Portsmouth 3 v 1 Swansea City
EFL Championship
Tuesday, 3rd November 2026 Kick-off 19:45

Pompey v Swans : John Mousinho speaks plus do Pompey have a weakness
Tuesday, 3rd Nov 2026 08:00 by Keith Haynes

The Swans are already in preparation for their trip to Hampshire for tonight’s game against Portsmouth (7:45pm) Head coach, Vitor Matos, who we reported exclusively yesterday will not be joining Portuguese club, Sporting Lisbon will be looking for the same domination and effort that saw his side demolish Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

The game is sold out for Swans fans. Here is some local info.

John Mousinho reflected on his time at Portsmouth over recent years which makes him the longest serving manager since Alan Ball left in 1989. Currently his time at Pompey is three years and nine months. Talking to The News he said,”I guess one observation in the Championship this year so far is that only one manager has lost his job, it hasn’t been quite as cut throat and quite as ruthless as previously. I don’t know if there’s a bit of a change of direction. The trend in recent years has been it’s been a very, very short-lived job, you have to do very well and you are only living game-to-game. I get that, that’s not going to change. Even if I’ve been here for this amount of time, we still have to make sure the form continues and we kick on. The most difficult part of the job is the pressure that head coaches and managers put on themselves to try to win games and try to be good”

⚽️ Here’s Portsmouth’s injury update : There’s quite a few so give us some leeway.

* Colby Bishop: Knee injury; a second scan showed further damage. No return date.
* John Swift: Twisted his knee in training; initial estimate was four to six weeks out.
* Connor Ogilvie: Setbacks following knee surgery; targeting a return after November’s international break.
* Keshi Anderson: Hamstring injury sustained against Sheffield United.
* Benjy Arthur: Back problem.
* Luke Brooke-Smith: Long-term absentee with a fractured fibula, dislocated ankle and ligament damage.
* Márk Kosznovszky: Cruciate ligament injury.

Josh Murphy returned following groin surgery and played eighteen minutes at Burnley, although his availability against Swansea depends on his recovery. Conor Shaughnessy returned from a groin injury as an unused substitute and was expected to be available. Franco Umeh and Thomas Waddingham had also returned to the squad. : ‘No. So we’ll have the same twenty to select from, plus the two (Franco Umeh and Eoin Kenny) that we didn’t include.’ (at Burnley)

⚽️ Match officials

Portsmouth have won three of their last six home games. Their last two have been wins so an upturn in form faces the Swans this evening. Credible results against Millwall and Sheffield United should place Swansea City on guard for this one. Pompey are also unbeaten in five.

Daniel Bielica Is currently the back up Pompey keeper with Austrian Nicolas Schmid (below) currently holding on to the number one spot. Schmid is prone to the odd error despite keeping clean sheets in his last two games.