Benjani available

Portsmouth record signing Benjani Mwaruwari will delay a knee operation until the end of the season to boost his side’s survival fight.

Manager Harry Redknapp may still have to make changes for the first time in four games at home to Blackburn tomorrow.

Redknapp starts a vital run of three home games in eight days with “two or three players doubtful” after knocks in training but will not reveal details until late fitness tests are taken. Striker Svetoslav Todorov and fit-again defender Dejan Stefanovic are both in contention for places in the starting line-up, however.

Provisional squad: Kiely, Priske, Primus, O’Brien, Stefanovic, Griffin, Taylor, O’Nel, Mendes, Davis, D’Alessandro, LuaLua, Benjani, Todorov, Hughes, Routledge, Koroman, Ashdown.