Portsmouth vs Sunderland: Prediction Panel 2009/10

Portsmouth rested half a team against Manchester United and must be hoping to shuffle some extra effort into this game against a Sunderland side that hit the glass mountain a while back and are still sliding. Portsmouth start the game in 20th place six points behind the teams directly above them, it is not an unbridgeable gap - as West Ham proved three years ago - but do Pompey have a squad in the right frame of mind?

Portsmouth vs Sunderland; Kick Off 7:45pm 09 Feb 2010

Prediction Panel
Our panel contains both Squarefootball writers and readers, the writers are marked: (sqf).

Dave Blackburn : 1 - 0
Chris Cox : 1 - 0
Graham Enwright : 0 - 0
Sue Gardener : 1 - 1
Chris Goodwin : 1 - 2
Paul Grech (sqf) : TBC
Colin Illingworth (sqf) : 2 - 1
Hugh Larkin (sqf) : 1 - 0
Peter Lee : 1 - 0
Don McMahon : 1 - 0
Antony Melvin (sqf) : 0 - 0
Paul O'Meara (sqf) : TBC
Dave Nash : 1 - 0
Stephen Orford (sqf) : TBC
Tony Ratton : 1 - 1
Peter Rendle : 2 - 1
Dan Taylor : 1 - 0
Andy Wakeman : 1 - 2
Isaac Williams : TBC
Mark Williams : 1 - 1

Panel Verdict
The panel is split but is siding with a narrow, and rare, Portsmouth win. 1-0.

Home: 9; Draw: 5; Away: 2; TBC: 4.

* Do we have it right, or do you know better? Please don't bother with derisory comments on the predictions after the match - unless you also pulled us up before it!