Portsmouth vs Millwall - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams level connected 15 points volition fastener horns erstwhile Portsmouth invited Millwall to Fratton Park for Saturday's Championship encounter.

Pompey person enactment unneurotic a three-game unbeaten run, portion the Lions person taken conscionable a constituent from their past 2 outings. 

Match preview

After being near disappointed by a 1-0 decision successful the southbound seashore derby, Portsmouth person responded with a beardown tally of signifier that has seen them prime up 7 points from a imaginable nine.

Pompey recorded back-to-back victories implicit Sheffield United and Norwich City, earlier they rescued a 1-1 gully successful their archetypal gathering with Wolverhampton Wanderers successful 16 years.

John Mousinho's broadside appeared to beryllium heading towards a constrictive decision until Terry Devlin netted an 86th-minute equaliser astatine Molineux, extending Pompey's unbeaten head-to-head grounds to 7 matches (W3, D4).

Having avoided decision successful 5 of their past six outings, Portsmouth caput into the play successful 13th spot successful the Championship table, with conscionable 2 points separating them from the apical eight.

They volition present instrumentality to the acquainted surroundings of Fratton Park, wherever they person won 2 and drawn 1 of their past 3 matches, scoring astatine slightest 2 goals successful each of those games.

Portsmouth volition anticipation that location vantage tin assistance them assertion a 3rd consecutive triumph against Millwall aft signaling a brace of 3-1 victories successful some meetings successful the 2025-26 Championship season.

Millwall are sitting 1 spot supra Portsmouth connected goals scored, but they person plentifulness of enactment to bash if they are to get anyplace adjacent matching past season's third-place finish.

The Lions person won conscionable 2 of their past 9 league matches aft starting the play with back-to-back victories. 

The astir caller of those victories came via a constrictive 1-0 scoreline successful their distant clash against Preston North End earlier this month.

Millwall past came retired of the incorrect broadside of a 1-0 effect successful their location gathering with Swansea City, earlier they fought backmost from 2 goals down to salvage a 2-2 gully against Lincoln City astatine The Den, their 3rd gully successful the past 5 matches.

After playing consecutive location games, Millwall caput connected their travels with hopes of signaling back-to-back league distant wins for the archetypal clip since March. 

Prior to past season, the Lions had enjoyed a tally of six consecutive victories against Portsmouth successful each competitons, a winning tally that besides yielded 4 cleanable sheets. 

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Team News

Portsmouth's lengthy wounded database features Benjamin Arthur, Conor Shaughnessy, Connor Ogilvie, Mark Kosznovszky, John Swift, Josh Murphy, Franco Umeh and Luke Brooke-Smith.

Striker Colby Bishop is improbable to beryllium acceptable aft being near retired of Tuesday's matchday squad with a genu issue.

Marlon Pack, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Marezi and Zak Swanson are each pushing for recalls aft dropping down to the seat successful midweek. 

As for the visitors, goalkeeper Max Crocombe volition commencement successful spot of Filip Marschall, who is acceptable for a spell connected the sidelines aft sustaining an ankle wounded successful the gully with Lincoln.

The Lions are besides without the services of Lukas Jensen, Massimo Luongo, Casper De Norre, Mathis Servais, Mihailo Ivanovic and Josh Coburn. 

Forward Tairyk Arconte is besides a fittingness interest aft missing the past 2 matches with an ankle contented helium sustained successful the triumph implicit Preston connected October 10. 

Portsmouth imaginable starting lineup:

Schmid; Swanson, Poole, Dia, Meghoma; Pack, Mohamed; Kamara, Segecic, Kavuma-McQueen; Marezi

Millwall imaginable starting lineup:

Crocombe; Crama, Taylor, Cooper, Sturge; Metcalfe, Mazou-Sacko; Sykes, Neghli, Lisbie; Dykes

We say: Portsmouth 2-1 Millwall

Portsmouth transportation momentum into Saturday's fixture aft taking 7 points from their erstwhile 3 games, and considering they person won 2 of their past 3 outings astatine Fratton Park, we deliberation location vantage volition assistance them assertion a constrictive triumph implicit Millwall. 

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