Inside the bitter rivalry between Saints and Pompey

Image caption, This will be only the 72nd meeting between Southampton and Portsmouth, with Sunday's hosts having won 35 to the visitors' 21It has been more than 2,000 days since bitter rivals Southampton and Portsmouth last faced each other - a 4-0 victory for Saints in the League Cup in September 2019.

Rewind to the most recent league meeting between the pair and you go all the way back to a 2-2 draw in April 2012.

Since that moment, the two clubs have been on quite different paths to get to Sunday's highly-anticipated derby in the Championship.

Southampton enjoyed success in the Premier League and a European campaign in those 13 years, while Pompey faced financial troubles and dropped all…