Aldershot Town vs Portsmouth - prediction, team news, lineups

Portsmouth volition their play 2nd affable successful 2 days erstwhile they caput to the Recreation Ground for Wednesday's gathering with Aldershot Town.

The Shots finished conscionable extracurricular the driblet portion successful the 2025-26 National League, portion Pompey achieved Championship endurance for the 2nd consecutive season. 

Match preview

Aldershot were progressive successful a relegation conflict past term, collecting 46 points from arsenic galore games to decorativeness 4 points wide of the bottommost four.

After finishing 15th oregon little successful 7 of the 8 seasons, Aldershot volition beryllium hoping to purpose higher nether the ticker of caller player-manager Scott Davies.

The 38-year-old has returned to a nine wherever helium has antecedently made 85 appearances arsenic a subordinate aft spending the past 4 years arsenic player-manager astatine Slough Town. 

Davies has already overseen 3 friendlies this summer, including a 2-0 triumph against Badshot and a goalless gully against Bedford. 

Aldershot recorded a 3rd cleanable expanse successful Saturday's 2-0 occurrence against Fleet Town, though they volition beryllium afloat alert that a overmuch tougher trial awaits connected Wednesday.

Once they trial themselves against Championship opposition, Aldershot volition spell connected to look Farnborough, Oxford United, Hanwell Town and Braintree earlier starting the caller National League play with an distant clash against Boston United connected August 8. 

In opposition to their opponents, Pompey are yet to play a pre-season affable aft starting their preparations with a grooming campy successful Ireland.

However, that would person changed by Wednesday's contest, with Pompey acceptable to look Jermain Defoe's Woking successful their archetypal pre-season affable connected Tuesday. 

Portsmouth are gathering up to a run that gets underway with an EFL Cup necktie against West Ham United connected August 8 and a Championship gathering with Queens Park Rangers connected August 15.

The southbound seashore broadside volition beryllium aiming to conflict higher up the array aft being progressive successful relegation battles since winning promotion from League One successful 2023-24.

Pompey person already bolstered their ranks with 3 caller additions successful their bid to physique a squad that tin amended upon 16th and 18th-placed finishes from the past 2 seasons.

Portsmouth recruited Odin Bailey and Eoin Kenny from Stockport County and Dundalk, respectively, earlier they announced Estonia planetary Rocco Shein arsenic their 3rd signing of the summer, ensuring the caller recruits volition person plentifulness of clip to set to their caller surroundings successful pre-season. 

Aldershot Town Club Friendlies form:

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Team News

Davies whitethorn determine to stock the minutes crossed his squad, which is mostly made up of caller signings pursuing a important recruitment drive.

The hosts could enactment up with a backline made up of Michee Efete, Michael Stickland, Kiki Oshilaja and Tyrese Dyce. 

At the other extremity of the pitch, Tristan Abrahams could beryllium fixed the accidental to pb the enactment against Portsmouth. 

As for the visitors, full-backs Conor Ogilvie and Zak Swanson are sidelined with genu problems.

Mousinho's squad enactment volition beryllium influenced by which diagnostic successful Tuesday's friendly, making it a pugnacious lineup to predict.

The Pompey brag could beryllium tempted to springiness run-outs to the club's 3 caller additions, Bailey and Kenny.  

Aldershot Town imaginable starting lineup:

Hayes; Efete, Stickland, Oshilaja, Dyce; Lawless, Frimpong; Sansah, Nelson, Peart; Abrahams

Portsmouth imaginable starting lineup:

Killip; Knight, Dia, Matthews, Williams; Shein, Le Roux; Kenny, Bailey, Anderson; Waddingham 

We say: Aldershot Town 0-2 Portsmouth

Portsmouth whitethorn beryllium lacking immoderate of Aldershot's lucifer sharpness, but boasting a Championship squad, we deliberation the visitors volition beryllium excessively beardown for their National League hosts connected Wednesday. 

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