Mousinho wants repeat performance against Plymouth

Portsmouth manager John Mousinho has challenged his players to produce a repeat of their superb display against Leeds United when they welcome Plymouth Argyle to Fratton Park.

Pompey host bottom-of-the-table Argyle on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) following Sunday's shock 1-0 home win over the Championship leaders, which ended a 17-game unbeaten run for Daniel Farke's team.

Mourinho's side, who are currently 17th in the table, lost 1-0 at Plymouth in the first dockyard derby of the season in November.

Since then, the Home Park club have changed manager - sacking former England captain Wayne Rooney and appointing Miron Muslic as head coach in January - and produced some notable performances, including in the FA Cup.

They stunned Premier League leaders Liverpool 1-0 in round four and held their own for large parts as they exited the competition in the fifth round at Manchester City.

Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent: "There's been plenty of promise since the new manager has come in.

"We have to be really, really wary of that and make sure that we're right on top of our game and we put in a similar performance to what we did on the weekend."

The victory against Leeds lifted Portsmouth to 42 points, 10 clear of the bottom three with 10 games left.

Mousinho said: "We're still focused on trying to get to 50 points as quickly as possible.

"If we won another game, we wouldn't be sitting there thinking 'we're done', definitely not.

"The target for us has always been 50 points and hopefully that's enough. If not, we'll keep going off the back of that.

"We know how hard it is to come by points in the Championship, so we just have to make sure we fight and earn every one."

New signing Milosevic available

Mousinho confirmed recent free-agent signing Alexander Milosevic will be available to feature against Plymouth.

Portsmouth signed the former Sweden international last week to help ease their problems at the back after being hit by a defensive injury crisis.

"He has got clearance, so he is available for Wednesday," Mousinho said.

"He'll need a good couple of weeks and it's probably the Blackburn game [on 29 March] that we're really targeting for him to be up to match-playing fitness.

"It doesn't mean he wouldn't be in a squad, but we don't think he's quite ready to start games yet."