About Match
7 points for Portsmouth (18th), 9 for Norwich City (11th): a 2-point gap. Portsmouth rank 14th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Portsmouth score 1.17 and conceding 1.33, Norwich City 1.86 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game. Portsmouth would climb to 10 points with a win and up to 7th, overtaking Norwich City (other results held equal).
9 meetings are on record — 3 won by Portsmouth, 2 by Norwich City, 4 drawn, at 2.56 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 0% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Fratton Park in Portsmouth stages the fixture, a ground that holds 20,688.