Portsmouth (home)
- Portsmouth have won five, drawn three and lost five of their 13 home Championship matches this season.
- Portsmouth have won two, drawn two and lost only one of their last five Championship matches, including a gritty 1-0 away win at Sheffield Wednesday three days ago.
Southampton (away)
- Southampton have not won any of their last three away matches (D1, L2).
- Tonda Eckert’s team have not won any of their last five matches, with two draws and three defeats.
- The most recent of these was a loss away at Hull City, while they lost to Middlesbrough in midweek.
Portsmouth
Their best scorer, Adrian Segecic , has just four goals in 20 Championship appearances this season, but has been providing crucial goals from midfield for Pompey.
Southampton
Adam Armstrong is their most dangerous player with 11 goals in 27 Championship games and remains their main goal threat.
Betting Insights
- Southampton are the odds-on favorites at 1.9 to beat Portsmouth in their South Coast derby clash on Sunday, with Pompey the 3.95 dark horses.
- There’s plenty of faith in the visitors from the bookies, but we don’t feel they should be so confident given the Saints’ recent poor form.
- Pompey are averaging just 1.08 goals per game at home in the Championship, so they don’t have enough firepower to consistently win games at Fratton Park.
- Saints have been more prolific away from home, scoring 21 goals in 14 matches, giving them a 1.50 goals per away game average, but they have won just three, drawn four and lost seven of their away matches in the Championship this term.
- We’re going to back Pompey double chance as a decent value bet on this occasion.
Prediction
- Southampton can just edge this derby clash.
- We’re going to back Pompey double chance as a decent value bet on this occasion.
