Middlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008

Result

Middlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 3 May 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-0 Portsmouth: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 May 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Chris Riggott opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Chris Riggott (40') and Sanli Tuncay (53'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 15th on 36 points from 36 and Portsmouth 7th on 57 points from 36. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-1-2-3 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 4 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-L-D-D-L and Portsmouth's L-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Goal · Chris RiggottMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth
  • 49'Yellow card · Julio ArcaMiddlesbrough
  • 53'Goal · Sanli TuncayMiddlesbrough · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 4, Portsmouth 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up (4-1-2-3)

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, Chris Riggott, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Stewart Downing, Afonso Alves, Sanli Tuncay

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Jamie Ashdown, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Arnold Mvuemba, Niko Kranjčar, Milan Baros, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell