Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers

What it means

• Blackburn has dropped 4 of the last 5.
• Portsmouth has dropped 4 of the last 5.

Latest headlines

ESPN · 1d ago

Southampton beat rivals Portsmouth 1-0 in first match after Spygate conclusion

ESPN · Sep 6

Portsmouth urge supporters not to speculate on social media as fan incident with Cardiff player is investigated

ESPN · Aug 14

Raúl Jiménez marks Wolves return by rescuing draw with Blackburn

ESPN · Aug 14

Wolves 2-2 Blackburn: Raúl Jiménez converts last minute penalty to rescue point in curtain raiser - as it happened

ESPN · Apr 18

Portsmouth beat Leicester to push Foxes to brink of relegation

Recap · Feb 24

Wrexham beat Portsmouth to continue playoff promotion push

ESPN · Feb 17

What's happened to Blackburn Rovers' Ryan Alebiosu since his injury on debut for Nigeria at AFCON?

Recap · Feb 14

Socceroos right back Lewis Miller appears to injure Achilles in Blackburn win

Lineups

Blackburn13th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1Paul RobinsonG
2. 2Ryan NelsenCD-L
3. 3Christopher SambaCD-R
4. 4Stephen WarnockLB
5. 5Andre OoijerRB
6. 6Keith AndrewsCM-L
7. 7Tugay KerimogluCM-R
8. 8Morten PedersenLM
9. 9Brett EmertonRM
10. 10Roque Santa CruzCF-L
11. 11Benni McCarthyCF-R

Portsmouth19th in English League Championship

Lineup (4-4-2)

1. 1David JamesG
2. 2Sylvain DistinCD-L
3. 3Noe PamarotCD-R
4. 4Nadir BelhadjLB
5. 5Glen JohnsonRB
6. 6Richard HughesCM-L
7. 7Papa Bouba DiopCM-R
8. 8Armand TraoreLM
9. 9Glen LittleRM
10. 10Peter CrouchCF-L
11. 11Jermain DefoeCF-R

Head to head

Last 5

BLK

• L@ TOT0-1
• Lvs SUN1-2
• W@ SUN2-1
• Lvs CHE0-2
• T@ WBA2-2

POR

• Tvs MIL2-2
• Tvs HUL2-2
• T@ WHU0-0
• W@ SUN2-1
• Lvs WGA1-2

Chirp's angle

Game info

Venue

Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England · Attendance 18,111

Officials

M Halsey (Referee), M Halsey (Referee), M Halsey (Referee)