Job's not done for Portsmouth this season - Mousinho

Portsmouth are seven points clear of the Championship's bottom three [Shutterstock]

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho insisted that "the job's still not done" this season for the Blues and their survival in the Championship.

While it is not mathematically confirmed that Pompey are safe, they are just one win away from 22nd-placed Oxford not being able to catch them, and might not need to add to their current total if results go against the U's in midweek.

In their remaining matches, Mousinho's team travel to already promoted Coventry and face a trip to Stoke before ending the season against Birmingham City at Fratton Park.

They are currently seven points clear of the bottom three after winning their last three matches on the bounce, beating Middlesbrough, Ipswich and then Leicester City on Saturday.

"It's been really positive from every front," Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent.

"The results are first and foremost, three different performances and three clean sheets; the job's still not done, though.

"That's how difficult the Championship is; even after a week as positive as that and five games where we've really bounced back post the international break, we've still got some work to do."

Portsmouth are just three points away from equalling their total last season, where they secured a 16th-placed finish, five points clear of the drop zone.

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This is Mousinho's third full season in management, and still his first head coach role since leaving Oxford as a player and coach in 2023.

Portsmouth were promoted from League One in the 2024 season and now look on course to survive a second campaign in the second tier.