Portsmouth travel to Aldershot Town on Wednesday for their second pre-season friendly in as many days, with Pompey yet to play a competitive match under their belts this summer.

What’s at stake for Portsmouth?

Portsmouth sit 18th in the Championship with 55 points from 46 games, four points clear of the drop zone, and a goal difference of -15 after scoring 49 and conceding 64. Their recent form reads DWLWW, and they’re 40 points behind league leaders Coventry. Pompey’s pre-season schedule has been light so far — they wrapped a training camp in Ireland before facing Jermain Defoe’s Woking in their first friendly on Tuesday.

Portsmouth have already added three new faces this summer: Odin Bailey and Eoin Kenny from Stockport County and Dundalk, plus Estonia international Rocco Shein. The trio will get gametime at Aldershot as Danny Mousinho looks to build rhythm before the EFL Cup opener against West Ham on August 8 and the league clash with Queens Park Rangers a week later.

How Aldershot line up against Pompey

Aldershot finished 15th in the 2025-26 National League, four points clear of the bottom four, after collecting 46 points from 46 games. New player-manager Scott Davies — a club legend with 85 appearances — has overseen three friendlies so far, including a 2-0 win over Badshot and a goalless draw with Bedford. Aldershot kept a third clean sheet in their last outing, a 2-0 win over Fleet Town, but Davies knows Wednesday’s trip to Pompey will be a far sterner test.

Davies may rotate his squad heavily, with a backline of Michee Efete, Michael Stickland, Kiki Oshilaja and Tyrese Dyce possible. Tristan Abrahams could lead the line, while Pompey’s full-backs Conor Ogilvie and Zak Swanson miss out with knee issues. Mousinho’s side will be without Ogilvie and Swanson, and his lineup will hinge on Tuesday’s friendly against Woking.

Portsmouth’s likely starting XI

Mousinho could hand debuts to Bailey, Kenny and Shein, giving the trio minutes before the competitive curtain-raiser. The Pompey boss may also give run-outs to youngsters like Harvey Waddingham and Cameron Anderson. Pompey’s probable lineup: Killip; Knight, Dia, Matthews, Williams; Shein, Le Roux; Kenny, Bailey, Anderson; Waddingham.

Aldershot’s likely XI: Hayes; Efete, Stickland, Oshilaja, Dyce; Lawless, Frimpong; Sansah, Nelson, Peart; Abrahams.

Portsmouth head into Wednesday’s clash on the back of a training-camp block in Ireland and a friendly against Woking, with their first competitive fixture of the season — the EFL Cup tie at West Ham on August 8 — just over three weeks away. Their next league outing comes at Queens Park Rangers on August 15, with Mousinho’s side desperate to climb clear of the relegation scrap after two mid-table finishes in League One and the Championship.