Kenny Jackett’s Portsmouth travel to AFC Wimbledon this weekend, as Pompey look to kick-start their ascent up the League One table.

Few expected Pompey to be 16th in League One come October.

Kenny Jackett and his team have come under massive scrutiny this season for their slow start, which has been stifled by postponed matches and EFL Cup fixtures.

But they’re unbeaten in four in all competitions going into the game at Wimbledon this weekend, winning three of them.

Their last outing was a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Gillingham in the league - a game that Jackett very nearly called off due to several players being absent on international duty.

But he chose to fulfil the fixture and keep his side’s momentum going, and now face a Wimbledon side two points adrift of safety in League One.

Here we take a look at two tweaks Jackett could make to his Pompey side this weekend:

One up-front

Given the lack of goals they’ve scored with the firepower they have this season, dropping a man to go with one up-front may sound ludicrous.

But Pompey have performed better when they have done, and Jackett could well go line-up in a familiar 4-2-3-1 formation tomorrow.

Both Brett Pitman and Ellis Harrison started up-front against Gillingham, in a game where Portsmouth had 12 shots and failed to score - the opposition keeper, Jack Bonham leaving as Man of the Match.

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At time the final third looked congested with Pitman and Harrison in it and Jackett may just deploy one of the two tomorrow, which would likely be Pitman.

Although Pitman has just two goals in League One this season, there’s few with a better track-record than him at this level, and Jackett will need to get him firing if they're to make a late push for the play-offs this season.

Three at the back

Alternatively, Jackett could stick with two strikers and instead drop a defender.

Portsmouth have only scored 12 goals from 11 games in League One this season, and that number will need to increase significantly if their to succeed this season.

They’ve enough centre-backs in the team to line-up with just three at the back - Sean Raggett, Paul Downing and Joe Hancott could make up that trio.

It would allow Pompey to deploy to wide-playing wing-backs, which has become a trademark of modern-era football.

This option would give Portsmouth more creativity going forward, and with two wing-backs the front-pairing would have more to feed off of.

Jackett needs to keep plugging away at his Pompey team, and keep finessing his formula until he finds the perfect one - the results need to start coming in soon, or Jackett’s job could be in jeopardy.