Bristol City will look to stay in the play-off places when they face relegation-challenged Portsmouth on New Year’s Day (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
The Robins are two points adrift of the top six after two wins over Middlesbrough and West Brom before losing to Millwall in their last game.
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Pompey extended their unbeaten run to four games (W2 D2) with a dramatic win over Charlton on Monday – the longest unbeaten run in the league so far this season.
John Mousinho’s side are three points clear of 22nd-placed Oxford with a game in hand.
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Bristol City beat Portsmouth 3-0 in this match last season and are unbeaten in their last seven home games against Pompey (W3, D4) since losing 2-0 to Pompey in September 1991.
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Portsmouth lost 1-0 to Bristol City at Fratton Park last November and last lost both league games against the Robins in 1975-76.
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This is the first time Bristol City have played a league game on New Year’s Day for four consecutive years – the Robins are winless in their first three games of this round (D2D1), drawing 2-2 with Plymouth Argyle in 2025.
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Portsmouth have won their last two league games on New Year’s Day and have never won three in a row on this day before.
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Portsmouth had won just one of their nine away games in the Second Division before January (D2 and L6), a 3-0 victory over Peterborough United in 2012.
