Preview | Swansea City v Portsmouth
Swansea City host Portsmouth this afternoon (3pm) looking to round off a run of three games in six days on a high.
The Swans suffered defeat to leaders Leeds last weekend, but bounced back with a resolute defensive stand helping them secure a 2-1 win at Derby County.
They now face a Pompey side who have not played in three weeks, having seen fixtures against Blackburn and Millwall postponed following the international break.
Team news
Swans boss Luke Williams may look to make changes given the quick turnaround from the midweek trip to Pride Park.
He has Jisung Eom back from a knee injury, while Harry Darling has come through the sickness bug that forced him off at Derby.
Pre-match views
Luke Williams: "We've had a busy schedule, so to get a positive result and to then be back playing at home has given everyone a boost.
"We are not feeling sorry for ourselves because of how busy the schedule has been and will be, we are looking forward to the game more than anything else.
"For them, not playing (because of postponements of fixtures against Blackburn and Millwall) means they have probably had some players able to recover better, but then some players would not prefer that because they like the feeling of having a rhythm and a flow.
"I guess we will find out the impact it might have had when it's 5pm and we see how the teams have performed."
John Mousinho: “We’ve had to adjust – we changed things around at the weekend and came in on the Sunday to train.
“We then trained on the pitch after Wednesday’s game was called off, which is something we wouldn’t normally do, but we needed to get something into the boys’ legs.
“So we’ll go to Swansea having not played a game for three weeks, which has both its positives and its drawbacks.
“I’m sure they’ll be thinking that it’s a boost for us because we’re nice and fresh, while they’ve had tough matches against Leeds and Derby.
“But we don’t think it’ll make a huge amount of difference and we’ll have to be ready to face a side that possess a real threat.”
Meet the officials
Referee Will Finnie takes charge of a Swans game for the first time this afternoon.
You can find out more about him and his team of officials below.
Remember the last time?
Portsmouth ran out 2-1 winners the last time they visited SA1 for a league fixture back in November 2010.
The Swans had taken an early lead through Craig Beattie, but were pegged back almost immediately as David Nugent levelled matters.
And Greg Halford's header was enough for Pompey to claim all three points against Brendan Rodgers' hosts.
Prime numbers
13 - Swansea City and Portsmouth have not faced each other in 13-and-a-half years, last locking horns in April 2011.
64 - Swansea have not recorded a league victory over Portsmouth in their last 11 meetings stretching back over 64 years to 1960.