Stat Attack: Portsmouth vs. Notts County, 25 March 2016

Notts County and Portsmouth have met a total of 27 times over the years, the first meeting coming on the 20th November 1926, which the Magpies lost 3-2 at Meadow Lane.

We have beaten Portsmouth 12 times and played out six draws, with the South Coast side winning on nine occasions.

The last meeting, at Meadow Lane on 31 October 2015, was won 2-1 by Notts - making it four consecutive wins over Pompey between September 2012 and October 2015, two in League One, one in League Two, and one in the FA Cup.

Between December 1992 and December 1994 the two teams played each other six times, with Notts failing to get a win in a run that saw three draws and three defeats.

Portsmouth have been champions of England twice, in 1949 and 1950. The club has also won the FA Cup on two occasions, firstly in 1939 and most recently in 2008, and also reached the final of the competition in 2010.

Portsmouth were moderately successful in the first decade of the 21st century, especially during the 2007–08 Premier League season, when they won the FA Cup, beating Cardiff City 1-0 in the final.

They subsequently qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Cup competing against European heavyweights such as seven-times European Cup winners A.C. Milan.

During this period, Portsmouth were recognised to have a large number of international footballers, including England players Glen Johnson and Jermain Defoe, as well as Peter Crouch, David James and Sol Campbell.

However, financial problems soon set in and Portsmouth were relegated to the Football League Championship in 2010. In 2012 they were again relegated, to League One, and again, in 2013, to League Two.

They began the 2013–14 season in the fourth tier of the English football league system for the first time since the late 1970s.

Portsmouth became the largest fan-owned football club in England, after the Pompey Supporters Trust (PST) successfully gained possession of Fratton Park in April 2013.

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Portsmouth amnager Paul Cook will choose between teenager Alex Bass or the recalled Paul Jones to start in goal when the South Coast outfit welcomes Notts County on Good Friday.

First-choice keeper Ryan Fulton has been called up to the Scotland Under-21 squad and Brian Murphy is out with a calf injury.

New signing Conor Wilkinson will not be available for either of the Easter games after joining on loan from Bolton Wanderers until the end of the season.

The striker is currently away on international duty with the Republic of Ireland's Under-21 side but will join training with Pompey next week.

New Notts boss Mark Cooper is to offer Stanley Aborah a fresh start after he confirmed the midfielder will feature at Fratton Park.

The 28-year-old appeared to be on his way out of County after the club stated he had requested to leave on two occasions, but Cooper is set to hand him his first outing since 2 January.

Blair Adams will miss Cooper's first game in charge after sustaining a foot injury in the 4-1 defeat at home to Exeter City last weekend.

The only other absentee is winger Will Hayhurst, who has not played this season because of a cruciate knee ligament injury and is not expected to be fit again until the summer.

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