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Portsmouth team news
Portsmouth are hopeful Jermain Defoe will have recovered from a calf injury sustained on England duty to face Hull at Fratton Park tomorrow but skipper Sol Campbell (toe) and midfielders Lassana Diarra and Niko Kranjcar (both ankle) are out.

Diarra missed France's midweek friendly after being injured at West Ham, Campbell now misses his fourth game in six and while Kranjcar has been given the all-clear to resume training after seeing a specialist, manager Tony Adams says all three have only an "outside chance" for next Thursday's UEFA Cup glamour clash with AC Milan.

John Utaka, who has shaken off a stomach bug, Papa Bouba Diop and Younes Kaboul are all ready to step in again, with Richard Hughes and David Nugent likely to be among the substitutes.

Team from: James, Johnson, Kaboul, Distin, Pamarot, Utaka, Diop, Davis, Belhadj, Crouch, Defoe, A Traore, Nugent, Kanu, Hreidarsson, Hughes, Mvuemba, Thomas, Little, Ashdown (gk).

Hull team news
Hull manager Phil Brown will decide today which four players to leave in the stands for tomorrow's Barclays Premier League game at Portsmouth.

A 22-man party will convene in London today, after which Brown will assess the condition of the 10 Tigers players on international duty in midweek and select his matchday squad.

Striker Daniel Cousin has a knee problem and may give way to Caleb Folan or veteran Dean Windass, who impressed for the reserves in midweek alongside Stelios Giannakopoulos and Ryan France.

Provisional squad: Myhill, McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Dawson, Marney, Hughes, Boateng, Geovanni, King, Cousin, Barmby, Garcia, Windass, Mendy, Halmosi, Folan, Ricketts, Giannakopoulos, Duke, Ashbee, France, Atkinson.

The New Football Pools pundits' predictions
John Barnes: Home win
Tony Cascarino: Draw
Graham Poll: Home win

Opta Match Facts
These two sides have not met in any competition since the old Division Two in 1991, when Pompey won 2-0 at Boothferry Park.
In the league, Portsmouth have won this fixture 16 times, Hull 11.
Glen Little is the only current Portsmouth player to have scored against Hull, scoring twice for Reading in two matches in 2005.
Only Chelsea and Liverpool have picked up more points away from home in the Premier League this season than Hull.
It is 44 games since Hull drew 0-0 in the league.
A win by two clear goals will see Portsmouth leapfrog Hull in the table.
Pompey have only kept one clean sheet in their last eight Premier League games at Fratton Park.
Pompey's last five defeats at home have all been by a one-goal margin.
Hull have scored three goals in each of their last two away trips.
Pompey haven't scored a first half goal in their last six Premier League games.

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