Hereford vs Portsmouth betting tips: FA Cup First Round preview, predictions and odds

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Can Portsmouth avoid an embarrassing Friday night FA Cup exit?

Pompey are two-times winners of this competition, claiming the cup in 1939 and 2008, also losing in the 2010 final.

These days, they find themselves in League One, aiming to return to the Championship for the first time in 11 seasons.

On Saturday, they were held to a 1-1 draw by Shrewsbury Town at Fratton Park; Zak Swanson with an equaliser.

This leaves Pompey in the play-off places.

Manager Danny Cowley led non-league Lincoln City to the quarter-finals of this competition in 2017, and is targeting another extended cup adventure here.

Hereford meanwhile are delighted to be back in the spotlight.

The Bulls were actually dissolved as recently as 2014, with this a phoenix club.

The new Hereford’s first three season’s all resulted in promotion, with the club currently in the National League North, part of the sixth-tier.

Josh Gowling’s team have beaten Bromsgrove Sporting, Three Bridges and Bromley in the FA Cup already, with this, by far, the biggest game of the new club’s eight-year history.

Will a sold-out Edgar Street host a massive cup shock?

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