Portsmouth favourite handed return as John Mousinho makes two changes for crucial Blackburn clash

The Blues make two changes for the trip to Ewood Park

Conor Shaughnessy makes his Pompey return for the crucial relegation clash with Blackburn.

But the Irishman must settle for a place on the bench, with Regan Poole and Connor Ogilvie continuing as the preferred centre-half pairing.

Conor Shaughnessy returns to Pompey’s squad for the trip to Blackburn after a nine-game absence. Picture: Graham Hunt/ProSportsImagesplaceholder image
Conor Shaughnessy returns to Pompey’s squad for the trip to Blackburn after a nine-game absence. Picture: Graham Hunt/ProSportsImages | Graham Hunt/ProSportsImages

The Blues have made two changes to the side which lost 1-0 to Hull last weekend, with Conor Chaplin and Gustavo Caballero handed recalls.

They replace Adrian Segecic and Harvey Blair, who both drop to the bench for the Ewood Park fixture.

Meanwhile, Shaughnessy returns to the 20-man squad following a nine-game absence with a quad injury sustained at Sheffield Wednesday in January.

He comes onto the bench for Hayden Matthews, with three central defenders among the substitutes - Shaughnessy, Ibane Bowat and Madiodio Dia.

Pompey: Schmid, Devlin, Poole, Ogilvie, Swanson, Adams, Pack, Caballero, Chaplin, Alli, Bishop.

Subs: Bursik, Williams, Bowat, Shaughnessy, Dia, Le Roux, Blair, Segecic, Brown.

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