Portsmouth v Plymouth

Portsmouth vs Plymouth Preview

Portsmouth picked up a fourth win in five games in the Championship over the weekend when Pompey registered an impressive 1-0 home win against the league leaders, Leeds United, at Fratton Park and the south coast club will hold home advantage once again on Wednesday night for this upcoming ‘dockyard derby' against Plymouth Argyle.

Plymouth Argyle's winless run in the Championship was extended to five games on the weekend when the Devon outfit were dealt a heavy 3-0 loss at home to Sheffield Wednesday, leaving The Pilgrims bottom of the Championship table and six points adrift of safety heading into this midweek clash.

A recent flurry of important wins in the Championship have helped lift Portsmouth up into the relative safety of 17th place in the table where the south coast side possess a commanding 10-point cushion between themselves and the relegation zone.

Recent victories gained over the likes of Cardiff City, Oxford United, QPR and most impressive of all, a 1-0 home win against top of the table Leeds United suggest John Mousinho's side are well placed to take the spoils here at Fratton Park on Wednesday night.

Despite producing a mixed bag of results throughout the whole of this season's Championship campaign, form and results on home soil at Fratton Park have seen a definite positive shift where Portsmouth have been concerned as the hosts have slipped to just one defeat within their last 12 home games, picking up no fewer than nine wins in the process.

Plymouth Argyle stumbled to a third defeat in five games overall in the Championship on Saturday as Sheffield Wednesday were the latest team to inflict defeat upon Miron Muslic's side with a comprehensive 3-0 win at Home Park, which followed previous losses at the hands of Blackburn Rovers and Hull City respectively.

The bigger picture shows Plymouth Argyle's struggles in last season's Championship campaign was no coincidence as The Pilgrims have managed to muster just a couple of league wins from their last 22 matches overall in the English second tier, whilst also slipping to 11 defeats in the process.

There is also a reason why Plymouth Argyle find themselves bottom of the Championship table as poor results away from home throughout this whole campaign have contributed to the visitors' decline as the Devon side still remain the only club yet to register a win on the road this term.

Five draws but also 13 defeats on their travels to date suggest this upcoming trip to face Portsmouth at Fratton Park may be beyond Miron Muslic's side.

Portsmouth v Plymouth Argyle Verdict

Interestingly, Plymouth Argyle have won three out of the last four meetings against Portsmouth but the tables look set to turn in Portsmouth's favour on Wednesday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Portsmouth win @ 1.65

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Correct Score: Portsmouth 2-0 @ 8.00