Preview | Portsmouth v Swansea City
Swansea City are back on the road this evening as they head to Fratton Park to face Portsmouth (7.45pm).
The Swans will be looking to start replicating their home form on their travels after making it 10 league games unbeaten in SA1 last time out with a 2-0 victory over Stoke City.
Portsmouth are winless on home turf since January 31 when they beat West Brom, with Pompey currently sitting 19th in the division.
Team news
Adam Idah and Zeidane Inoussa are still set to be sidelined, as they continue their recoveries from hamstring and back injuries.
Vitor Matos is likely to have the same squad to choose from as for the Stoke fixture.
Pre-match views
Vitor Matos: "There are different opponents, different problems, different solutions.
"We have had good performances away but haven't got the points, but we had a good mentality at Watford and did get the result.
"We don't see it as home and away, we just see it as opposition, what they create, how we compete and what we need to improve."
John Mousinho: "They have a lot of talent, on the pitch and the bench, and have invested heavily over the last 18 months and it's starting to bear fruit.
"They are building pretty nicely and have had some good results - particularly at home, though they have also had a couple away. They're certainly a side that plays some good football."
Meet the officials
Gavin Ward will have the whistle for Swansea City’s Championship clash against Portsmouth at Fratton Park this evening (7.45pm).
Tuesday will be the 16th time Ward has overseen a Swans match since first blowing the whistle in SA1 in February 2010.
So far this term, Ward has taken charge of 24 matches – mostly in the Championship – handing out 76 yellow cards and three reds.
He will be assisted by Graham Kane and Nigel Lugg, while Farai Hallam will be the fourth official.
Previous meeting
Swansea City started 2025 with a defeat as they were well-beaten by Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
The Swans were punished for a sloppy first-half display, with Josh Murphy and Paddy Lane gratefully capitalising for Pompey.
The visitors had a flurry of chances in a better spell either side of the interval, with Florian Bianchini missing two good opportunities and Josh Tymon rattling the woodwork.
But any hopes of a comeback were firmly ended when Ryley Towler headed in Portsmouth’s third just beyond the hour mark, with Colby Bishop going on to round off the scoring.
Prime numbers
2 - Following the Swans' 1-0 win in December, Swansea are looking to complete the league double over Portsmouth for just the second time, following the 1922-23 third division south campaign.
2 - Portsmouth have lost their last two home league games, both by a 1-0 scoreline. They last lost three in a row in March 2018, while they last did so without scoring in August 2008.