Portsmouth's Adams out for a 'couple more weeks'

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho has said that midfielder Ebou Adams will miss a "couple more weeks" with injury.

The 30-year-old played the full 90 minutes in their 6-1 defeat to QPR before the international break but sustained an injury during the game that saw him visibly upset after the final whistle.

That result was Portsmouth's third consecutive loss in the Championship and they have not won since beating Millwall on 21 February.

"Ebou's going to be out for the weekend, he'll be out for a couple more weeks," Mousinho told BBC South Today.

"The overall update in terms of the boys is that we have quite a few players coming back from injury, we've had an extensive injury list over the past six months which hasn't helped.

"We've never quite had a spell this season where we felt like the squads where we want it to be but we have a few coming back, Andre [Dozzell] is likely to miss out but we hope to have Keshi [Anderson] back for Friday."

Midfielder Dozzell has not played since February due to an ankle injury picked up away at Sheffield United while winger Anderson has only placed twice after signing in January have sustained a hamstring injury.

Following his arrival in January from Derby County, Adams has established himself as one of Portsmouth's best midfield players making 14 appearance and scoring twice.

"Since we went to Sheffield Wednesday away and Ebou made his debut there, I thought he was excellent and continued off the back of that," Mousinho added.

"He wrote himself into the club folklore by scoring the equaliser in the south coast derby and he's gone on to put in some very strong performances since.

"There was a reason we went and bought him in January for his experience, for what he gives you on and off the pitch, he'll be a miss."

Portsmouth, who sit 21st in the table, are back in Championship action on Friday when they travel away to Norwich City (15:00 BST) before a game against fellow strugglers Oxford United on Monday.