Pompey out to spoil Lincoln's party

John Mousinho says Portsmouth want to spoil Lincoln's party on Saturday (12:30 BST) as the Imps host their first Championship game since April 1961.

While Pompey went down 3-1 at home to QPR on the opening day, League One Champions City were pipped by a stoppage-time winner at Middlesbrough.

Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent: "I thought they were excellent against Middlesbrough. I didn't see a huge amount of them last year, but obviously they won the league with I think 103 points - a very good achievement.

"From what I've seen, a very good result against Derby (a 1-0 away win in the Carabao Cup first round), very good performance up at the Riverside - they are properly at it."

Mousinho predicted his Blues players will have to rise to the occasion at Sincil Bank and added: "They're a side that have got a huge amount of work rate, energy and hunger. They are a very good side and I think that the people that write them off at any stage of the season will be proved wrong very quickly.

"For them, this is going to be a big occasion. We've got to deal with that. We've got the tools and the leadership within the side to be able to deal with that from a mentality standpoint and also from a football standpoint.

"I think there's going to be a certain feel to the day, but it's obviously up to us to go there and make sure that we try and spoil it."