📊 Form Guide

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 5-0 Championship defeat last time out to Bristol City.

In that game, Portsmouth managed 38% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Bristol City got 14 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Adam Randell (11'), Anis Mehmeti (24'), Scott Twine (50') and Sinclair Armstrong (59', 93') scored for Bristol City.

It’s been all too rare in recent games that Portsmouth have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Portsmouth have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 10 goals on the way. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued here, of course.

Arsenal

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Last time out, Arsenal drew 0-0 in the Premier League tie with Liverpool.

In that match, Arsenal had 48% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Liverpool got 8 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 11 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The overall goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 5.

👥 Head to head

A review of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 26/12/2007 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Portsmouth. They have not managed to come away with any victories at all while Arsenal have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 83% of those matches.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 2 of them for Pompey and 14 being from The Gunners. The average goals per game has been 2.67.

📋 Team News: Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has multiple availability issues to deal with. Max Dowman (Ankle injury), Cristhian Mosquera (Ankle injury) and Riccardo Calafiori (Muscle injury) are not able to play.

🔮 Prediction

In this match, Arsenal should create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.

In contrast, Portsmouth won’t find it easy getting goals- but, we do see them scoring.

We’re predicting a controlled 1-3 winning score for Arsenal after 90 minutes.

Andre Moura, 13:01 11/01/2026