Pick of the stats: Portsmouth v Coventry
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Portsmouth will seek to climb out of the bottom three and haul Coventry closer to danger when the Sky Blues visit Fratton Park on Saturday lunchtime.
Seven places separate the sides before kick-off but a win for Pompey would take them within four points of Frank Lampard's side, having played two fewer games.
Portsmouth have lost just one of their past six league games against Coventry City (W3 D2), though their sole defeat did come in their last meeting in February 2020 (1-0).
Coventry City have failed to win any of their past four away league games against Portsmouth (W3 D1), conceding 2+ goals in each of those matches.
Portsmouth have won just two of their nine home league games this season (D4 L3), scoring just nine goals in total across those matches – only West Brom have netted fewer (8).
Coventry have won just two of their past 14 away league games (D5 L7), failing to score in seven of those matches.
Ephron Mason-Clark has scored three goals in his past four Championship games, also registering an assist – in his first 14 games this season, he had failed to score and only assisted one goal.