Portsmouth players return amid four Bristol City changes
Conor Shaughnessy starts his first game since September amid four Pompey changes at Bristol City.
And Luke Le Roux gets his first Blues minutes since the start of Novemeber, as John Mousinho’s side aim to make it five league games unbeaten at Ashton Gate at the start of 2026.
Shaughnessy, Le Roux, John Swift and Ibane Bowat are the quartet to come into the starting XI following the late, late victory over Charlton Athletic.
Hayden Matthews, Conor Chaplin and Harvey Blair all drop to the bench with Marlon Pack missing from the squad, with the suggestion the skipper has suffered a hamstring injury.
There’s a place on the bench for Jacob Farrell, in his first squad involvement in the league this season after dealing with a groin issue.
And youngster Tayo Singerr is also among the subs with Pack and Mark Kosznovszky dropping out of the squad from the 2-1 Addicks victory.
Pompey old boys Ross McCrorie and Rob Atkinson start for Bristol City with former Blues loanee Cam Pring on the bench for the home side.
Pompey: Schmid; Bowat, Poole, Shaughnessy; Devlin, Le Roux, Dozzell, Swanson; Segecic, Swift; Kirk.
Subs: Bursik; Williams, Matthews, Farrell, Umeh, Yang, Chaplin, Blair, Singer.