About Match
4 points and 6 places separate them: Portsmouth 18th with 7, Burnley 24th with 3. Portsmouth's recent output outruns their position: 14th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. In league terms the two rates read 1.17/1.33 for Portsmouth and 1.14/2.29 for Burnley (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.44. Victory would move Portsmouth to 10 points and up to 7th, with other results unchanged.
Burnley's winless run stands at 15.
8 meetings are on record — 3 won by Portsmouth, 3 by Burnley, 2 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 25% of those meetings.
Fratton Park in Portsmouth stages the fixture, a ground that holds 20,688.