With absolutely nothing more to lose, Portsmouth can go into this FA Cup Quarter Final with Birmingham City at Fratton Park totally focused on winning. The match which is sure to attract a sell out Fratton Park crowd will be featured live on ITV on Saturday lunchtime and should provide the usual thrills and spills associated with the FA Cup. Both sides are quoted at 6/4 by Ladbrokes.com to win the game, with the draw being an 11/5 option.
Pompey secured their place in the Quarter Finals by thumping south coast neighbours and rivals, Southampton last month by 4-1. It was one of the very few highlights for the loyal Pompey fans this season, but an FA Cup Semi Final would be a bigger one, particularly as they are now resigned to relegation at the end of the season.
With all the news bad for the club recently it was testimony to the motivational powers of manager, Avram Grant, that he got his team up to defeat Burnley last week in the Premier League, he would like nothing more than to do the same over Birmingham this weekend.
The two sides last met at St Andrews last August in a match which Birmingham won by 1-0, however over the last ten matches played between the two, honours are just about even, with four draws, and three wins each.
Birmingham are having one of their best ever seasons under Alex MCliesh and must come to Fratton Park with a great deal of confidence. With their Premier League status secured for next season, they only have the FA Cup to go for and punters can be sure that that is exactly what they will do. That said their away form in the Premier League has not been great, indeed they have lost their last three on the road, but conversely all their three FA Cup wins this season has been away from home.
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This match has all the ingredients of being an absolute cracker, Portsmouth are on a ’do or die’ mission for their fans, while Birmingham have Wembley well within their sights. But it is the ‘Do or Die’ factor that swings it for us, we take Pompey therefore to continue their fairytale and make the semi finals. We would back them to win this match by 2-1, a scoreline that carries very attractive odds of 8/1 from Ladbrokes in their Correct Score Market.
Portsmouth v Birmingham City Odds
6/4 Portsmouth
6/4 Birmingham
11/5 Draw
Portsmouth v Birmingham Correct Score Odds
1-0 Portsmouth win – 7/1
2-1 Portsmouth win – 8/1
2-0 Portsmouth win – 9/1
3-1 Portsmouth win – 22/1
3-2 Portsmouth win – 25/1
Odds Kindly Supplied by Ladbrokes
Posted: Thursday, 4th March 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: fa cup, fratton park, portsmouth, birmingham city, ladbrokes,
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