Portsmouth boss rotates squad after securing Championship safety - with five changes at Stoke
The Blues boss has made five changes for the trip to the Potteries
John Mousinho has handed his fringe players rare first-team opportunities for the trip to Stoke.
With the Blues’ Championship future secured with two matches remaining, they have made five changes for this afternoon's match against Mark Robins’ side.
Josef Bursik, Hayden Matthews, Harvey Blair, Luke Le Roux and John Swift all start for Pompey in a line-up lacking any loan players.
Dropping out are Nicolas Schmid who doesn’t make the squad, along with Regan Poole, Ebou Adams, Conor Chaplin and Milli Alli.
Andre Dozzell, who has been linked with a summer switch to DC United at the end of his Fratton Park contract, continues in the side, partnering Le Roux in the centre of midfield.
While the centre-half pairing of Alli and Matthews sees the latter making his first start of 2026, having initially collected an ankle injury at Bristol City and then struggled to break back into the squad.
Meanwhile, Pack and Conor Shaughnessy join Schmid in missing out on the match-day 20 entirely, with Colby Bishop named as skipper against the Potters.
Pompey: Bursik, Williams, Matthews, Dia, Ogilvie, Le Roux, Dozzell, Segecic, Swift, Blair, Bishop.
Subs: Killip, Poole, Bowat, Adams, Alli, Murphy, Chaplin, Waddingham, Brown.