Portsmouth in the Championship relegation zone after three straight defeats
Blackburn have taken 10 points from their last four away matches
Recommended bet: Blackburn to win
John Mousinho's Portsmouth started the Championship season with high hopes, but they kick off the latest round of fixtures in 22nd place in the table.
Pompey have lost their last three games, against Sheff Utd, Bristol City and Swansea, without scoring a goal and they are desperate to stop the rot against Blackburn.
Rovers are only five points better off than their hosts, but Valerien Ismael sets them up well away from home and they won at Leicester, Bristol City and Lancashire rivals Preston last month.
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Team news
Portsmouth's Marlon Pack serves a one-match suspension, but Andre Dozzell is back from a ban.
Zak Swanson and Josh Knight face fitness tests and Pompey are still missing the injured Franco Umeh, Jacob Farrell, Connor Ogilvie, Thomas Waddingham, Regan Poole and Conor Shaughnessy.
Blackburn midfielder Adam Forshaw (hamstring) faces a spell on the sidelines, but Sondre Tronstad (ankle) may be fit to return.
Hayden Carter, Scott Wharton, Augustus Kargbo, Ryan Hedges and Balazs Toth are all ruled out.
The stats
Portsmouth have lost seven of their last nine Championship matches and have failed to score in six of their last eight games.
Three of Portsmouth's four league wins were by a 1-0 scoreline.
Blackburn's last three matches have all ended 1-1 and only one of Rovers' 19 league matches this season has produced over 3.5 goals.
Rovers have scored just seven first-half goals in 19 league games this term
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Prediction
Only two places separate Portsmouth and Blackburn in the Championship table at the start of the weekend, but the clubs appear to be heading in opposite directions.
Pompey's lack of attacking firepower is a major concern in their survival scrap and Rovers should continue their resurgence with a victory at Fratton Park.
Ismael's men racked up a hat-trick of away victories in November, winning 2-0 at Leicester, 1-0 at Bristol City and 2-1 at Preston.
All three of those teams are in far better shape than Portsmouth and Blackburn have competed well against some tough opponents recently.
They conceded late goals to draw 1-1 away to Wrexham and at home to promotion contenders Ipswich and those displays bode well for Saturday's trip to the south coast.
Portsmouth struggled to create chances in their midweek 1-0 loss to survival rivals Swansea and another costly defeat could be on the cards against Blackburn.
Pompey boss Mousinho has a lengthy list of injury absentees and experienced midfielder Pack is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season at Swansea.
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