Mousinho grateful for more time to address Derby loss

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho is hoping some extra time to prepare for Saturday's Championship match at home to Coventry City will benefit his side.

Pompey played three games in six days last week, culminating in a 4-0 hammering at Derby County on Friday, but have had the benefit of a full training week to address what went wrong at Pride Park.

That heavy defeat ended a run of four unbeaten to restore some optimism around Fratton Park but Mousinho isn't overreacting to what unfolded.

"After a defeat you are always looking to play a game as quickly as possible but there are benefits in having some time off and time on the training pitch as well," he told BBC Radio Solent.

"Maybe one of the things that undid us at the end of last week was we didn't have any time on the training ground - we didn't have a lot of time to prep for the Derby game and that's something we have to address and be better at.

"We don't want to brush anything under the carpet but some of the issues on Friday have not been part of our game over the last six weeks - it was a bit of a surprise. We do have to address it but don't have to do anything drastic."

Pompey are currently third from bottom in the table but only one point from safety.