Pick of the stats: Portsmouth v Derby County

Portsmouth and Derby County club badges
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Portsmouth and Derby County meet for a vital encounter in the Championship relegation battle at Fratton Park on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Pompey have lost four of their past five games (W1) and are three points above the drop zone.

The Rams have lost just one of their previous six matches (W4 D1) to move out of the bottom three on goal difference and would climb above Portsmouth with victory.

  • Portsmouth are without a win in their previous nine league meetings with Derby County (D5 L4) since a 3-1 victory in the Premier League in January 2008.
  • Derby have only won one of their past seven league visits to Portsmouth (D4 L2), although are unbeaten in their last four (W1 D3).
  • Portsmouth have won 10 of their past 14 home league games (D2 L2), conceding just nine goals in total during that time.
  • Derby have won just two of their 20 away league games this season (D5 L13), conceding 1.8 goals on average per match during that time.
  • Derby County's John Eustace has faced Portsmouth once before in the Championship as a manager, with that coming in January with Blackburn, a 3-0 win.
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