Relegation-threatened Portsmouth will be without star man Callum Long for next month's clash with Leeds United. The 26-year-old is set to miss the remainder of the season with a torn hamstring.

Pompey's 10-goal leading marksman suffered the injury in Saturday's 2-0 win at Oxford United. "Callum's not great, [he has] a torn hamstring," head coach John Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent.

"He's had his scan, he's going to have a second scan in 10 days to see if it's settled down [but] mostly likely we're looking at Callum returning next season unfortunately.

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"[It's] one of those that's really, really unfortunate. Callum's been incredible this season in terms of his physical output, and certainly in terms of his goals and everything that he's done, but it's not looking great, it's a bit of a gutting one for Callum."

Losing Lang, who scored a brace against United on the opening day of the season, is a big blow to Portsmouth's survival chances. Although Mousinho's team have won their past two matches, they are just seven points clear of the Championship relegation zone.

The Whites' trip to Fratton Park was controversially moved to a lunchtime kick-off on Sunday, March 9 after it was selected for live TV broadcast on Sky Sports and ITV. The Leeds United Supporters Trust said: “We are disappointed by the decision to move our game at Portsmouth, yet another example in a long line demonstrating the lack of consideration for match-going fans by the broadcasters.

“The new kick-off time means there are limited transportation options to get to the game, with no trains leaving Leeds in time to make the start of the match.

“The increased notice period of fixture changes imposed by the Football League and Sky is a welcome one, but this is drastically undermined by implementing kick-off times that are inconvenient at best, or even impossible to attend for some supporters.

“Fans are consistently being failed by these fixture changes and we need to see more action being taken by the authorities to implement a basic level of consideration for logistics and impact on fan attendance.

“While broadcasters are allowed to call the shots, however, we will continue to see the exploitation of match-going fan loyalty. Leeds supporters will sell out our allocation, Sky will get their atmosphere, and nothing will change.

“We might also point out the hypocrisy of promoting green and sustainable initiatives while also removing more sustainable transport options as a result of fixture changes. Transport is by far the largest carbon contributor that occurs as a by-product of staging football matches.

“You do wonder how serious Sky actually are about addressing their impact on the environment.”