Midfield decimated by injuries

Portsmouth are without John Utaka and Hassan Yebda from the side that beat tonight's visitors Birmingham in the FA Cup at the weekend.

Yebda's persistent knee injury has caused enough concern for him to need to see a specialist while John Utaka is suffering with a tight groin, which he picked up in the match against the Blues on Saturday.
With Kevin-Prince Boateng still in Germany for treatment on an ankle injury and Aaron Mokoena a doubt with a knee ligament worry, Avram Grant has limited options in the middle of the park.
Defender Ricardo Rocha misses the second game of his two-game ban after the red card he was given in the victory at Burnley but, despite all these problems, the boss will be looking to repeat of Saturday's result to make it three wins in succession.