29th Game Between City And Portsmouth

Last updated : 22 March 2012 By Covsupport News Service

Saturday will be the 29th league and cup game between Coventry City and Portsmouth.

City have won thirteen and drawn five. They have scored 40 goals compared to Portsmouth's 34.

The last time, Portsmouth visited the Ricoh Arena for a league game was in August 2010 and saw Freddy Eastwood score twice to give City a 2-0 win.

The teams that day were:
Team Westwood, Keogh, Cranie, Cameron, Turner, Bell (Baker 76), Carsley, Doyle, McSheffrey, Eastwood, Jutkiewicz  (Platt 72) SNU Quirke, Clingan, McPake, O’Donovan, Wood  

Portsmouth Ashdown, Mokana,Richie, Wilson, Mullins, Nugent, Brown, Utaka (Gregory 82), Smith, Hughes (Ciftci 72), Sonko SNU O’Brien, Pack
 
This is Portsmouth's third visit to a Ricoh for a league or cup game, They have won one and lost one

City's record home win over Portsmouth was a 5-1 win on December 31st 1966  Their record home defeat to Portsmouth was a 4-0 defeat on March 19th 2003.

For a full list of matches between City and Palace, please click on http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadhed.asp?teama=424&teamb=164