No changes for Pompey

Portsmouth manager Alain Perrin is set to name an unchanged side for the Barclays Premiership visit of high-riding Wigan to Fratton Park.

Midfielder Salif Diao (hamstring) is fit again after missing three games and striker Lomana Lualua nearing a comeback after malaria – but Perrin was pleased with last week’s 4-1 success at Sunderland.

Laurent Robert is likely to get a seat on the substitutes’ bench – despite refusing one on Wearside last week – but defender Andy O’Brien (knee) is still out and Linvoy Primus is ready to keep his place.

Provisional squad: Ashdown; Griffin, Primus, Stefanovic, Priske, Vignal, O’Neil, Hughes, Vukic, Taylor, Silva, Todorov, Viafara, Mbesuma, Diao, Robert, Cisse, Westerveld.