Fratton Park, 3pm Sunday, 30 November.
In a match that will see two of England's up and coming managers go head to head, Blackburn Rovers will be hoping that Pompey will be burnt out rather than buoyed up by their exploits against footballing giants A.C. Milan on Thursday.
Paul Ince's Blackburn side, currently lying 19th, are desperate for a victory. Having gone eight matches on the trot without a win and will want to climb out of the relegation zone.
Defender, Stephen Warnock will return from suspension and along with England's former no1, Paul Robinson, will want to keep a clean sheet. Blackburn's strikers will be hoping to exploit Pompey's Achilles Hee and grab a last minute goal to take the match. Home grown Matt Derbyshire complemented by Paraguian striker par excellence, Roque Santa Cruz, will be the ones to watch. Keep an eye too on the multi-alented Norwegian Gamst Pedersen, once a target for HR.
For Adams the dilemma will be how much to change a team that put up one of Pompey's best ever performances mid-week. Some changes will be forced with King Kanu now out with a groin injury. With Kanu out, Crouch and Defoe will start up front with the rest of the team largely as it was mid-week, although mid-field may be reshuffled to accommodate Kranjcar who has been back in training this week.
Adams will have worked hard on team resilience following a series of late disappointments, although given his self-effacing approach he will be reviewing his own tactics particularly with reference to substitutions.
Despite Blackburn currently a shadow of their former selves, Adams will still be very much aware that Rovers beat Pompey twice at Fratton Park last season, 2 -1 in the Carling Cup and 1 - 0 in the Premier League.
For Ince these are difficult times. Blackburn are an established Premier League team and if they find themselves in the bottom three come January, changes might be in the offing.
Portsmouth from: James; Johnson, Kaboul, Distin, Belhadj, Little, Diop, Davis, Kranjcar, Crouch, Defoe, A Traore, Pamarot, Hughes, Mvuemba, Nugent, Thomas, Hreidarsson, Ashdown.
Blackburn from: Robinson, Brown, Simpson, Ooijer, Samba, Nelsen, Emerton, Khizanishvili, Warnock, Mokoena, Andrews, Tugay, Treacy, Pedersen, Roberts, Derbyshire, Villanueva, Santa Cruz, Fowler, McCarthy.