Portsmouth game very much in doubt

At this moment in time both sides will be without one player. Gareth Taylor is out of the Burnley line up having been called up for Wales whilst Portsmouth won't have striker Yakubu Aivegbeni available having been called up for Nigeria.

Svetoslav Todorov is in the Bugarian squad but they don't play until the following week and the Bulgarian FA have given him permission to play although it could be that he won't have to if there are two more international call ups and Portsmouth are expecting another four.

These are Lassina Diabate (Ivory Coast - currently on standby), Kevin Harper (Scotland), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Japan) and Matthew Taylor (England Under 21s).

If two of those four get call ups then Portsmouth will apply for the Burnley game to be postponed and we will be looking for another midweek date for our longest trip of the season.