Pennant out for Pompey

Portsmouth must do without in-form winger Jermaine Pennant for their Premier League clash with Everton tomorrow.

The on-loan Liverpool man has torn a calf muscle and is expected to miss out, with Nadir Belhadj and John Utaka the men most likely to step into the breach.

Caretaker boss Paul Hart is unlikely to make many other changes from the side which drew with Middlesbrough, while Theofanis Gekas can expect to miss out again after criticising Hart this week.

Provisional squad: James, Johnson, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Davis, Mullins, Kranjcar, Nugent, Crouch, Basinas, Belhadj, Utaka, Kaboul, Kanu, Traore, Hughes, Wilson, Begovic.