Change for Portsmouth
08/04/2006 - 15:15:03Portsmouth made their first change in four matches as skipper Dejan Stefanovic made his full comeback after an ankle operation.
The Serbian replaced the injured Andy O’Brien at centre-back, only the second match missed by the former Newcastle defender this season.
Left-back Matt Taylor made his 100th Pompey appearance at the start of a three-match home run in eight days which will do much to make the south coast club’s Premiership future clearer.
Blackburn manager Mark Hughes, still chasing a Champions League place with his side, fielded an unchanged line-up to the one which drew at home to Wigan on Monday. That meant only a place on the bench again for last week’s late match-saver Shefki Kuqi.
Portsmouth: Kiely, Priske, Primus, Stefanovic, Taylor, O’Neil, Davis, Pedro Mendes, D’Alessandro, LuaLua, Mwaruwari. Subs: Ashdown, Karadas, Todorov, Hughes, Routledge.
Blackburn: Friedel, Neill, Nelsen, Khizanishvili, Gray, Bentley, Reid, Savage, Pedersen, Dickov, Bellamy. Subs: Enckelman, Emerton, Kuqi, Mokoena, Sinama Pongolle.
Referee: S Bennett (Kent)
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