Brett Pitman returns to the Pompey side at Oldham this afternoon.
The skipper returns to the starting line-up following a three-match absence because of a hamstring injury.
Brandon Haunstrup also returns at left-back, with Christian Burgess and Sylvain Deslandes the players to make way.
Pompey: McGee; Walkes, Whatmough, Clarke, Haunstrup; Close, Donohue; Lowe, Ronan, Naismith; Pitman (c)
Subs: Bass, Burgess, Deslandes, Widdrington, May, Kennedy, Chaplin