Manchester City goalkeeper's loan season aim pinpointed as path to campaign climax outlined

Portsmouth's Manchester City loanee Gavin Bazunu is aiming to collect as many points as possible and see where it takes Pompey ahead of this evening's clash versus Bolton Wanderers.

Wanderers return to the University of Bolton Stadium tomorrow evening when they take on Pompey in a game which has been rearranged to an 8pm kick-off due to the international break.

It is an encounter between two sides sitting midtable in League One with both sides sitting 11 points from the play-offs, with both sides harbouring now slim hopes of reaching the top six by the end of April.

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Pompey have two games in hand over Wanderers and several other sides above them in the table and will surely need near maximum rewards from these matches to have a realistic chance of reaching the play-offs.

Bazunu is on loan from City at Fratton Park and the Republic of Ireland international has played 38 times for Pompey so far this campaign, becoming Danny Cowley's number one this season.

Pompey have eight games between now and the end of April, starting this evening with the trip to Bolton.

And Bazunu is splitting their run-in into two distinct blocks as Pompey seek to pick up as many points as possible over the course of the next month and see where it takes them.

Bazunu told Portsmouth's club website: "We’ve had a few days of training now and there was real intensity to the work we’ve been doing.

“It’s been a while since the last game and we’ve had to build back up again, so we’re looking forward to facing Bolton.

“We had a detailed look at them over the weekend and know that they’ll be difficult opponents to face.

“There’s an eight-game finish