Portsmouth v Wednesday
Saturday 11 March
3:00pm
League One
Fratton Park
THE MATCH
The Owls head south this weekend for the League One clash with Portsmouth at Fratton Park.
The two sides met on the opening day of the season way back at the end of July at Hillsborough.
With a share of the spoils on that occasion from an entertaining 3-3 draw, the two will go head-to-head on Saturday in good recent form.
Pompey suffered a midweek defeat in South Yorkshire, going down 3-1 at Barnsley, but have won three of their last four league fixtures.
John Mousinho’s side are 10th in the table.
Wednesday extended the unbeaten league run to 21 games with victory over Peterborough last weekend.
The Owls are top of the table heading into the next round of fixtures, level on points with Plymouth but with two games in hand.
TEAM NEWS
Wednesday: Reece James and Fisayo Dele-Bashiru are back available for the Owls.
James missed out last week through illness while Dele-Bashiru was not risked after sustaining a minor ankle injury in training.
David Stockdale has trained after a hip injury and is likely to be back in the squad on Saturday.
Mallik Wilks and Callum Paterson are making good progress from muscle injuries but not yet ready to return, while Marvin Johnson will serve the final game of his three-match ban.
Portsmouth: Our hosts on Saturday have several injury concerns.
Ronan Curtis will miss the rest of the season after suffering an ACL injury.
Marlon Pack (knee), Clark Robertson (hip) and Zak Swanson (groin) are sidelined.
Jay Mingi (knee) is also struggling with injury.
Elsewhere, Jayden Reid (knee) is another Pompey long-term absentee.
TICKET NEWS
Tickets for this fixture have sold out to visiting supporters.
We received 1,600 tickets for the trip to Fratton Park.
OFFICIALS
Referee - Ben Toner
Assistant Referee - Adrian Tranter
Assistant Referee - Ollie Williams
Fourth Official – Stuart Butler
iFOLLOW
Live commentary of the game is available via iFollow HERE.
SOCIAL MEDIA
The hashtag for the game is #PORSHW
Our official Twitter account @swfc will provide a blow-by-blow text update of the game, team news at 2:00pm and all the key updates from Fratton Park.
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LAST FIVE
30 Jul 2022 | Owls 3-3 Portsmouth | League One
30 Apr 2022 | Owls 4-1 Portsmouth | League One
7 Dec 2021 | Portsmouth 0-0 Owls | League One
12 Apr 2003 | Portsmouth 1-2 Owls | Division One
23 Nov 2002 | Owls 1-3 Portsmouth | Division One
SUPPORTER CONDUCT
Following anti-social behaviour incidents this season, we are reinforcing the importance of all supporters staying within EFL Ground Regulations, which can be found HERE
Under the banner of ‘Love Football. Protect The Game’ the FA, Premier League and EFL have together introduced new measures and stronger sanctions across the game to tackle the increased anti-social, discriminatory and criminal behaviours seen within football grounds.
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INCLUSIVITY WITH WEDNESDAY
Sheffield Wednesday are committed to fostering a fully inclusive matchday environment for all supporters, home and away. We subscribe absolutely to the EFL Code of Practice for Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination.
Find out more HERE