Blackburn Rovers vs Portsmouth Prediction: Portsmouth need some points right now

Blackburn Rovers will welcome Portsmouth at Ewood Park in Game Week 16 of the English Championship. Portsmouth need some points right now. Who will come out on top after 90 minutes?

Blackburn currently sit three points behind the pace as the season moves into its playoffs push, having won six, drawn four, and lost five of 15 games so far this season. Most recently, Blackburn needed a win badly as they won against Cardiff City, putting an end to a four-game winless run in which they failed to score even once (D1, L3). The win was clinched by Andreas Weimann and Lewis Baker at Cardiff with a 3-2 win, the first of the season Blackburn had managed on their travels. The Black Cats will return to home soil with an ambitious aim: to bag their first home win since 19 October as they will be facing their last three matches at Ewood Park without earning any point. They may not have faced Portsmouth since October 2018, but Blackburn can draw some confidence from their record of winning four of the last five encounters with them (D1).

Pears; Brittain, Batth, Hyam, Pickering; Tronstad, Travis; Weimann, Cantwell, Hedges; Ohashi

Portsmouth started the international break on a high note when they won their first home game of the season 3-1 over Preston North End. Pompey took a two-goal lead at halftime thanks to goals from Josh Murphy and Conor Ogilvie, but the comeback of Emil Riis in the second half found its way into Pompey's goal. Colby Bishop's late penalty proved that Portsmouth would take their second win of the Championship season. Manager John Mousinho will look for this result to trigger a good run of form as they have been trying to close the three-point gap to safety. Portsmouth will look to get the first win against Blackburn since November 2008 in their next encounter.

Schmid; Devilin, Poole, Pack, Ogilvie; Potts, Dozzell; Ritchie, Lang, Murphy; Yengi

Pompey won their most recent game at home against Preston before the break, but they have lost four out of their last six road games. Based on their last record, we think it will be quite a hard match for them as they face Blackburn in a Saturday match.