Double boost for Pompey

Striker Lomana LuaLua and midfielder Pedro Mendes are ready to return to the Portsmouth squad at Wigan.

Mendes is set to replace Richard Hughes after two matches out with a thigh strain while LuaLua, who has missed the last three games, may take a seat on the substitutes’ bench after a week’s oxygen tank treatment on his damaged ankle.

On-loan Salif Diao may also figure having made a comeback as a late substitute last week after hamstring trouble.

Gary O’Neil starts despite a foot injury which has restricted his training since the win over Sunderland.

Provisional squad: Kiely, Priske, Primus, Stefanovic, Taylor, O’Neil, Mendes, Davis, D’Alessandro, Todorov, Benjani, LuaLua, Hughes, Diao, Karadas, Routledge, Pamarot, O’Brien, Ashdown.