The second South Coast derby of the season, and this time we are hoping for more goal action than the reverse fixture.

The stakes are certainly much higher; Pompey are on the dreaded dotted line, whereas Southampton are running out of time to try and gatecrash the top six.

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📈 Portsmouth v Southampton Form & Tactics

Pompey obviously haven’t been in great form all season. Still, they will likely take pride in their performance against Arsenal in the FA Cup, where they were competitive until around 70 minutes. Then they haven’t lost either against Sheffield Wednesday, grabbing a vital win, and avoiding defeat against Watford, a much tougher place to go.

However, they haven’t quite managed to build Fortress Fratton in this season, and that really has hamstrung their ambition to climb the league. They have also suffered a bad injury crisis, and that has meant that their xG differential across the season is a poor -0.4 xG, but this is not helped by home form too much, as they are -0.22 xG differential in those matches as well. Which means that either the home form has to improve quickly, or they will linger around the danger zone for the rest of the season.

Southampton finally managed to stop the (new) rot with a workmanlike 1-0 win over Sheffield United. That meant that Tonda Eckert, who was beginning to face questions such as “Are you the man to turn things around?” was able to give himself an important stay of execution whilst patience is implored by many, especially against the fans.

However, they are still five without a win in the league away from home. They did get a handy away FA Cup win at Doncaster, though, so they will be hoping to feed off the positive vibes from that. They are pretty much even between xG for and against in away matches in the league, so they need some fortune or quality to turn in their favour to arrest the slide and fire themselves back up the table.

📔 Portsmouth v Southampton Formation & Team News

It has been a tough few weeks and months for Portsmouth in the physio room. At the moment, the squad looks very thin in forward areas. The signings of Millenic Alli and Keshi Anderson has helped with that, and Colby Bishop is still available, but Florian Bianchini, Thomas Waddingham, and Josh Murphy are all absent.

It'll be a 4-2-3-1 for Pompey, but Mark Koznovsky is out for the season with a serious knee injury. Ebou Adams has signed from Derby to cover that central position, though.

Tonda Eckert is likely to stick to the 3-4-3 he has been playing. Ross Stewart could keep his place in the central forward position, but Adam Armstrong may come in. Leo Scienza and Finn Azaz are likely starters in the wide positions.

Daniel Peretz has claimed the goalkeeper position since his arrival. There are no new injuries for Eckert to deal with.

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