The key stats before Bristol City's clash with Portsmouth in the Championship on New Year's Day.
Bristol City will look to keep their play-off bid on track when they welcome relegation-battling Portsmouth on New Year's Day (15:00 GMT kick-off).
The Robins picked up two wins on the bounce over Middlesbrough and West Brom before defeat at Millwall last time out and are two points behind the top six.
Pompey's dramatic late winner over Charlton on Monday extended their unbeaten run to four games (W2 D2) - their longest in the league so far this season.
John Mousinho's side are three points clear of Oxford in 22nd with a game in hand.
- Bristol City beat Portsmouth 3-0 in this fixture last season and are unbeaten in each of their previous seven home league meetings with Pompey (W3 D4), since a 2-0 loss in September 1991.
- Portsmouth lost 1-0 to Bristol City in the reverse fixture at Fratton Park in November, last losing both league games against the Robins in a campaign in 1975-76.
- This is the first time Bristol City are playing a league game on New Year's Day in four consecutive years - the Robins are winless in the first three matches of this run (D2 L1), drawing 2-2 with Plymouth Argyle in 2025.
- Portsmouth have won their past two league games on New Year's Day, never previously winning three in a row on this day.
- Portsmouth have won only one of their previous nine second tier away games in the month of January (D2 L6), winning 3-0 at Peterborough United in 2012.
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