled up an impressive 17 goals, and conceded 5.
Portsmouth have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Pompey have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Derby County lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower Championship, picking up 21 points from their 14 games so far. Portsmouth's 21 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Derby County | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
| Portsmouth | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Derby County are starting to turn Pride Park into a fortress, but the quality of opposition for this game makes your FootyMad panel believe the teams will share the spoils on this occasion. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Derby County | Won 4 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Portsmouth | Undefeated in last 3 away games. Won each of the previous 4 matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |