Middlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Middlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 March 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from Marlon King (90'). Portsmouth scored through Peter Crouch (30').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 19th on 26 points from 28 and Portsmouth 18th on 28 points from 27. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 19th with 32 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Middlesbrough wins, 3 draws and 5 for Portsmouth.

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