Portsmouth will aim to shake off any lingering frustration from Saturday's 1-1 home draw against Fleetwood Town when they visit Bristol Rovers on Boxing Day.
Things looked to be going to plan for John Mousinho's side when Colby Bishop fired them in front from the penalty spot just seconds before half-time. However, Pompey were pegged back by a second-half equaliser from Josh Earl that meant the visitors secured a share of the spoils from their visit to Fratton Park.
Mousinho and his squad will face a Rovers side also looking to bounce back from an underwhelming weekend result after they suffered a 3-1 loss at Blackpool on Saturday. That left The Gas sat 12 points adrift of the play-off places as the season approaches its midway point.
Ahead of the Boxing Day meeting at the Memorial Ground, The News assesses the latest injury problem facing both managers as they contend with fitness issues and the hectic festive fixture list.
5. DOUBT: Zak Swanson (Portsmouth)
Mousinho: "We thought we’d got over it at the back end of last season with surgery and all the rehab he did in the summer. We’ll just have to see how that settles in the next couple of days." Photo: Jason Brown
6. DOUBT: Tom Lowery (Portsmouth)
Ahead of the draw with Fleetwood, Mousinho said of Lowery: "I don’t think it’s one where he’s going to be able to participate this weekend, but, beyond that, hopefully we can get him back to possibly joining in with one of these Christmas games. ‘That would be nice because he’s very close to returning fully fit." | Jason Brown/ProSportsImages
7. OUT: Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth)
Mousinho: "He will be back in full training in a couple of weeks and then it’s probably going to be 2-4 weeks before he’s fit again. Probably he’ll be back at the end of January and the start of February." Photo: Jason Brown
8. OUT: Tino Anjorin (Portsmouth)
Mousinho: "He suspects it’s going to be mid-February before he returns. With the severity of Tino’s injury and how bad the hamstring tear was, these things take a long time to rehab." Photo: Naomi Baker