Saints will be aiming to heap more misery on their South Coast rivals at St Mary's on Saturday.
Saints aiming to heap more misery on Pompey
Portsmouth will be looking to put all their off-field troubles to one side when they come up against bitter rivals Southampton in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday.
The Fratton Park club were given a week to find a buyer on Wednesday and told to repay £7million in unpaid taxes to HM Revenues and Customs if they are to stave off a winding-up order from the High Court.
On the field things have been faring little better for Avram Grant's side, who are without a win since their 2-1 fourth-round triumph at Sunderland.
Southampton are no strangers to financial problems themselves and are currently languishing in League One after they entered administration in 2009.
The last time the two sides met in the FA Cup was in 2005 and on that occasion a last-minute penalty from Peter Crouch secured the Saints a 2-1 home win.
Southampton news
Alan Pardew's side will be without news signings Jose Fonte, Dan Seaborne, Jon Otsemebor and Jason Puncheon for the showdown at St Mary's.
The quartet are all cup-tied so Wayne Thomas, Chris Perry and Radhi Jaidi come in at the back and Michail Antonio should start on the wing.
A fifth new recruit, striker Lee Barnard, is available however and returns to the squad having been ineligible for the midweek Johnstone's Paint Trophy win over MK Dons.
Pardew will make a late call on forward David Connolly, who has been out since December with a niggling groin injury but is close to returning.
Veteran full-back Graeme Murty remains on the sidelines with ankle ligament damage.
Portsmouth news
Pompey boosted their ranks on Friday by signing former Werder Bremen defender Dusko Tosic on a free transfer, and he could go straight into the squad if he receives international clearance in time.
Grant will have to make do without the services of fellow defender Ricardo Rocha though as he was sent off in the 1-1 draw against Sunderland on Wednesday night.
Kevin-Prince Boateng (ankle) and Anthony Vanden Borre (knock) were both sidelined for that game and are rated as doubtful again this time around.
If Vanden Borre does fail to recover Steve Finnan will continue to deputise at right-back. John Utaka is pushing for a recall after his hamstring problems.
