Burnley v Portsmouth confirmed XIs and team news in Fabio Celestini's first game

Fabio Celestini has made three changes to his Burnley side for his first game in charge against Portsmouth.

Max Alleyne drops down to the bench, while neither of Dastan Satpayev and Armando Broja are involved.

Broja limped off with what is understood to be a groin injury at Lincoln last week, while reports in his native Kazakhstan suggest Satpayev has picked up another problem.

The 18-year-old has been left out of Kazakhstan’s squad for their upcoming Nations League games.

Marcus Edwards, Andreas Hountondji and the returning Jamie Vardy all come into the starting XI.

Celestini is able to name a strong bench, with Anel Ahmedhodzic, Josh Cullen, Aaron Ramsey and Jaydon Banel all returning.

For Cullen, it’s the first time he’s been involved in a match day squad since December 30, 2025, when he suffered an ACL injury against Everton.

Ben Amos, Jordan Beyer, Bashir Humphreys, Shurandy Sambo, Hannibal, Jacob Bruun Larsen, Mike Tresor, Zeki Amdouni, Ashley Barnes and Michael Obafemi all remain sidelined.

As for Pompey, they make one change as Jayden Meghoma comes in for Terry Devlin.

TEAMS

Burnley: Coudert, Walker, Ekdal, Igor, Pires, Laurent, Hatate, Edwards, Ramazani, Hountondji, Vardy

Subs: Weiss, Ahmedhodzic, Alleyne, Roberts, Sonne, Cullen, Raghouber, Ramsey, Banel

Pompey: Schmid, Poole, Pack, Segecic, Kamara, Meghoma, Swanson, Kavuma-McQueen, Marezi, Mohamed, Dia

Subs: Bielica, Shaughnessy, Shade, Shein, Waddingham, Murphy, Devlin, Bailey, Adams

Referee: Reubyn Ricardo