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Southampton Fancied to Come Out on Top in South Coast Derby
The EFL Cup isn’t always the easiest competition to bet on with question marks hanging over what kind of teams we will actually see on the field. However, one thing that helps punters is when the games mean something a little more than normal, and that is certainly the case here. Premier League club Southampton travel to Portsmouth for their meeting on Tuesday night, a journey that isn’t too far, and the fact that this is the South Coast Derby is going to ensure that both teams take it far more seriously than they normally would take an EFL Cup game.
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Home Advantage Give Pompey the Edge
A place at Wembley and a chance to get back up into the Championship awaits Portsmouth and Sunderland. The Black Cats would be getting back up to the second tier at the first attempt after relegation last season while for Portsmouth it would be a return to somewhere near where they belong, after dropping down the divisions as far as League Two.
That was a team on a big downward spiral and with money problems that were forcing them to lose many of their top players.
