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Preview: Reading vs. Portsmouth

Preview: Reading vs. Portsmouth
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Promotion-chasing Reading host relegation-threatened Portsmouth on Tuesday evening. Here, Sports Mole previews Pompey's chances of causing an upset.

Portsmouth are currently heading into each Championship fixture not knowing whether or not it will be their last.

The South Coast club are currently in administration and reports have claimed that they may not be able to complete their remaining fixtures.

They travel to promotion-chasing Reading tomorrow evening without Liam Lawrence and Erik Huseklepp, who have been loaned out to ease the club's wage bill.

However, Pompey have been boosted by the return of Luke Varney from a three-month layoff with a knee injury.

Hosts Reading, who will be going in search of the seventh straight win, have injury doubts over Matthew Connolly, Jimmy Kebe and Andy Griffin.

Current form:

Reading: WWWWWW
Portsmouth: LDLLDL

Possible lineups:

Reading: Federici; Connolly, Pearce, Gorkss, Harte; Robson-Kanu, McAnuff, Leigertwood, Karacan; Roberts, Hunt

Portsmouth: Henderson; Ward, Rocha, Pearce, Ben-Haim; Halford, Norris, Mullins, Thorne; Varney, Kitson

Sports Mole says: 3-1

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