Portsmouth boss John Mousinho wants to see a fast start from his side when they travel to Charlton on Tuesday (19:45 GMT), after bemoaning a lack of goals in recent games.
"Unfortunately, over the past couple of weeks I think we've controlled games, we've also created chances but we haven't put the ball in the back of the net," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"We've just got to add the goals at the top end of the pitch. Everything underpinning the performance [against Sheffield United] was good but we didn't put the ball in the back of the net at the crucial times."
Pompey are yet to score in February after back-to-back 1-0 defeats by the Blades and Preston North End, and have only scored more than one goal once in 2026, in the 3-0 win over West Bromwich Albion.
Mousinho's side travel to Charlton in the rearranged fixture that was abandoned in December when a Charlton fan had a medical emergency in the stands during the game and later died in hospital.
"A strong start is important. It's important away from home on a Tuesday night when Charlton haven't had a game at the weekend to maybe just try to dampen everything down and make sure that we control the game," Mousinho said.
The Charlton game marks the start of a run of three away games in eight days for Pompey as they also travel to Millwall and Wrexham in the Championship.
"We've got three away games in a very short space of time. [It's] really unfortunate considering the [Charlton] game was called off before Christmas and that's really added pressure on the fixtures this week. We have to make sure we try to do our best to deal with those three consecutive away games," Mousinho said.
"[There's] plenty of points to play for, we just have to try to pick up as many points as we can. That's the priority."
Portsmouth are looking to do the league double over Charlton after their 2-1 win at Fratton Park over Christmas, something that hasn't happened since the 1985-86 season.
"They're a very solid side as you'd expect a Nathan Jones side to be," added Mousinho.
"They create a lot of problems with the way that they play with the physicality they have on display, they're really effective, particularly at home recently."
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