Eight years is a long time in football, especially on the south coast. Back in 2008, Portsmouth were on their way to winning the FA Cup under Harry Redknapp while Bournemouth were eliminated in the second round by Millwall having scraped past non-league Barrow in a replay in the first round. The Cherries ended up being relegated from League One and survived dropping out of the Football League altogether by the skin of their teeth the following season. In 2016, the meeting of two clubs separated by 50 miles has seen their traditional roles reversed so it will be intriguing to see whether Portsmouth’s Paul Cook can plot a way past Eddie Howe’s Premier League side. Ed Aarons
Venue Fratton Park, Saturday 3pm
Referee Mike Dean
Odds Portsmouth 15-7 Bournemouth 7-5 Draw 31-12
Head to head Portsmouth 8 Bournemouth 7 Draws 5
Portsmouth
Subs from Murphy, Jones, Burgess, Chaplin, Close, McGurk, Naismith, Tollitt
Doubtful None
Unavailable Freeman
Injured Tubbs
Bournemouth
Subs from Allsop, Boruc, Smith, Arter, Francis, Cook, Afobe, Daniels, Ritchie, Surman, Gosling
Doubtful King, Stanislas
Injured Gradel, Mings, Wilson
Match pointers
• Portsmouth have met Bournemouth once before in the FA Cup, at this stage in 1991 – Portsmouth won 5-1 at Fratton Park. Bournemouth have lost just one of their last seven away matches.
