International break is over, now it's time for the nerves to kick in again!

Pompey and their fellow Championship strugglers are preparing to return to action after the third international break of the season.

- by Simon Carter

And they do knowing their are some huge six-pointers on the horizon - before we even get into the perennially hectic Christmas and New Year programme.

Here, we look at the current bottom seven and their forthcoming fixtures.

And from the list below, we can see that Pompey, Oxford and Sheffield United face three games aganst bottom seven rivals in their next six fixtures.

Oxford also face three clubs currently in the top seven, while Pompey face three of the top nine - starting with Millwall's visit to Fratton Park tomorrow.