PORTSMOUTH have proved away-day specialists as they make the early running in League One.

The leaders head to Valley Parade still unbeaten on their travels – with 20 points from their eight away games.

It is an impressive record to pit against a City side with only one Saturday home win in 2018.

Pompey boss Kenny Jackett has done his homework on the Bantams as he plots a seventh away success - and admits he didn’t expect to see them struggling at the bottom.

Jackett said: “Bradford have established players, players with experience, and are also a genuinely big club.

“For whatever reason, it hasn’t quite happened for them so far this year.

“But after that my focus doesn't really go on them, it’s Portsmouth and making sure Portsmouth do as well as we possibly can to get as many points as we possibly can.

“Our consistency has been good, we have been in every game, that's a very good thing.

“Can we go from there and really be a class team at times?

“We have to be one of the best sides in the league on a consistent basis – because we’re going to need to in order to get one of those three promotion places.”

Pompey will start firm favourites to inflict a sixth successive defeat on David Hopkin’s men, who are still to pick up a point this season when the opposition score.

Jackett added: “I do read everything about Bradford, definitely.

“You always analyse the opposition and try to read what they are going to do and their strengths. You attempt to sum up where their weaknesses are going to be.

“For us, we have to look at last week against Accrington and the way we started. We want to start with that tempo and make sure we can step up those standards but be clinical in front of goal in our strong periods.”

Defensive midfielder Tom Naylor is back from suspension to face one of his former clubs. He played seven games on loan for City during the history-making 2012/13 season.

He will come back in for Nathan Thompson, who picked up his fifth booking in last week’s draw at Accrington.