Defender returns to Pompey squad

Defender Dejan Stefanovic is set to take his place on the substitutes’ bench just seven weeks after an ankle operation as Portsmouth aim for a third consecutive win to boost their relegation fight at home to Arsenal.

Andy Griffin is also poised to rejoin the squad after a calf injury but manager Harry Redknapp looks set to stick to an unchanged starting line-up.

That means Benjani Mwaruwari will be preferred to Svetoslav Todorov despite the Bulgarian’s goal as a substitute against West Ham last weekend.

Provisional squad: Kiely, Priske, Primus, O’Brien, Taylor, O’Neil, Mendes, Davis, D’Alessandro, Lualua, Mwaruwari, Routledge, Karadas, Todorov, Stefanovic, Koroman, Griffin, Pamarot, Ashdown.