Tom Naylor returns to the Pompey side to face Southend this afternoon.
The fit-again midfielder replaces Ben Close in the only change from the starting line-up that won at Rochdale in the FA Cup last week.
Pompey: MacGillivray; N.Thompson, Whatmough, Clarke, Brown; B.Thompson, Naylor; Lowe, Evans (c), Curtis; Hawkins
Subs: McGee, Walkes, Burgess, Close, Dennis, Green, Pitman