Leggi Looks At: Portsmouth
By Leggi
January 2 2008
STB message boarder Leggi is back giving us an insight into Town's opposition on Saturday it's Portsmouth in the FA Cup Third Round.
PORTSMOUTH
FA Cup 3rd Round
Saturday 5th January, Portman Road, kick-off 15:00
Founded in 1898, 'Pompey' play their home games at the 20,688 capacity Fratton Park stadium. They have been Football league Champions twice, (1949 & 1950) FA Cup winners once, (1939) and, the now, Championship winners once in 2003.
Managed by Harry Redknapp they are now a well established Premiership side, and will be hoping for a top 6 finish this season after finishing 9th last term.
Ipswich and Portsmouth have only ever met once in FA Cup and that was at this same stage 2 years ago. A Dario Silva goal was enough to see off a very disjointed Town team.
OUR OVERALL RECORD AGAINST PORTSMOUTH AT PORTMAN ROAD
Played 18
Won 8
Drawn 4
Lost 6
Goals
For 35
Against 19
The highest attendance came in a Division 1 game in 2003. 29,396 turned up to see a 3-0 Town win, Martijn Reuser, Tommy Miller and Pablo Counago with the goals.
The lowest gate (9,109) watched Ipswich win 1-0 in 1966.
Our biggest win is a 7-0 hiding in a Division 2 game in 1964.
Our biggest defeats against Pompey are all by the single goal 1-0 (five times) and a 2-1 in 1967.
Our leading all-time Scorer against Pompey is, Simon Milton with 5 goals., Gerard Baker and Jason Dozzell each got 4.
22 players have played in the blue of both clubs, they include, Mark Burchill, Lee Chapman, Ray Crawford, Hermann Hreidarsson, Mick Mills, Kevin O' Callaghan, and Paul Mariner.
Leggi's Player to fear: is Benjani Mwaruwari
The 29 year-old Striker. Benjani signed from French side Auxerre in January 2006, he failed to score in his first 14 games for Pompey before finally netting in a 2-1 win against Wigan. He has hit the net 9 times this season and will be looking to add to that tally against a very weak Ipswich backline. Benjani is due to fly off to the African Cup of Nations in the next couple of weeks to captain his Zimbabwe side and add to his 2 International goals.
Leggi Predicts: A chance to see how we can compete with one of the good Premiership teams. Their support is excellent and makes a lot of noise, especially at Fratton Park and I feel the atmosphere at Portman Road will be electric for this game in the anniversary year of Towns FA Cup Final win.
They have a lot of talent in their squad and are doing well away from home in the Premiership, so this is going to be a real test for Town. Our Home record is second to none and I feel this will help us to a 2-1 'Cup shock'.
Massive Pompey Fan, John Westwood, no doubt those of you going to the match will see him, if not hear him.
Got a prediction for the game? Leave it below
PORTSMOUTH
FA Cup 3rd Round
Saturday 5th January, Portman Road, kick-off 15:00
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Founded in 1898, 'Pompey' play their home games at the 20,688 capacity Fratton Park stadium. They have been Football league Champions twice, (1949 & 1950) Fa Cup winners once, (1939) and ,the now, Championship winners once in 2003.
Managed by Harry Redknapp they are now a well established Premiership side, and will be hoping for a top 6 finish this season after finishing 9th last term.
Ipswich and Portsmouth have only ever met once in FA Cup and that was at this same stage 2 years ago. A Dario Silva goal was enough to see off a very dis-jointed Town team.
OUR OVERALL RECORD AGAINST PORTSMOUTH AT PORTMAN ROAD
Played 18
Won 8
Drawn 4
Lost 6
Goals
For 35
Against 19
The highest attendance came in a Division 1 game in 2003. 29,396 turned up to see a 3-0 Town win, Martijn Reuser, Tommy Miller and Pablo Counago with the goals.
The lowest gate (9,109) watched Ipswich win 1-0 in 1966.
Our biggest win is a 7-0 hiding in a Division 2 game in 1964.
5 times we have lost 1-0, the other defeat was 2-1 in 1967.
Our leading alltime Scorer against pompey is, Simon Milton with 5 goals., Gerard Baker and Jason Dozzell each got 4.
22 players have played in the blue of both clubs, they include, Mark Burchill, Lee Chapman,
Ray Crawford, Hermann Hreidarsson,
Mick Mills, Kevin O' Callaghan, and Paul Mariner.
Leggi's Player to fear: is Benjani Mwaruwari
The 29 year-old Striker. Benjani signed from French side Auxerre in January 2006, he failed to score in his first 14 games for Pompey before finally netting in a 2-1 win against Wigan. He has hit the net 9 times this season and will be looking to add to that tally against a very weak Ipswich backline. Benjani is due to fly off to the African Cup of Nations in the next couple of weeks to captain his Zimbabwe side and add to his 2 International goals.
Leggi Predicts: A chance to see how we can compete with one of the good Premiership teams. Their support is excellent and make alot of noise, especially at Fratton Park and I feel the atmosphere at Portman Road will be electric for this game in the anniversary year of Towns FA Cup Final win.
They have a lot of talent in their squad and are doing well away from home in the Prem, so this is going to be a real test for Town. Our Home record is second to none and I feel this will help us to a 2-1 'Cupshock'.
Massive Pompey Fan, John Westwood, no doubt those of you going to the match will see him, if not hear him
The result against West Brom on Tuesday has really restored my faith in Town after the poor results against Coventry & Leicester and I can see us getting a result here and potentially causing a minor shock.
I'll say 2-0 Town!
Well, with all there African players available and Redknapp wanting to start with his strongest line up, it's going to be even tougher than I first thought.
My new prediction- Ipswich 1-1 Portsmouth