Follow every kick as Portsmouth take on Blackburn Rovers at Fratton Park in the Premier League
on 03-Apr-2010, kick off time 15:00
Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers Live
Portsmouth play host to Blackburn Rovers at Fratton Park with the home side all but relegated already. This season has been catastrophic for the Solent side, both on and off the field, but manager Avram Grant will be hoping his charges can finish the campaign off with a number of good performances, for the faithful Fratton Park fans if nothing else. Blackburn, on the other hand, are enjoying mid-table security and will travel south in the knowledge that the home side continue to struggle on their own ground. Indeed, having won just one of their last seven Premier League games, Portsmouth do have their work cut out against Sam Allardyce's side. Pompey have now failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 14 Premier League games - a spell that has seen a less than water-tight Pompey defence leak 34 goals. However, Rovers' own patchy away form may prove reassuring for Portsmouth fans, with Blackburn failing to win two successive away games since March 2009. Veteran attacker Nwankwo Kanu may prove to be Portsmouth's best hope of breaking through Rovers' rearguard, with the veteran Nigerian enjoying a fruitful last few weeks and netting two in the last three home games. With an FA Cup semi-final still to play, Pompey can still finish the season on some kind of high, however that cup game may well mean that a number of first team players will be rested by Grant for the Blackburn game. Portsmouth also have an ever growing injury list which now features Nadir Belhadj, Tal Ben Haim, Ricardo Rocha, Hermann Hreidarsson, John Utaka and Papa Bouba Diop. Blackburn are missing goalkeeper Paul Robinson, as well as Michel Salgado, Keith Andrews, Yildiray Basturk and Ryan Nelsen.
Source: DSG
