Grant's record since he took over has been excellent and Chelsea are now looking for a club record tenth straight win in all competitions and if past encounters with Pompey are anything to go by then it's hard to see us stopping them from doing that.
Our Premier League record against Chelsea is woeful having lost all nine previous encounters with them and only scoring against them once. Not just that but all of the league games at Fratton Park have ended in 2-0 defeats.
However, tomorrow could represent our best chance of a result against Chelsea as Jermain Defoe will start the match and if Benjani is still at the club then he could play on the wing as Milan Baros is going to make his home debut.
Ex-Chelsea stars Glen Johnson and Lassana Diarra will also have a point to prove against their former employers so I'm expecting good performances from them.
The main concern for us is that Sylvain Distin is almost certain to miss this match with injury and so Hermann Hreidarsson is likely to play in the centre with Noe Pamarot at left back, although it could be the other way round. Papa Bouba Diop could also feature after Senegal were knocked out of the African Nations Cup yesterday.
The visitors will be without a few very important players as John Terry and Andriy Shevchenko are out injured, Ricardo Carvalho is banned, Frank Lampard will probably only be fit enough to make the bench and John Obi-Mikel, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba are all at the African Cup of Nations.
Still, the likes of Nicolas Anelka, Michael Ballack and Joe Cole still possess so much talent that we will lose if we're not at the top of our game. Then there's the problem of trying to break down their watertight defence and trying to beat a world class 'keeper in Petr Cech.
It would be a massive result for us if we could take anything from Chelsea, but with their superb away record (superior to ours, in fact) it wouldn't surprise me to see yet another 0-2 defeat.
Predicted Starting Line-Ups
Pompey
GK: David JAMES
RB: Glen JOHNSON
CB: Sol CAMPBELL
CB: Hermann HREIDARSSON
LB: Noe PAMAROT
RM: LAUREN
CM: Lassana DIARRA
CM: Sean DAVIS
LM: Niko KRANJCAR
CF: Milan BAROS
CF: Jermain DEFOE
Bench: Asmir BEGOVIC, Lucien AUBEY, Papa BOUBA DIOP, Arnold MVUEMBA, Pedro MENDES
Chelsea
GK: Petr CECH
RB: Paulo FERREIRA
CB: Branislav IVANOVIC
CB: Tal BEN-HAIM
LB: Ashley COLE
CM: Steve SIDWELL
CM: Michael BALLACK
CM: Claude MAKELELE
RWF: Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS
LWF: Joe COLE
CF: Nicolas ANELKA
Bench: Carlo CUDICINI, ALEX, Frank LAMPARD, Florent MALOUDA, Claudio PIZZARO
Last Time: Pompey 0 Chelsea 2
Didier Drogba scored an early volley and despite Pompey pressuring the Chelsea goal and forcing Petr Cech to make a couple of good saves, we couldn't break through and Kalou netted late on to seal the win for Chelsea.
Pundit Watch
Lawro: Draw (1-1)
Sky Sports: Away Win (0-2)
Soccernet: Away Win
Footy-Mad: Away Win
My Prediction: Away Win (0-2)