Naylor returns as Portsmouth make three changes against Bristol Rovers

The influential midfielder is back following a two-match ban, replacing Bryn Morris in the Fratton Park fixture.

That is one of three changes to the side which drew 3-3 at Southend last weekend, having disappointingly let a three-goal lead slip.

There are also recalls for Gareth Evans and Ronan Curtis, with Omar Bogle and Viv Solomon-Otabor making way.

Bogle, who had been regarded as 50/50 following a dead leg, drops to the bench along with Morris and Solomon-Otabor.

Elsewhere, fit-again Dion Donohue is named among the substitutes, although once again there is no Brett Pitman in the squad.

Pompey: MacGillivray, Walkes, Burgess, Clarke, Brown, Naylor, Close, Lowe, Evans, Curtis, Hawkins.

Subs: Bass, Solomon-Otabor, Haunstrup, Bogle, Vaughan, Donohue, Morris.