Pompey are back amongst their home supporters as they host Northampton Town at Fratton Park in the EFL League One.
John Mousinho's side were in action in midweek as they drew with play-off chasing Oxford United on Tuesday. The Blues had the lead after new signing Callum Lang had given them the lead after Colby Bishop cancelled out Tyler Goodrham's opeenr but James Henry equalised in stoppage time. Pompey remain top but there is just three points separating them and Bolton Wanderers who have three games in hand. The good news is Pompey are unbeaten in three and are beginning to put together a run of form again.
The Cobblers didn't have a midweek match but they did play Shrewsbury Town last Saturday and lost 2-0. Northampton after the results in the week are ninth after suffering their first defeat since Boxing Day.
Pompey didn't come through unscathed against Oxford and have both Joe Morrell and Terry Devlin to worry about for the weekend. Morrell and Devlin were both forced off against the U's and their status for the weekend is questionable.
As for Northampton, they're in somewhat of an injury crisis right now with up to eight first team players missing. Shaun McWilliams is latest to join the injury list and Jon Brady may have been frustrated that he wasn't able to add to his squad on deadline day.
In the last few days of the window, Tom McIntyre joined from Reading and Owen Moxon came in from Carlisle United and the pair could be pushing to be a part of the squad. Here's the latest injury and team news ahead of kick-off.
5. Joe Morrell - doubt
Came off against Oxford United in midweek. Blues are awaiting the outcome of a scan to determine how long he will be out for. | Jason Brown/ProSportsImages
6. Joe Morrell - doubt (continued)
John Mousinho said on Jan 31: "I’m not sure with Joe, he felt a pop at the back of his knee in the first half and obviously had to come off, so we’ll see how he is over the next couple of days. ‘That’s a concern, it always is with knee injuries. They always can be when you don’t know what they are." Photo: Jason Brown
7. Terry Devlin - doubt (continued)
John Mousinho said on January 31: "‘Terry has hurt his shoulder, that was one of the reasons we brought him off, he was struggling a bit, he couldn't take throw-ins. ‘His general play was fine, but I just saw a couple of moments where I thought it was best to protect him and bring him off. He seems okay now, but we’ll see how that settles down, it might be a sore one. ‘The shoulder didn’t pop out, it wasn’t dislocated, but he’s taken a fairly hefty whack on it." Photo: Jason Brown
8. Zak Swanson - out
Suffered a groin injury that he sustained in December. | Jason Brown/ProSportsImages