Source: PA
Grant to ring the changes
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant will shuffle his team for their crunch clash against Sunderland at Fratton Park.
With Pompey six points adrift at the bottom of the Barclays Premier League table, Grant knows repeating their FA Cup victory against the free-falling Black Cats could be crucial to their hopes of avoiding relegation.
The Israeli rested a number of players for their 5-0 defeat against Manchester United on Saturday, including Aruna Dindane and Hassan Yebda.
Grant told the club's official website: "I thought we needed to keep some players fresh because we've played a lot of games recently. We changed the team and it will be different again on Tuesday."
Portsmouth are seven points from safety and 10 behind Tuesday night's opponents, who sit 13th, but, with matches against Stoke and Burnley to come later this month, Grant remains optimistic.
He added: "There are 14 games to go and we need to take as many points as possible from our next few games. Our upcoming games are against sides who are around us in the table. We need to continue with the good performances but also add some points."
