Both sides have had disappointing seasons to date, especially City when you consider that they are apparently ‘the richest club in the world’. It appears that this tag has weighed heavy on Mark Hughes’ men in the past few months, with last weekend’s 3-0 home reverse to Nottingham Forest their worst performance of the season. Will they bounce back with a win at Fratton Park (17/10 Paddy Power)?

Despite their shambolic showing in the FA Cup, I’d be more inclined to side with the Citizens than trust a Portsmouth (7/4 Skybet) team slowly sliding down the Premier League. Defoe has just left for Spurs, Diarra has played his last game for Pompey and there are big question marks over Tony Adams as manager. Their 4-1 home defeat to West Ham on Boxing Day must have been particularly worrying for the Fratton faithful.

City’s Robinho has twelve goals to his name this season and is 9/2 (Coral) to open the scoring on Saturday.