Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is aiming to "stop the rot" against Portsmouth.

Fulham are looking to end an unwelcome run of five straight Premier League defeats against the division's bottom club.

Hodgson said: "We have to stop the rot by winning but we know it will not be easy. Portsmouth are a better team than their league position shows and we saw that when they played Manchester City on Sunday.

"You don't stop the rot by talking about it, you do it by playing and winning. We need that win.

"We have not been playing that badly, but we have made mistakes and we have been punished by those mistakes and at the other end we have not scored enough goals. That is what we have been guilty of, because in terms of football play over the 90 minutes, we have not been that bad at all.

"The morale and spirit is good but confidence takes a hit when you are not winning. We have to accept that situation because we want to win and we need to win."