'Survival feels within touching distance'

Four days is a long time in football. On Saturday, Portsmouth were minutes away from dropping into the Championship relegation zone. Now they are four points and three places above the dotted line.

If Saturday was a smash-and-grab win at Middlesbrough, Tuesday night's home victory over Ipswich was fully deserved. They worked hard and defended well against a good Ipswich side, took their chances when they came and held on fairly comfortably in the second half.

This felt like any number of home wins we saw last season. There haven't been too many Fratton Park nights like that this campaign.

Survival suddenly seems within touching distance. However, last season Pompey did have a knack of following up big wins with disappointing losses.

Also, this was victory against a team wanting to outplay Pompey at Fratton Park. They still haven't proved they can beat sides who come and play very defensively against them.

Leicester have to beat Pompey on Saturday - a draw is of little use to them. How they approach things will be interesting to see.