Due to Sky fucking about with the fixtures, the Carabao EFL Cup starts a week ahead of schedule with a former winner facing one of last season's cup winners.
2011 was of course the year of Obafemi Martins' winner for the Blues, and they come off a hard-earned win at Brentford to face the reigning EFL Trophy holders Pompey, whose own league campaign started with a loss at Shrewsbury.
Kick-off at 7:45pm UK time with coverage starting from 7:30pm on Sky Sports Football; if scores are level after 90 minutes then penalties will immediately follow.
POR: MacGillivray; Walkes, Downing, Burgess, Brown; Close, Naylor; Curtis, Cannon, Harness; Harrison.
>Subs: Bass, Raggett, Haunstrup, Evans, Maloney, Pitman, Hawkins.
BIR: Stockdale; Harding, Bajrami, Clarke-Salter; Dacres-Cogley, C. Gardner, Medina, Bellingham, Seddon; Lakin, Crowley.
>Subs: Trueman, Redmond, Bailey, O'Keeffe, Boyd-Munce, Burke, Stirk.
