RECAP as winless league start to 2022 continues against Charlton Athletic for Portsmouth

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Pompey are back in action as they look to breathe life into their stuttering play-off form at Fratton Park.

The gap to the top six is now a sizeable 11 points, with a win really needed to give some hope and optimism to the Fratton faithful.

Of course, the game is being played out against the backdrop of deadline day with Pompey set to announce new striker Aiden O’Brien’s arrival from Sunderland.

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We’ll be building up to the 7.45pm kick-off with all the transfer chat, team news and reaction.

Then it’s live commentary as Pompey look to find the cutting edge they’ve been so short of amid their recent struggles.

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FT Pompey 1 Charlton 2

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  • Robertson OG (64min)
  • Jacobs 2-1 (79min)

Here come the players at Fratton

So how do you assess the business across the month?

In

Hayden Carter

Tyler Walker

Denver Hume

Ollie Webber

Hayden Carter

Out

Ellis Harrison

Miguel Azeez

Paul Downing

Gassan Ahadme

John Marquis

Alex Bass

Time on the January business

So it appears the O’Brien deal will the final business of the January window. Obviously some frustration at not being able to land Jamie Lindsay or Lewis Wing on deadline day. Aiden O’Brien arrives to bolster the forward line, but even that deal smacks of a short-term fix. We’ll wait and see on that one.

And some breaking deadline day news!

Here’s the Pompey line-up

Three changes for Pompey - Hume, Hirst and Wiliams in for Curtis, Hackett and Thompson

Aiden O’Brien confirmed!

As revealed this afternoon, the attacker’s Pompey arrival has been sealed on a short-term permanent deal until the end of the season.

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