Portsmouth are 'missing' winger Murphy - Mousinho

Josh Murphy last featured for Portsmouth in a goalless derby draw at Southampton

Portsmouth are having to adjust their game plan in the absence of winger Josh Murphy, says boss John Mousinho.

The 30-year-old has missed the past two Championship matches because of an ankle injury and Mousinho is far from certain he will return for Wednesday's home meeting with Watford.

"We're day-to-day with him at the minute, just depending on how things settle down," the Pompey head coach told BBC Radio Solent.

"It's a little bit frustrating for us at the minute but we'll hopefully have him back sooner rather than later."

Portsmouth have lost both their games in Murphy's absence and Mousinho says that has brought a change to the way they approach things.

"It's not ideal, you want to have your best players available all the time so we won't hide it behind it and say we're not missing Josh to a certain extent.

"It's about adjusting slightly the game plan, adjusting how we're going to get into decent goalscoring positions and really trusting players to come into his position and other positions and affect the game.

"We did manage to do it early in the season with a win against Oxford so we've put in a positive performance, won a game and scored goals in his absence," he added.