Gillingham go in search of only their second league win of the season when they entertain Portsmouth in front of the TV cameras on Sunday.

With Peter Taylor seemingly set to stay in charge for the game at Priestfield, The Gills will be hoping to follow up last month’s win against Charlton Athletic and draw against Scunthorpe United at home.

Playing in front of the Sky cameras hasn’t always worked in Gillingham’s favour though and they will be keen to put on a decent display in front of the national audience.

Peter Taylor must do without suspended forward Tom Eaves and midfielder Mark Byrne for the game.

Taylor made six changes for the midweek Checkatrade Trophy win at Colchester United, so the likes of Lee Martin, and Conor Wilkinson should come back in, but defender Gabriel Zakuani is away on international duty.

Defender Luke O’Neill has been sidelined by a hamstring problem and Alex Lacey an ankle injury, while midfielder Billy Bingham is back in contention after coming off the bench at Colchester having missed the past few games with concussion.

Midfielder Scott Wagstaff and defender Bradley Garmston and are stepping up recovery for their respective calf injuries. Aaron Morris (knee) remains a long-term absentee.

Pompey defender Christian Burgess will be assessed on a head injury along with Nathan Thompson (calf), with manager Kenny Jackett hoping his defensive crisis will ease.

Damien McCrory has undergone surgery on the knee injury which has seen the defender miss Pompey’s last four matches, so midfielders Dion Donohue and Gareth Evans are likely to fill the full-back roles, with striker Oliver Hawkins partnering Matt Clarke at centre-back should Burgess and Thompson not make it.

Portsmouth will be without forward Conor Chaplin, who has suffered a recurrence of a hamstring problem.

Top-scorer Brett Pitman is recovering from keyhole knee surgery, while also having an operation to fix his broken nose, so last season’s top scorer Kal Naismith could return to the starting XI.