Championship football match between Portsmouth and Stoke City at Fratton Park, with both sides chasing a play-off spot.
Portsmouth take on Stoke City at Fratton Park this Saturday, 7 November, with both sides chasing a play-off spot. It's a clash that's gone both ways lately: each side has won two of the last four meetings, and Pompey are hunting their first consecutive league wins over the Potters since December 1997.
Form is strong on both sides. Portsmouth arrive unbeaten in five, while Stoke have won three of their last five, including back-to-back victories to start November. Mark Robins' side sat fourth heading into the weekend, four points ahead of Pompey, and a win would see them extend a run of five consecutive away wins — a 79-year club record not achieved since 1947. Robins dismissed the record on BBC Radio Stoke, saying it doesn't matter and that stats are to be spoken about after they've been achieved rather than before.
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Stoke return summer signing Ethan Galbraith to the squad, though they're still without Sam Gallagher, Aaron Cresswell, Eric Bocat, Lamine Cisse and Ato Ampah through injury. With the play-offs in the distance and the gap between the two narrow, it's a big one for both.
