Portsmouth vs Accrington Stanley - Caolan Lavery forced to sit out Pompey cup clash

Posted Friday, December 04, 2015 by PA

Portsmouth will be without on-loan striker Caolan Lavery for their FA Cup second-round home tie against Accrington on Saturday.

Lavery, who has scored three goals in eight appearances for Pompey since arriving on loan from Sheffield Wednesday, has not been given permission to play in the competition by his parent club.

Boss Paul Cook could be boosted by the return to contention of Jayden Stockley, who played the full 90 minutes and scored in a midweek friendly against Bournemouth following an ankle injury.

Winger Gary Roberts (ankle), plus goalkeepers Michael Poke (shoulder) and Paul Jones (knee) remain sidelined.

Accrington's Dean Winnard is once again unavailable to play this weekend.

The defender has not been involved in the last two games, and Stanley boss John Coleman said on Thursday: "Dean's ill so he won't be travelling.

"He's missed the last few weeks and it's a blow but we have good players who come in and know exactly what their job is."

Full-back Adam Buxton will be looking to get on the field after he returned to the matchday squad for last Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of York as an unused substitute having recovered from a hip problem.