The FA Cup draw pitted us against Portsmouth in the third round, meaning we’ll make our first visit to Fratton Park in five years.
While games between Pompey and us have been scarce since their Premier League heydays during the 2000s, there were plenty of memorable matches between us on the south coast during that time that Gooners of a certain vintage will remember with fondness.
We’ve delved through the archives to find five to look back on:
March 6, 2004
Portsmouth 1-5 Arsenal
On what was our first visit to Portsmouth in 16 years, we ran rampant to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup.